Multisport Female Athletes in Basketball, Soccer and Volleyball May Be Less Likely to Have Hip and Knee Injuries than Their Peers Who Single-Sport Specialize

SOURCE: National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA)

DALLAS, TX – The Journal of Athletic Training, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s (NATA) scientific publication, released today Sport Specialization and Coordination Differences in Multisport Adolescent Female Basketball, Soccer, and Volleyball Athletes as part of its special thematic issue focused on youth sport specialization. With more than 30 million athletes participating either in individual or team sports, an increased emphasis has been placed on the success of youth athletes, which has increasingly pushed them to specialize. Females who sport-specialized demonstrated altered lower extremity (hips and knee) coordination relative to their multisport female athletes which may lead to less stable landings and an increased risk for injury.

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