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Effect of Intervention Programs on Reducing the Incidence of ACL Injuries, Improving Neuromuscular Deficiencies, and Enhancing Athletic Performance

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This chapter reviews the current available data regarding the effectiveness of the ACL intervention programs in reducing injury rates, improving knee kinematic and kinetic factors, and enhancing athletic performance indicators. Three of nine programs published to date that reported ACL injury rates in female athletes according to athlete exposures statistically reduced the injury rate. Over 25 studies have analyzed the effectiveness of knee injury prevention programs in changing kinematic or kinetic factors in female athletes. However, the effectiveness of these programs in altering neuromuscular indices under reactive, unplanned, actual athletic conditions remains largely unknown. While many studies have documented changes in athletic performance indicators following ACL injury prevention training in female athletes, the results remain mixed.

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Barber-Westin, S.D., Noyes, F.R. (2012). Effect of Intervention Programs on Reducing the Incidence of ACL Injuries, Improving Neuromuscular Deficiencies, and Enhancing Athletic Performance. In: Noyes, F., Barber-Westin, S. (eds) ACL Injuries in the Female Athlete. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32592-2_18

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