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The American Journal of Sports Medicine 15:111-116 (1987)
© 1987 SAGE Publications

Prophylactic knee bracing in college football

George D. Rovere, MD

Sports Medicine Unit, Wake Forest University, and the Section on Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Herbert A. Haupt, MD

Sports Medicine Unit, Wake Forest University, and the Section on Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

C. Steven Yates, MA, ATC

Sports Medicine Unit, Wake Forest University, and the Section on Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

We report on the number of knee injuries sustained by a major college football team during 2 full years when all players were required to wear laterally placed pro phylactic knee braces during all practice sessions and all games. We found that the incidence rates of knee injuries were higher when the braces were worn com pared to a similar period when the braces were not worn. There was also an increased number of ACL injuries during the brace period. Several indices char acterizing the nature of the injuries were analyzed and were found not to be altered significantly when the prophylactic braces were used. These facts lead us to question the efficacy of prophylactic knee braces in preventing knee injuries in college football. The use of the braces was associated with increased episodes of muscle cramping in the triceps surae muscle group, required the constant attention of coaches and trainers to remind the players to wear the braces and to apply them correctly, and was costly. These findings indicate the need for other carefully controlled clinical and bio mechanical studies of these devices before their routine use can be advocated.




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