ArticleTrauma monthly2015
Association of Soccer and Genu Varum in Adolescents.
Article in Trauma monthly, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06606964 (The Influence of the Lower Limb Components on Genu Varum in Football Players), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Influence of the Lower Limb Components on Genu Varum in Football Players: a Full Leg Length Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of sports participation on genu varum among youth: a systematic review.British medical bulletin · 2026Pooled it
- Bowlegs and Intensive Football Training in Children and Adolescents.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2018Pooled it
- Two-year follow-up of varus progression in young professional football players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Tibial genu varum and primary cam morphology in healthy young adults: A cross-sectional study uncovering the double threat to joint health.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2026Article
- Analysis of Genu Varum in Young Male Professional Soccer Players.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- The influence of the lower limb components on genu varum in football players: a full leg length magnetic resonance imaging study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- High Prevalence of Varus Knee Malalignment in Adolescent Football Players-Clinical Lower Leg Axis Measurements of Male Junior Football Players Aged 7 to 18 Years.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Influence of leg axis alignment on MRI T2* mapping of the knee in young professional soccer players.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- The Coronal Alignment of Lower Limbs in the Adolescent Football and Ice Hockey Players.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Effect of lateral wedge-shaped orthopedic insole on patients with genu varus: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Article
- Knee alignment in adolescents is correlated with participation in weight-bearing sports.International orthopaedics · 2018Article
- Biomechanical Responses and Injury Characteristics of Knee Joints under Longitudinal Impacts of Different Velocities.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2018Article
- How does lower leg alignment differ between soccer players, other athletes, and non-athletic controls?Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016Article
- Evaluation of the relationship between the bone alignment of the lower extremity and the importance of Q angle in male athletes.Science progressArticle
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundGenu varum is a physical deformity marked by bowing of the leg. One of the risk factors of this musculoskeletal alignment is stress on the knee joint such as with exercise.
objectivesSince the evaluation of genu varum has not been widely studies, this study was conducted to examine the association between genu varum and playing soccer. MATERIALS AND
methodsBetween Septembers 2010-2012, 750 soccer players and 750 non-soccer players 10-18 years of age were included in the study. A questionnaire of data including age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), years of soccer participation, the average time of playing soccer per week, previous trauma to the lower limbs, history of any fractures of the knee, previous hospitalizations, and the distance of joint lines between the knees was assessed for all subjects. Chi-square, student t-test, and one-way ANOVA were used for statistical analysis by SPSS v.19.0 software. In all tests, a P value of less than 0.05 was construed as statistically significant.
resultsBoth soccer players and controls had genu varum. However, the incidence of genu varum was higher in the soccer players (P = 0.0001) and it was more prevalent in the 16-18 year age group (P = 0.0001). The results revealed a statistically significant association between the degree of practices and the prevalence of genu varum (P = 0.0001). Moreover, previous trauma to the knees and practicing in load-bearing sports led to an increase in the degree of genu varum (P = 0.0001).
conclusionsThere was a higher incidence of genu varum in soccer players than in control adolescents; the stress and load imposed on the knee joint led to more severe genu varum.
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