Are Female Soccer Players at an Increased Risk of Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Compared With Their Athletic Peers?

Conclusion:
Twenty-eight percent of all female soccer players and 34% of those players who returned to soccer had a second ACL tear. Soccer players had an increased rate of both graft tear and contralateral ACL injury compared with similar non-soccer athletes. Older age and return to soccer were significant risk factors for graft rupture.

Source: The American Journal of Sports Medicine - September 29, 2016 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Allen, M. M., Pareek, A., Krych, A. J., Hewett, T. E., Levy, B. A., Stuart, M. J., Dahm, D. L. Tags: Knee ligaments, ACL, Female athlete, Football (Soccer) Epidemiology and Injury Prevention Source Type: research