| dc.description.abstract | The popularity of women's soccer is growing increasingly over the past decade. Today, there are approximately 50,000 registered players already in 1200 clubs and observed by millions of spectators around the world. This growth implies a higher incidence of accidents, injury to the anterior cruciate ligament is one of the most cited among the most severed traumas studied. Injury to the ACL involves long periods of disability sport and its recovery is relatively slow, due to intra-articular location, usually occurs during a noncontact episode, typically during deceleration, landing, lateral displacement or pivoting. Characterized as one of the most expensive injuries to the club, in the U.S. alone is spending approximately U.S. $ 17,000.00 for injury. Nationally, surgery and rehabilitation associated with ACL injury in females can cost U.S. $ 646 million annually. Therefore it is of fundamental importance to develop preventive strategies appropriate, as plyometrics, running with a change of direction, a weight training program and neuromuscular training for that sport can be practiced safely to assist the athlete's performance. | |
