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ReviewKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2025

Sport-specific differences in ACL injury, treatment and return to sports: Football.

Werner Krutsch, Dominik Szymski, Johannes Rüther, Volker Musahl, Alberto Grassi, Thomas Tischer, Markus Gesslein

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Review in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Werner KrutschSportDocsFranken, Nürnberg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-9606
Dominik SzymskiDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Johannes RütherDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Paracelsus Medical University, Nürnberg, Germany.
Volker MusahlDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Alberto GrassiII Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Thomas TischerClinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Malteser Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien, Erlangen, Germany.
Markus GessleinDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Paracelsus Medical University, Nürnberg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The management of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures is carried out differently in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation for athletes than for non-athletes. However, different approaches to managing ACL ruptures are also discussed in different sports. This narrative review includes first time the current situation of ACL management in football by experiences from the practical routine as well as from scientific reports. No other sport shows such high number of literature reports and sufficient scientific evidence in the management of ACL ruptures like football and this article provides a football specific overview in prevention, treatment and return to sports strategies. These scientific reports underline the surgical treatment of ACL ruptures in football player and show a high sustainability and return to sports rate. However, reports from football show that despite good knowledge, the implementation of sustainable prevention and rehabilitation is difficult and needs improvement. CLINICAL

trial registrationConsidering that this manuscript is a narrative review, no clinical trial registration is neccesary. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V.

Indexed as

Anterior Cruciate Ligament InjuriesAnterior Cruciate Ligament ReconstructionAthletic InjuriesReturn to SportSoccerHumansACL rehabilitationACL surgeryamateurknee injuryprevention programmeprofessionalsoccer

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PMID40814850
PMCPMC12582233

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