Abstract
BackgroundAim of the study was analyze knee injuries in male and female youth soccer players. Materials and MethodsWith a web-based survey data of 1110 male and female players aged 12 to 19 years of all German youth leagues were collected. ResultsA total of 285 knee injuries in male and 83 knee injuries in female players occurred. The most common injury types were injuries of joint & ligament (32.4%). Strikers (40.2%) showed the highest rates. The confounders gender, level, age and weekly training load showed no influence whereby increasing training experience increased the injury rate. ConclusionsIn order to reduce or prevent risk of knee injuries further univariate and multivariate testing is needed. Level of evidenceLevel IV.
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