Cruciate ligament injury among students of Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia

Alrwaili, Abdurhman Aiash; Hussain, Malik Azhar; Abo El-fetoh, Nagah Mohamed; Alrawili, Omar Nasser S; Alruwaili, Khalid Saud M; Alanazi, Faisal Saleh Q; Almutrafi, Saif Khamees F; Alanazi, Faisal Eid N; Alenezi, Omar Mohammed; ALanazi, Abdulaziz Ayad; Mukhlef, Alshammari Taleb; Alshaibani, Fahad Safar; Al Herz, Abdullah Asaad

doi:10.21608/ejhm.2018.16183

	Cruciate ligament injury among students of Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia
The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 28, Volume 73, Issue 5, October 2018, Page 6789-6796 PDF (560.15 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.16183
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Authors
Abdurhman Aiash Alrwaili¹; Malik Azhar Hussain²; Nagah Mohamed Abo El-fetoh³; Omar Nasser S Alrawili¹; Khalid Saud M Alruwaili¹; Faisal Saleh Q Alanazi¹; Saif Khamees F Almutrafi¹; Faisal Eid N Alanazi¹; Omar Mohammed Alenezi¹; Abdulaziz Ayad ALanazi¹; Alshammari Taleb Mukhlef¹; Fahad Safar Alshaibani⁴; Abdullah Asaad Al Herz⁵
¹Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar
²Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar
³Community Medicine Department, Sohag University, Egypt and Northern border university, Arar
⁴Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar,
⁵Imam Abdurrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Background: cruciate ligament consists of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and they go from the femur to the tibia. The cruciate ligaments function is mainly to stabilize the knee and these ligaments have a risk to be injured in the athletes as well as non-athletes. Objective: address the prevalence of cruciate ligament injuries and its association with different types of injuries among Northern Border University students, Arar, KSA. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among a representative sample of Northern Border University students in Arar City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during the academic year 1439–1440. The students received the questionnaire to complete it. The parameters included in the questionnaire included age, sex, cause of cruciate ligament injury as during football playing, motor car accident, side and type of injury, type of treatment whether surgical treatment, physiotherapy or medical treatment. Results: This study reported the prevalence of cruciate ligaments injury among the studied Northern Border University students in Arar city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was 5.7%. The age of the studied ACL injury cases ranged from 18 to 30 years with mean age (±SD) was 23.0 ± 4.2 years. Most of cases (98.6%) were males. Playing football was the most common cause by 78.9% followed by motorcar accidents 7%, fall from stairs 5.6%, swimming 4.2% and fall from height 2.8%. As regards the side of the injured cruciate ligament, 60.6% had anterior cruciate ligaments injury, 8.5% had posterior cruciate ligament injury, and 18.3 % had injury in both sides. In the majority (54.9%) of cases, ACL tear was complete; partial in 38.0%. 14.1% received medical treatment, surgical treatment and physiotherapy by the same percent 32.4%, medical treatment and physiotherapy 15.5%. As regards outcome of treatment, this study reported 74.6% of patients become good and stable, 23.9% still complaining and 1.4% suffering from disability. Conclusion: This study reported the prevalence of cruciate ligaments injury among the studied Northern Border University students in Arar city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was 5.7%. Most of cases (98.6%) were males. Playing football was the most common cause by 78.9% followed by motorcar accidents 7%. As regards outcome of treatment, this study reported 74.6% of patients become good and stable, 23.9% still complaining and 1.4% suffering from disability.
Keywords
cruciate ligament injuries; Students; Northern Border University; Arar; playing football; Accidents


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