High Prevalence of Varus Knee Malalignment in Adolescent Football Players—Clinical Lower Leg Axis Measurements of Male Junior Football Players Aged 7 to 18 Years

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-591789
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.59178

Memmel, Clemens

; Sporrer, Dominik ; Szymski, Dominik

; Weber, Johannes

; Hanke, Alexander ; Denzinger, Markus ; Kerschbaum, Maximilian

; Alt, Volker

; Krutsch, Werner ; Koch, Matthias

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Abstract

Background: Football, as the most popular sport worldwide, has long been under suspicion of causing varus knee alignment as early as adolescence. However, no causal relationship has yet been found. The first step to do so would be to determine the prevalence of lower leg malalignment among male junior football players depending on age, performance level and the number of active seasons ...