Resources
Articles
Buikema, R. (2023, September 12). Vulnerable “girls knee” cries out for preventative measures. University of Groningen.
Cullen, M. (2024). Why female soccer players are at higher risk of ACL injuries. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Wentworth Health Partners Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.
Fairbank, R. (2024, May 14). Oral contraceptives may help lower the risk of sports injuries. National Geographic.
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). (2023). FIFA female health project snapshot. FIFA.
Richards, K. (2024, July). Preventing lower extremity injury in female soccer players. Podiatry Today.
Research Papers
Agel, J., Arendt, E. A., & Bershadsky, B. (2005). Anterior cruciate ligament injury in National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball and soccer: A 13-year review. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 33(4), 524–530.
Alahmad, T. A., Kearney, P., & Cahalan, R. (2020). Injury in elite women’s soccer: A systematic review. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 48(3), 259–265.
Benjaminse, A., & Otten, E. (2011). ACL injury prevention, more effective with a different way of motor learning? Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 19(4), 622–627.
Benjaminse, A., Gokeler, A., Dowling, A. V., Faigenbaum, A., Ford, K. R., Hewett, T. E., Onate, J. A., Otten, B., & Myer, G. D. (2015). Optimization of the anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention paradigm: Novel feedback techniques to enhance motor learning and reduce injury risk. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 45(3), 170–182.
Benjaminse, A., & Verhagen, E. (2021). Implementing ACL injury prevention in daily sports practice—It’s not just the program: Let’s build together, involve the context, and improve the content. Sports Medicine, 51, 2461–2467.
Brophy, R. H., Silvers, H. J., Gonzales, T., & Mandelbaum, B. R. (2010). Gender influences: The role of leg dominance in ACL injury among soccer players. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 44, 694–697.
Brophy, R. H., Stepan, J. G., Silvers, H. J., & Mandelbaum, B. R. (2015). Defending puts the anterior cruciate ligament at risk during soccer: A gender-based analysis. Sports Health, 7(3), 244–249.
Celebrini, R. G., Eng, J. J., Miller, W. C., Ekegren, C. L., Johnston, J. D., & MacIntyre, D. L. (2012). The effect of a novel movement strategy in decreasing ACL risk factors in female adolescent soccer players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 26(12), 3406–3417.
Dick, R., Putukian, M., Agel, J., Evans, T. A., & Marshall, S. W. (2007). Descriptive epidemiology of collegiate women’s soccer injuries: National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance System, 1988–1989 through 2002–2003. Journal of Athletic Training, 42(2), 278–285.
Faude, O., Junge, A., Kindermann, W., & Dvorak, J. (2005). Injuries in female soccer players: A prospective study in the German national league. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 33(11), 1694–1700.
Faude, O., Junge, A., Kindermann, W., & Dvorak, J. (2006). Risk factors for injuries in elite female soccer players. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 40(9), 785–790.
Ford, K. R., Myer, G. D., & Hewett, T. E. (2003). Valgus knee motion during landing in high school female and male basketball players. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 35(10), 1745–1750.
Giza, E., Mithöfer, K., Farrell, L., Zarins, B., & Gill, T. (2005). Injuries in women’s professional soccer. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 39(4), 212–216.
Hewett, T. E., Myer, G. D., & Ford, K. R. (2004). Decrease in neuromuscular control about the knee with maturation in female athletes. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume, 86(8), 1601–1608.
Nijmeijer, E. M., Kempe, M., Elferink-Gemser, M. T., & Benjaminse, A. (2024). Observe, practice, and improve? Enhancing sidestep cutting execution in talented female soccer players: A four-week intervention program with video instruction. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
Petushek, E. J., Sugimoto, D., Stoolmiller, M., Smith, G., & Myer, G. D. (2019). Evidence-based best-practice guidelines for preventing anterior cruciate ligament injuries in young female athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 47(7), 1744–1753.
Prodromos, C. C., Han, Y., Rogowski, J., Joyce, B., & Shi, K. (2007). A meta-analysis of the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament tears as a function of gender, sport, and a knee injury-reduction regimen. Arthroscopy, 23(12), 1320–1325.
Rodriguez, L. A., II, Liu, Y., Soedirdjo, S. D. H., Thakur, B., & Dhaher, Y. Y. (2024). Oral contraception use and musculotendinous injury in young female patients: A database study. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 56(3), 511–519.
Sewell, J., Chase, J. G., & Zhou, C. (2024). Understanding and addressing ACL tears in female football athletes: A comprehensive analysis. IFAC PapersOnLine, 58(24), 31–36.
Silvers, H. J., & Mandelbaum, B. R. (2007). Prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injury in the female athlete. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 41(Suppl 1), i52–i59.