@misc{10498/38040,
year = {2025},
month = {5},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38040},
abstract = {Background/Objectives: The number of systematic reviews evaluating the
incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in sports is increasing. To synthesize
pooled incidence and prevalence rates of sport-related ACL injuries based on published
systematic reviews with meta-analyses. Methods: An overview of systematic reviews
with meta-analysis was conducted. The CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, and SPORTDiscus
databases were searched from inception to 17 October 2023. AMSTAR 2 was used to
assess the methodological quality of reviews. The degree of overlap between reviews was
calculated when possible. Results: Seven systematic reviews including 51 meta-analyses
of interest were included. The prevalence of ACL injuries was not meta-analyzed. Metaanalyses mainly showed that ACL injuries may have a high incidence in American football,
basketball, European football/soccer, and volleyball, among other sports. In addition, ACL
injuries may have a higher incidence in females than males in some sports. For example, the
pooled incidence rates of ACL injuries in basketball ranged from 0.091 (95%CI, 0.074–0.111)
to 0.110 (95%CI, 0.094–0.128) among female athletes, whereas this incidence ranged from
0.024 (95%CI, 0.016–0.034) to 0.027 (95%CI, 0.019–0.035) among male athletes. Conclusions:
Sport-related ACL injuries may have a high incidence in sports such as American football,
basketball, European football/soccer, or volleyball and show differences between sexes.
Therefore, a sex-specific prevention of these injuries may be needed.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {ACL},
keywords = {incidence},
keywords = {injury},
keywords = {overview},
keywords = {review},
keywords = {sports},
title = {The Incidence of Sport-Related Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: An Overview of Systematic Reviews Including 51 Meta-Analyses},
doi = {10.3390/jfmk10020174},
author = {Martínez Calderón, Javier and Infante Cano, Marta and Matías Soto, Javier and Pérez Cabezas, Verónica and Galán Mercant, Alejandro and García Muñoz, Cristina},
}