Sports medicine stats: Knee injuries in high school athletes
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Approximately half of all high school sports injuries that require orthpaedic surgery involve the knee. In fact, between 2005-2007, knee injuries made up 15.2% of all high school sports-related injuries. Most of these surgeries were complete ligament tears that medically disqualified athletes for the season.
-Source: American Journal of Sports Medicine, April 2014
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Approximately half of all high school sports injuries that require orthpaedic surgery involve the knee. In fact, between 2005-2007, knee injuries made up 15.2% of all high school sports-related injuries. Most of these surgeries were complete ligament tears that medically disqualified athletes for the season.