They're four times more likely than male athletes to experience an injury. The likelihood of developing arthritis as a result of a knee injury is also on the rise. Soccer is now the most popular sport among young women.
Knee injuries comprise about twenty percent of injuries sustained in the sport.
Once ranked among the top players in Texas, Alicia Trubiana now concentrates on rehabilitation after tearing the main ligaments in both her knees. The anterior cruciate ligament, also known as the ACL, runs through the main part of the knee joint. It's an injury that Dr. Carey Windler sees more often in young women who play soccer. While ACL injuries are on the rise, a new study shows the risk of arthritis is also growing. In a study of ninety girls who sustained knee injuries, thirty-four percent showed symptoms of arthritis twelve years after the injury, four times higher than expected.