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.

One of the hallmark signs of a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee is a loud popping sound, which is usually followed by intense pain. You might not be able to stand or put ...

Cruciate ligaments. These two ligaments cross inside your knee joint in an “X” shape. They allow your knee to move forward and backward without moving too far sideways.

A lateral collateral ligament (LCL) sprain occurs when there is a tear in the ligaments on the outside of the knee. Causes include sports injuries and accidents. Symptoms include pain, swelling ...

Objectives: The knee joint is the most common site for injury among younger people, the injury often resulting in expensive (surgical) treatment, long-term rehabilitation and permanent functional ...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears represent more than 50% of knee injuries and affect more than 200,000 people in the United States each year, with direct and indirect costs greater than $7 ...

Brad: If it doesn't track properly, it either pulls to one side or to the other. It causes pain. And where the red tape is here is, typically, you can either have pain on the inside or medial, or the ...

Physically SpeakingDr. Mark McDonald This week we are going to discuss the very important ligaments of the knee which provide stability and control of knee motion. First, the anterior cruciate ...