Foot and Ankle Contributions to Noncontact ACL Injury Risk: A Systematic Review
Lexy Farrington, Clare Hotze, Roxy Markowsky, Reed Coda, Sterre van den Anker, Bryant Vopat, Lisa Vopat · 2026
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Lexy Farrington and co-authors systematically review, in 2026, how foot and ankle factors may raise the risk of knee ligament tears that occur without contact. These anterior cruciate ligament injuries are common in sport and often lead to long-term knee problems for athletes.
Working to standard review guidelines, the team searched three databases for English studies from 2010 to 2025 and kept 48 of more than 1700 reports screened. About two-thirds of the kept studies linked some foot or ankle trait, landing pattern, or past ankle injury to higher risk. Sports medicine readers gain a sorted evidence base for designing prevention training that starts from the ground up, plus a clear view of where proof remains weak.
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| CREATOR | Lexy Farrington, Clare Hotze, Roxy Markowsky, Reed Coda, Sterre van den Anker, Bryant Vopat, Lisa Vopat |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58008 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |