No matter what the sport or the season, girls face a drastically higher chance of injuring their knees than boys. Fortunately, there's something female athletes and their coaches can do to prevent it.
Winter sports are in full swing and young athletes — especially girls — should take precautions to protect their knees. Adolescent girls whose bodies are changing are more likely to have knee pain ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A simple training program requiring no special equipment and little extra time can sharply reduce knee injuries in soccer-playing teen girls, Swedish researchers report.
A new study in Pediatrics, the journal for the American Academy of Pediatrics, found that anterior cruciate ligament injuries are on the rise, and girls are more likely to get this injury than their ...