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

• Main Authors: Clemens Memmel (Author), Dominik Sporrer (Author), Dominik Szymski (Author), Johannes Weber (Author), Alexander Hanke (Author), Markus Denzinger (Author), Maximilian Kerschbaum (Author), Volker Alt (Author), Werner Krutsch (Author), Matthias Koch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Football, as the most popular sport worldwide, has long been under suspicion of causing varus knee alignment as early as adolescence. However, no causal relationship has yet been found. The first step to do so would be to determine the prevalence of lower leg malalignment among male juni...