About 30 per cent of tears in the anterior cruciate ligament that supports the knee heal within two years with strengthening exercises, challenging the common assumption that surgery is always needed ...

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.

If the tibia has more movement, or if the ligament is loose compared with the other knee, the anterior drawer test is considered to be positive — indicating an injury to the ACL.

Damage to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common yet severe knee injury. Most people who experience a torn ACL recover in 3–12 months. Read more here.

Background To prevent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, knowledge regarding risk factors and prevention methods must be disseminated to the public. However, it is unclear how the general ...