ACL reconstruction surgery can help restore mobility and stability to the knee following a severe injury. These injuries include tearing and are more common in athletes. The anterior cruciate ligament ...

Adolescent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery can preserve health and restore function of the knee joint, but the surgical cost has outpaced inflation. Objectives: The number of ...

Researchers estimate that about 20% of patients who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction will develop posttraumatic osteoarthritis (OA) within 10 years after surgery. That ...

Terilyn Moe Bautista doesn’t have either of the ACLs she was born with. Bautista, who is known as TMoe, suffered three ACL injuries during her time playing on the University of Nevada, Reno, women’s ...

An increasing number of young people are tearing their ACLs, and an innovative procedure is now approved for use on the youngest patients. To repair an ACL, surgeons typically borrow tissue from ...

People who rupture their ACL have a 8.2 fold greater risk of knee osteoarthritis within 11 years. A new study finds evidence that the less weight and force people put on their injured knee after ...

People may not hop backward often, but a new study shows that having people hop backward on one leg can be a better way of measuring strength and recovery in the knee, as well as other joints and ...

Carolyn DeHoff was a women's basketball player at Arizona State University in the late 1980s. She's also a witness to the medical progress of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. It's a knee ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Female athletes, especially those who participate in pivoting sports, are known to have a higher risk for ACL ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Re-revision ACL reconstruction was associated with improvements in stability and patient-reported outcomes.