A study on the prevalence of anterior cruciate ligament injury among male athletes of Philippine Center for Sports Medicine for the year 1999

Date of Completion

2000

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Athletes

Abstract

The study conducted on Philippine Center for Sports Medicine was done to determine the prevalence of anterior cruciate ligament injury among male athletes for the year 1999, the most common sports activity that may lead to ACL injury, the injuries sustained by the athletes as to mechanism, severity, and management done, and the frequency of training hours in a day and training days in a week. This study utilized a descriptive type of research . It included 189 male athletes between 18 to 38 years old who have played for at least a year and active members of their respective field sport. This study used survey checklist to find solutions to the problems of the study. The study revealed that football (50%) is the most common type of sport associated with ACL injury while the most common mechanism is a contact variety (75%). Grade 3 (severe) injury (50%) has the highest percentage of ACL injury. The study also revealed that the more frequent an athlete trains the highest the incidence of ACL injury. And the most of the injured athletes underwent surgical (75%) management instead of conservative (25%). The researchers encourage a follow-up study on the subjects who underwent rehabilitation either surgical or conservative management, regarding as to their level of performance as to ACLsd and status of competitiveness in their respective field of sport.

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