Citation

Nicolini AP, de Carvalho RT, Matsuda MM, Sayum J, Cohen M. Acta Ortop. Bras. 2014; 22(3): 127-131.

Affiliation

2. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia)

DOI

10.1590/1413-78522014220300475

PMID

25061417

PMCID

PMC4108693

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The present cross-sectional study aims to identify the most common knee injuries in athletes cared at a Specialized Outpatient Clinics.

METHOD: Analysis of patients cared at the Knee Outpatient Clinics of a Sports Trauma Center, divided by gender, age and diagnosed injury.

RESULTS: Initially 440 patients were divided into 33 types of sports; after excluding the less statistically significant practices, nine sports remained. The most frequently performed sports were football (soccer) with almost 50% of total patients presenting anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, and road runs with great frequency of meniscal injury. There was no correlation of the disorder with the type of sports performed but a correlation was found with patient's age/gender.

CONCLUSION: The complete ACL rupture was the most common injury found in football, basketball and volleyball players, followed by meniscal injury in street runners.

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