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2005 Home Study Course – Current Concepts in the Examination and Treatment of the Shoulder
2005 Home Study Course – Current Concepts in the Examination and Treatment of the Shoulder
" ACL injuries and female sex hormones; What is it all about?".
By Steve Brown MHS, MPT, SCS, ATC
sebrown@izzy.net
In the general population, an estimated one in 3000 people will sustain an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) per year, leading to over 100,000 total injuries per year.1 This health problem is even more concerning, as women experience a two to eight times higher rate of ACL injury compared to men.2,3 High school and collegiate women athletes will experience over 30,000 serious knee injuries per year, and recreational female athletes will suffer an even higher number of knee injuries.4
Due to this disproportional rate of ACL injuries to women, much time and energy has been spent theorizing and researching why the injury rates differ between men and women.
Shoulder Stability From The Scapula
The newest term in rehabilitation is core strengthening. Usually this refers to management of spinal pathologies or fitness conditioning. This term also translates quite nicely to any peripheral joint for the purposes of ADL and sports. Nowhere does this show up more than in the very young or the aging athlete. The younger athlete has yet to achieve muscular maturity while the older person's strength is waning. Much pathology may develop if proximal stability and improved strength is not maintained or achieved. These can include tendonitis of the supraspinatus, biceps - long head, or rotator cuff.