Longitudinal Changes in Muscle Strength, Flexibility and Knee Laxity during Puberty in Girls
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From the onset of puberty, females are at a greater risk of sustaining a non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture than males [1]. One factor commonly associated with greater ACL injury risk is increased passive knee laxity and the accompanying decrease in knee joint stability [2]. Females tend to display fluctuations in knee laxity across the menstrual cycle [3] as well as greater anterior knee laxity compared to their male counterparts [2]. However, how knee laxity changes at the onset of puberty and throughout the adolescent growth spurt is relatively unknown.
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