Female patients captured the spotlight in the orthopedic industry recently when a few implant manufacturers introduced new gender-specific knee implants or repositioned existing implants as being ...

Female athletes are especially vulnerable to ... but researchers think it's related to differences in anatomy, ... he started putting together a jumping workout to strengthen the female knee.

Women outnumber men when it comes to having knee replacement surgery. Now there's a new implant, the first designed with the female anatomy in mind.

Female athletes are three times more likely to suffer from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures, one of the most common knee injuries, compared to male athletes.

Background: The combined positioning of the trunk and knee in the coronal and sagittal planes during non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has not been previously reported. Hypothesis: ...

Anatomic differences between male and female knees have resulted in the creation and regular use of gender-specific implants. However, a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the ...

Girls and women who play sports are three times as likely to tear the knee's anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL – an injury with a recovery period that can take up to 12 months.