Preventing ACL injuries in soccer players could save $1.5 million each year

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A national program to help prevent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in amateur soccer players could save around $1.5 million a year in medical and social costs, according to Australian research. The findings are based on the Football Australia's Perform+ exercise program which is designed to reduce ACL injury and includes both a warm-up and performance component. The study found that rolling out the program to all amateur soccer players in Australia could save $1,501,136 each year by averting 125 ACL ruptures, four ACL re‐ruptures, 22 cases of knee osteoarthritis, and three total knee replacements.

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Organisation/s: The University of Sydney, Victoria University, Monash University, University of Wollongong, Auckland University of Technology, Football Australia

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