Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries and Their Impact on Physical Performance and Mental Health in Young Amateur Athletes
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mental health, athletes, ACL injuriesAbstract
Approximately 400,000 anterior cruciate ligament tears occur every year in active people and athletes. For many years, ACL injury has been a prevalent and devastating injury for athletes of all ages and playing levels. It has occurred across many sports and can be especially devastating to younger amateur athletes who may be trying to progress their athletic careers. In addition, research within the past five to ten years has pointed towards a higher risk of injury for young athletes, especially females [1]. The goal of this paper is to explore hypotheses to explain this occurrence and to understand ACL injuries in general. The paper is meant to analyze both the physical and mental effects of ACL injury. A survey was conducted that gathers information about young athletes’ ACL injuries, from how they got injured to the end of recovery. In this paper, a combination of literature review of pre-existing research and collected data were used to support or contradict findings.
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