Citation

Tan Y, Zhou P, Ma C. J. Sports Med. Phys. Fitness 2015; 56(11): 1346-1351.

Affiliation

College of Physical Education, Langfang Teacher's University, Langfang, Hebei, P. R. China - tanyingjie1964@126.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Edizioni Minerva Medica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26333792

Abstract

AIM: In this study, we aimed to investigate the college students' injury patterns in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction stage by sport activities that contribute to ACL injuries and to estimate the association between activities at the time of injury and the odds of simplex ACL injuries and with meniscus, cartilage, and multi-ligament injuries that diagnosed during ACL reconstruction.

METHODS: A cohort of 2548 college students with primary ACL reconstruction was recruited from Hebei Province, China. Football, basketball, sprint, table tennis and badminton had been chosen as the most prevalent sports activities causing injuries in colleges. The concurrent injury patterns at the time of ACL reconstruction were simplex ACL, meniscus, cartilage, and multi-ligament injuries.

RESULTS: Compared with football (soccer), college students playing basketball were 4.95 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.61-8.76) times more likely to have simplex ACL tear, 2.31(95% CI, 1.73-3.05) times more inclined to cause lateral meniscus injury, 2.53 (95% CI, 1.22-3.67) times more likely to result in cartilage injury, and followed by 1.93(95% CI, 1.22-3.04) times more likely to result in medial meniscus injury. Students playing sprint were 2.04 (95% CI, 1.78-3.38) times more likely to have cartilage injury.

CONCLUSION: Injury patterns were identified associated with certain sports. Compared with football, basketball has a greater possibility of leading to simplex ACL tear, as well as medial meniscus, lateral meniscus and cartilage injuries. Additionally, injury patterns observed during surgery may reflect the forces applied to the knee by the given sports performed.

Language: en