Quantitative assessment of the risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury in female soccer players throughout a four year case study using joint kinematics: preliminary results

This study is in the first year of a four year case study that will quantitatively assess the risk of lower extremity injuries, especially those to the knee. Seven healthy female NCAA soccer players from Valparaiso University were evaluated on their preseason and postseason functional movements. In this study, one participant, subject J12, fell out of the expected healthy range metric and later suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, which will be the focus of this abstract. In the future, this metric will allow us to quantify data for future injury prevention that would have otherwise been qualitative.