Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear Authors: Volker Musahl, M.D., and Jon Karlsson, M.D., Ph.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published June 12, 2019 N Engl J Med 2019;380: 2341 - 2348 ...

Background The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate for girls/women has not changed in over 20 years, and they remain 3–6 times more likely to experience injury compared with boys/men. To date ...

Objective: To compare long term outcome of highly active patients with anterior cruciate ligament ruptures treated operatively versus non-operatively. Design: We reviewed high level athletes with an ...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the important ligaments that holds the knee in place, preventing the tibia from sliding forwards, anterior to the femur. It is therefore very ...

The tear of the anterior cruciate ligament is one of the most common sports injuries. In young, agile patients, current German and United States guidelines recommend surgical reconstruction of the ...

The anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments are in the center of your knee. The ACL is toward the front of your knee. It controls forward movement and rotation of your shinbone.

Some 30 per cent of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears heal within two years without knee surgery. This finding challenges the long-standing assumption that these ligaments won’t mend ...

The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is a part of the knee that is prone to injury. Learn about the causes and symptoms of an ACL injury here, as well as about the treatment options and ...

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.

15. Herzog MM, Marshall SW, Lund JL, Pate V, Spang JT. Cost of outpatient arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction among commercially insured patients in the United States, 2005-2013.