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Abstract
Anterior cruciate ligament lesion in soccer: non-modifiable risk factors
published in May - June 2018 - in Il Fisioterapista - issue n.3
Gian Nicola Bisciotti, Piero Volpi

The anterior cruciate ligament lesion represents one of the most dramatic injuries in a sportsman’s career. There are many injury risk factors related to intrinsic, or non-modifiable, and extrinsic, or modifiable, factors. In literature, as today current evidence suggests that anterior cruciate ligament injury risk is multifactorial in nature and involves biomechanical, anatomical, hormonal and neuromuscular factors. Among biomechanical factors, valgus knee alignment represents one of the most frequent biomechanical risk factors. The risk factors related to gender differences predispose more the female population to the ACL injury in comparison to male population. However, there are still some theoretical aspects concerning anterior cruciate ligament injury that need further investigation.