ACL injuries most common in football, girls' soccer

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ACL injuries most common in football, girls' soccer

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/acl-injuries-most-common-football-girls-soccer-212145626.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L8D1waDDMbPFh6TAGs7gYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-12T212145Z_1_CBRE9AB1NCD00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FOOTBALL-CONCUSSIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Mira Mesa Junior Varsity high school football player trying to punt the ball is hit to the turf by an Oceanside Pirates player during their game in Oceanside" align="left" title="A Mira Mesa Junior Varsity high school football player trying to punt the ball is hit to the turf by an Oceanside Pirates player during their game in Oceanside" border="0" /></a>By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among high school athletes, football players and female soccer players are most likely to injure their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a new study finds. It most commonly gets torn when the knee is overextended, such as when a basketball player pivots or lands from a jump. Past research has shown the highest number of ACL surgeries are done among high school-aged kids, Dr. Dean C. Taylor said. An orthopedic surgeon at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and retired U.S. Army Colonel, Taylor was not involved in the new study.</p><br clear="all"/>

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