Both ligaments connect your upper leg bone ... you typically need to undergo an MRI. A partial tear of the ACL may not need surgical repair if the knee remains relatively stable.

In a shocking turn of events during a recent Bundesliga match, Chinese national team player Shen Menglu suffered a devastating injury that has resulted in the premature end of her season. This ...

A 19-year-old varsity baseball player presents with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). An MRI demonstrates a mid-substance tear, but no injury to the meniscus or articular surface.

Because ACL injuries are recognized quicker, due to increased awareness and better diagnostic tools, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), more physicians are treating ACL injuries in children ...

An analysis of high school soccer players suggests that incorporating a lower extremity injury prevention program results in fewer anterior cruciate ligament tears and a big reduction in health care ...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common, especially among athletes. Each year, over 400 000 ACL reconstruction ...

We focused on lower-extremity injuries: hamstrings, knees, calf strains, ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) and Achilles tendon tears. We figured that upper-body injuries such as finger fractures ...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are prevalent, with over 400 000 reconstruction surgeries globally each year.

Some individuals who have had anterior-cruciate-ligament reconstruction (ACLR), the kind of surgery often performed on ...

The BEAR Implant from Miach Orthopaedics is now cleared to treat torn ACLs in children and adolescents of any age, as well as ...

Elite athletes have made returns from torn ACLs look routine in recent years. It may not be quite as straightforward further down the totem pole, though, evidence suggests.