ACL Injuries

I'm doing my paper on why ACL injuries are more common in women than men. What I want to find out is why statistics show a much higher percentage of ACL tears in women than men. This topic makes me very curious, being an athlete my self and seeing teammates of mine tear their ACLs. ACL tears are common in basketball, soccer, and volleyball. I of course, play basketball and know how hard it is to recover from an injury like this one, so I want to also learn about prevention to keep myself and other teammates from experiencing something as painful and upsetting as this. An ACL tear is a season ender for sure, and I cannot imagine being benched for an entire season because of injury. That would suck! Anyway, what I've found is that what makes this happen is the way women's hips are shaped and their bone structure. Basically, the muscles that run down the leg from the hip to the knee pulls out the knee cap in women. The joints aren't as stable as men's. That's what causes the injuries. 

Why are ACL injuries more common in female athletes than males? This is the question I am posing and challenging upon myself to become educated on the topic. I find this proposition quite intriguing considering my experiences in athletics and witnessing injuries in my fellow teammates. I strive to learn about prevention of such a tragedy. The biological cause for the higher percentages of injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament in women than men revolves around the structure of hips. The wider alignment of the legs and hips causes the surrounding muscles to extend the placement of the knee cap in an outward motion. This divergence engenders is greater occurrence of these knee injuries in females over males.