Female Athletes and Knee Injuries

Exercise programs said to reduce risk of ACL injuries in female athletes.
In the Washington Post (1/28, Bernstein) "Misfits" column, Lenny Bernstein writes that although young women athletes "are three to eight times as likely" to suffer an anterior cruciate ligaments injury, new research has found that "preventive measures can be quite effective if the right program is implemented in the right way." Some girls take part in special training programs designed "to keep their bodies stable under the stress of athletic competition" Trent Nessler, executive director of Baptist Sports Medicine in Nashville, "says girls who take part in such programs can reduce their chances of injury by as much as 88 percent compared with those who don't."