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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.

Clemens MemmelDominik SporrerDominik SzymskiJohannes WeberAlexander HankeMarkus DenzingerMaximilian KerschbaumVolker AltWerner KrutschMatthias Koch
Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Further research is necessary to investigate if this high prevalence of varus knee in children of a higher age and higher playing levels is due to the selection bias of football players with varus knee or a real development of varus knee in individuals.
Keyphrases
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • high school
  • knee osteoarthritis
  • young adults
  • mental health
  • anterior cruciate ligament