Artigo
Common injuries in athletes' knee: experience of a specialized center
Fecha
2014-01-01Registro en:
Acta Ortopédica Brasileira. Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, v. 22, n. 3, p. 127-131, 2014.
1413-7852
S1413-78522014000300127.pdf
S1413-78522014000300127
10.1590/1413-78522014220300475
Autor
Nicolini, Alexandre Pedro
Carvalho, Rogerio Teixeira de [UNIFESP]
Matsuda, Marcelo Mitsuro
Sayum Filho, Jorge [UNIFESP]
Cohen, Moises [UNIFESP]
Institución
Resumen
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 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.Level of Evidence IV, Study Transversal.