Incidence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Among Adolescent Females in the United States, 2002 Through 2014

JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Aug 1;171(8):808-810. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.0740.

Mackenzie M Herzog^{1

2

3}, Stephen W Marshall^{1

2

4}, Jennifer L Lund¹, Virginia Pate¹, Christina D Mack^{1

3}, Jeffrey T Spang⁵

¹ Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill.
² Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
³ QuintilesIMS, Real-World Insights, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
⁴ College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill.
⁵ School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill.

Abstract

This study explores sex disparities among 13- to 17-year-olds who undergo anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.