There are two central ligaments in a knee: the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The ACL is key for athletes who need to change direction as it allows ...

Some 30 per cent of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears heal within two years without knee surgery. This finding challenges the long-standing assumption that these ligaments won’t mend ...

Injuries can range from a slight stretching of the ligament to a complete tear, where the knee becomes unstable. Treatment for an ACL injury ranges from rehabilitative physical therapy to surgical ...

Your doctor or therapist uses the anterior drawer test to check your anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, for an injury. This is one of the common assessments used in knee injuries.

In severe cases, you may get a sprained ligament near the knee. The primary ligament that could become sprained is the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament).

Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar is set to have surgery after tearing both his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee, his club Al-Hilal have confirmed. The 31-year-old ...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear Authors: Volker Musahl, M.D., and Jon Karlsson, M.D., Ph.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published June 12, 2019 N Engl J Med 2019;380: 2341 - 2348 ...

The tear of the anterior cruciate ligament is one of the most common sports injuries. In young, agile patients, current German and United States guidelines recommend surgical reconstruction of the ...

Background The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate for girls/women has not changed in over 20 years, and they remain 3–6 times more likely to experience injury compared with boys/men. To date ...

Physically SpeakingDr. Mark McDonald This week we are going to discuss the very important ligaments of the knee which provide stability and control of knee motion. First, the anterior cruciate ...

15. Herzog MM, Marshall SW, Lund JL, Pate V, Spang JT. Cost of outpatient arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction among commercially insured patients in the United States, 2005-2013.