Risk factors for lower extremity injury: a review of the literature

By D. Murphy, D. Connolly, B. Beynnon. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2003

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Understanding and Preventing Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries (2006, background): “In the first, risk factors are divided into extrinsic factors (those outside the body) and intrinsic factors (those from within the body).(115) The second scheme divides risk factors into the following 4 categories: environmental, anatomical, hormonal, and neuromuscular.”
The Youth Physical Development Model: A New Approach to Long-Term Athletic Development (2012, background): “During the adolescent spurt, female athletes will undergo sex-specific physiological processes that may affect performance: increased fat mass, differential rates of development of neuromuscular strength, and height and weight; commencement of menstrual cycle, increased joint laxity, increased knee ”
Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in soccer players. Part 1: Mechanisms of injury and underlying risk factors (2009, background): “Risk factors have been divided into extrinsic (those outside the body) and intrinsic factors (those within the body) [128].”
Incidence, Risk, and Prevention of Hamstring Muscle Injuries in Professional Rugby Union (2006, background): “Although data were not collected on quadriceps strengthening, it is also possible that players may have continued strengthening their uninjured quadriceps during rehabilitation and that this strengthening may have further reduced their hamstrings:quadriceps strength ratio, which has been suggested a”