Results We included 22 systematic reviews (142 trials of mostly men) evaluating ACL-injured individuals and none evaluating isolated meniscal injuries. We synthesised data from 16 reviews evaluating ...

Background Shoulder injuries in rugby players are common, but the mechanisms of injury are less well understood. This study aims to elucidate common mechanisms of injury and identify the patterns of ...

[25] The majority of these tears, however, are asymptomatic and occur in association with degenerative joint disease. The changing patterns of meniscal injury with chronological age most likely ...

He sustained a twisting injury to ... an acute tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) (Figure 1) with possible meniscocapsular separation of the medial meniscus (Figures 2,3).

According to doctors, an ACL injury occurs when the ligament in the knee that connects the thigh bone to the shin bone is sprained or torn. A medial meniscus tear is a tear in the C-shaped ...

This time, the striker was not able to get back on his feet and left the field on a stretcher, with the club later confirming he had suffered an injury ... strain and a meniscal tear.

Traumatic brain injury ... mechanism is neuroprotective to the point of halting apoptosis, phosphorylating tau, and clearing tau via microglia and reactive astrocytes, and that it would continue to be ...

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can result from a number of mechanisms, including blunt impact ... with cognitive deficits that were not apparent following rotational injuries. These findings ...

This may be the case if a known injury such as an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear needs repair, but a meniscal tear is only suspected. The diagnosis of a meniscal tear commonly starts with a ...

There are many types of head injuries that can lead to long-term disability and mortality. Age, location and severity of injury, mechanism of injury and medical comorbidities will affect the type ...