Hannah Knapic, Ellen Shanley, Charles A Thigpen, Albert Prats-Uribe, Cynthia D Fair, Garrett S Bullock
CONTEXT: In March 2020, public health concerns resulted in school closure throughout the United States. The prolonged sport cessation may affect knee injury risk in high school athletes. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare risk of knee injuries in high school athletes during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years, and stratify by gender, severity, mechanism of injury, injury type, and knee anatomic region. DESIGN: Historical-prospective cohort study...
February 27, 2024: Journal of Sport Rehabilitation