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Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 1/2011

Open Access 01-01-2011 | Sports Medicine

What is the true evidence for gender-related differences during plant and cut maneuvers? A systematic review

Authors: Anne Benjaminse, Alli Gokeler, Glenn S. Fleisig, Timothy C. Sell, Bert Otten

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Purpose

Female athletes have a significantly higher risk of sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury than male athletes. Biomechanical and neuromuscular factors have been reported as the main cause. The purpose of this review was to critically review results of the published literature on gender differences regarding biomechanical and neuromuscular movement patterns during plant and cutting maneuvers.

Methods

MEDLINE (1966 to December 2008), EMBASE (1947 to December 2008) and CINAHL (1981 to December 2008) searches were performed. The seven studies meeting the inclusion criteria were analyzed.

Results

Biomechanical gender differences were of questionable clinical relevance. Quadriceps dominance was not found in women.

Conclusion

The question raises whether ACL injuries during plant and cutting maneuvers are purely gender related and whether women do have to move like men in order to reduce injury risk? Caution is warranted in making inferences as studies were heterogeneous in terms of subject and study characteristics and had low statistical power as a result of insufficient number of subjects. It is advised that future research moves beyond the isolated gender comparison and that larger sample sizes will be included. This review may aid in improving experiments to draw valid conclusions, in order to direct future ACL injury prevention programs, which might need to be more individualized.
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Metadata
Title
What is the true evidence for gender-related differences during plant and cut maneuvers? A systematic review
Authors
Anne Benjaminse
Alli Gokeler
Glenn S. Fleisig
Timothy C. Sell
Bert Otten
Publication date
01-01-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-010-1233-y

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