Objective: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are the most common ligament injury in the United States. These injuries can be career ending for athletes and severely disabling for all ...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is ruptured 300,000 times a year in the United States alone. We think we know how to fix it…but do we? The ACL is the ligament that attaches the femur (thigh ...

Anterior cruciate ligament rupture, whether treated surgically or not, is associated with an increase in osteoarthritis in former soccer players Alarming is the word Von Parat, Roos, and Roos choose ...

Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus will have an operation on his left knee after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Jesus, 27, was taken off on a stretcher during Sunday's FA Cup third ...

What is the function of the cruciate ligament? There is an anterior and a posterior cruciate ligament in both knees. They connect the femur to the tibia and stabilize the knee joint forwards and ...

The beagle had a ruptured cranial cruciate ligament (CCL). This condition, sometimes referred to as anterior cruciate ligament rupture, is the most common knee injury in the dog. The stifle or ...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries are one of the most burdensome injuries in sports, particularly in adolescent and youths. Of concern, female athletes have a greater risk of ACL rupture, with ...

Cruciate injuries are dreaded by footballers, cricketers and rugby players. Just ask Roy Keane, Herschelle Gibbs or Lawrence Dallaglio. All have ruptured their cruciate ligaments and took at least six ...

Regardless of whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is ultimately pursued, patients should be advised to ice, compress, elevate, and limit the use of the injured knee immediately after the injury.