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FORECASTING

• My question, Hypothesis, and Why

• Literature Review

• Methods

MY RESEARCH

• Question: Why don’t athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers use prevention programs if they are proven to decrease the risk of an ACL tear

• Hypothesis: Athletes don’t participate in them because they don’t want to think that they can possibly get injured, coaches don’t use them because they either aren't informed or don’t feel its necessary to incorporate the program, and athletic trainers are more worried about treating and taking care of the athletes that are already injured

• Why: Athletes need to be aware that injuries can happen and if there are ways to prevent them they should participate in those options and coaches and athletic trainers so push the athletes to participate

• My story!

LITERATURE REVIEW

• 1972 Title IX was passed allowing equal opportunity for women in sports

• The ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) is located in the knee and proved stability to the whole body when preforming in cutting and pivoting movements

LITERATURE REVIEW CONTINUED…

• Females have a six times greater risk of tearing their ACL than males do

• Researches believe women have a higher risk do to differences in the biomechanical and neuromuscular structures

• The most common way females tear their ACL’s are in non-contact situations

• It is proven that ACL prevention programs decrease the risk of non-contact ACL tears

METHODS

• Collecting qualitative data to get very in-depth specific answers to my questions

• Using athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers because I feel like they all are apart of the reason why athletes do or do not participate in ACL prevention programs

• After I collect my data in going to use content analysis and typology

• This will help me see patterns in the participants answers and make common themes

ANY QUESTIONS

REFERENCES • Image 1: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00297

• Image 2: http://stevenbubel.com/2009/08/does-muscle-activation-differ-between-male-and-female-soccer-players-during-side-step-cutting-maneuvers/

• Image 3: http://www.vasoccernews.com/2010/06/pia-sundhage-calls-on-three-washington.html

• Image 4: http://www.tucsonhoops.com/locker-room/strength-conditioning/reducing-acl-injuries

• Image 5: http://www.fotolia.com/id/35043358

• Image 6: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why/question-mark-4

• Silvers H. Play at Your Own Risk: Sport, the Injury Epidemic, and ACL Injury Prevention in Female Athletes. Journal Of Intercollegiate Sport [serial online]. June 2009;2(1):81-98. Available from: SPORTDiscus with Full Text, Ipswich, MA. Accessed February 19, 2013.

• Hewett T, Ford K, Hoogenboom B, Myer G. UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING ACL INJURIES: CURRENT BIOMECHANICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS – UPDATE 2010. North American Journal Of Sports Physical Therapy [serial online]. December 2010;5(4):234-251. Available from: SPORTDiscus with Full Text, Ipswich, MA. Accessed February 19, 2013.

• Ryder S, Johnson R. Prevention of ACL injuries. Journal Of Sport Rehabilitation [serial online]. May 1997;6(2):80. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed February 11, 2013.

• Mendiguchia J, Ford K, Quatman C, Alentorn-Geli E, Hewett T. Sex Differences in Proximal Control of the Knee Joint. Sports Medicine [serial online]. July 2011;41(7):541-557. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed February 11, 2013.

• Alentorn-Geli E, Myer G, Cugat R, et al. Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in soccer players. Part 2: A review of prevention programs aimed to modify risk factors and to reduce injury rates. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy [serial online]. November 2009;17(8):859-879. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed February 11, 2013.