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Players underwent comprehensive ultrasonography of both knees prior to beginning their collegiate careers. Anatomic structures were evaluated for presence and severity of abnormalities. Noncontact lower extremity injuries sustained over the collegiate career of the subjects were documented. Data were analyzed for correlations, differences in proportions, and odds ratio (OR). Seventy-nine percent of the athletes had at least one ultrasonographic abnormality, with quadriceps tendon (47.9%) and patellar tendon (39.6%) abnormalities predominating. Seventy-nine percent of players had at least one noncontact lower extremity injury (23.5% involving the knee) during their careers with an average of 2.8 injuries per career. The majority of injuries occurred in the second and third playing years. There was a significantly higher likelihood of patellar tendon injury based on the presence of patellar tendon ultrasonographic pathology (p\u2009=\u20090.024; OR\u2009=\u200911x). There was a significantly higher likelihood of quadriceps muscle\u2013tendon injury based on the presence of quadriceps tendon ultrasonography pathology (p\u2009=\u20090.0012; OR\u2009=\u2009140x). All athletes sustaining meniscal injuries had preexisting joint effusion but no preexisting ultrasonographic meniscal pathology. Knee ultrasonography along with patient history and complete physical examination may help reduce injury risk through education, prevention, and training programs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0039-1683953","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,8]],"date-time":"2019-04-08T22:45:52Z","timestamp":1554763552000},"page":"666-672","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Knee Ultrasonography to Determine Risk for Noncontact Injuries in Collegiate American Football Players"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Ryan A.","family":"Lewis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thompson Laboratory for Regenerative Orthopaedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"},{"name":"College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cristi R.","family":"Cook","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thompson Laboratory for Regenerative Orthopaedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patrick A.","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thompson Laboratory for Regenerative Orthopaedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"},{"name":"Columbia Orthopaedic Group, Columbia, Missouri"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"James P.","family":"Stannard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thompson Laboratory for Regenerative Orthopaedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rex L.","family":"Sharp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kyle M.","family":"Blecha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"James L.","family":"Cook","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thompson Laboratory for Regenerative Orthopaedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,8]]},"container-title":["The Journal of Knee Surgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0039-1683953.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,25]],"date-time":"2020-06-25T22:42:14Z","timestamp":1593124934000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/s-0039-1683953"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,8]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"07","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,25]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,7]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/s-0039-1683953","relation":{},"ISSN":["1538-8506","1938-2480"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1538-8506","type":"print"},{"value":"1938-2480","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,8]]}}}