Resources
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Articles
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Buikema, R. (2023, September 12). Vulnerable “girls knee” cries out for preventative measures. University of Groningen.
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Cullen, M. (2024). Why female soccer players are at higher risk of ACL injuries. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Wentworth Health Partners Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.
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Fairbank, R. (2024, May 14). Oral contraceptives may help lower the risk of sports injuries. National Geographic.
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Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). (2023). FIFA female health project snapshot. FIFA.
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Richards, K. (2024, July). Preventing lower extremity injury in female soccer players. Podiatry Today.
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Research Papers
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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