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Acl Injuries In Female Athletes, Leslie A. Mesa
Acl Injuries In Female Athletes, Leslie A. Mesa
Scholarly and Creative Works Conference (2015 - 2021)
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament has been studied in many different ways and become injured more with the increase in sports participation by both male and female athletes. “ACL injuries are 9x more common in female athletes than male athletes and over 1.4 million women have been suffered from the ACL rupture which is twice the rate of the previous decade” (Hewett, 2010). ACL injuries are known to occur more in females than males because of differences in anatomy, knee alignment, muscle strength, and conditioning. Since female athletes are more prone to injury, it is important to incorporate neuromuscular training to …
Re-Injury Anxiety & Return-To-Sport Outcomes In College Students, Megan C. Callen
Re-Injury Anxiety & Return-To-Sport Outcomes In College Students, Megan C. Callen
Scholarly and Creative Works Conference (2015 - 2021)
When athletes are injured, they are faced with the initial injury stage, physical therapy, rehabilitation, and then the return-to-sport. When athletes have a negative outlook, they are less likely to recover from the injury at the proposed date of return-to-sport, take a longer span of time to recover, and have higher levels of stress and anxiety. Wadey, Podlog, Hall, Hamson-Utley, Hicks-Little, & Hammer, (2014) examined the dimensions of reinjury anxiety and found athletes with greater reinjury anxiety were in denial of the severity of their injury by wishing things would get better and had a greater focus on their distress. …