Knee injuries in football

dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Mark
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Robert Matthew
dc.contributor.emailmark@sportsortho.co.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-03T14:07:04Z
dc.date.available2010-11-03T14:07:04Z
dc.date.issued2010-05
dc.description.abstractFootball is one of the most popular sports in the world, with an estimated 240 million (in 2000) 1 to 265 million (in 2006) players participating in the game. The sport involves intermittent walking, jogging, running and sprinting, and has a higher incidence of injuries than rugby, volleyball, field hockey, cycling, boxing, swimming and basketball. In 2001 it was reported to have injury rates of 1 000 times higher than for industrial occupations generally regarded as high risk. Due to the biomechanical factors inherent in football and it being classified a contact-collision sport, the knee is exposed to both intrinsic and extrinsic forces that make it highly susceptible to injury. Ball size, shoe wear, protective equipment, and playing surface conditions are all mechanical factors that can be potentially modified if implicated in injuries. However, individual playing styles and techniques are less easily controlled.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFerguson, M & Collins, R 2010, 'Knee injuries in football',CME : Continuing Medical Education, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 202-206. [http://www.cmej.org.za/index.php/cmej]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-2170
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/15152
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rightsHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectKnee injuriesen_US
dc.subjectFootballen_US
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectClassificationen_US
dc.subjectOveruseen_US
dc.subjectSurgeryen_US
dc.subjectDiagnosisen_US
dc.subjectConservative therapyen_US
dc.titleKnee injuries in footballen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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