Table 3 |
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Annual/seasonal incidence of ACL injury in prospective cohort or controlled intervention studies in adolescent female football used for the sample size calculation. |
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Study |
Population |
Study design |
Number of players in the control group |
Number of players with ACL injury (%) |
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Hewett et al., 1999 [15] |
High school |
Controlled trial |
193 |
2 (1.04%) |
|
Heidt et al., 2000 [14] |
Age 14–18 years |
Randomized controlled trial |
258 |
8 (3.10%) |
|
Powell & Barber-Foss, 2000 [24] |
High school |
Prospective cohort study |
6 642 |
33 (0.50%) |
|
Mandelbaum et al., 2005 [16] |
Age 14–18 years |
Controlled trial |
3 818 |
67 (1.76%) |
|
Pfeiffer et al. 2006 [17] |
High school |
Controlled trial |
189 |
0 |
|
Steffen et al., 2008 [19] |
Age 13–17 years |
Randomized controlled trial |
947 |
5 (0.53%) |
|
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ACL: Anterior Cruciate Ligament |
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Hägglund et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009 10:75 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-10-75 |
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