In studies on rats, scientists at Johns Hopkins have found new evidence that the predominance of the hormone testosterone in males may explain why women are up to 10 times more likely than men to ...

Knee injuries are notoriously common, painstaking to resolve and often utterly avoidable. The problem isn't weak knees, per se, but poorly conditioned muscles, ligaments and tendons that support the ...

Young women demonstrate less strength and neuromuscular control after puberty, and this may make them particularly susceptible to Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries, according to new research.

The knee joint is comprised of connections between the femur, patella, tibia, and fibula. These bones have various muscle, tendon, and ligament attachments that create a hinge joint allowing for knee ...

Background Several studies have shown that adult females demonstrated the less muscle strength and less improvement after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) compared to male. Purpose To ...

Agility dogs lacking core strength from routine physical exercise may be more susceptible to one of the most common canine knee injuries, a cranial cruciate ligament rupture, which is similar to an ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The surgery for knee ligament reconstruction using artificial ligaments for the first time in Indonesia was claimed to be successful at Premier Bintaro Hospital, South Tangerang.