A 20-year-old female professional soccer player presented after a noncontact injury during a soccer scrimmage. Examination demonstrated a high-grade Lachman test, a large effusion and an otherwise ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Since Robert Adams offered the first description of a clinical case of ACL rupture in 1837, the ACL has ...

VAIL, Colorado ” When Neal Henzler tore his ACL while skiing at Crested Butte a few months ago, he knew who to call. Henzler and his wife, Robin, are both active valley residents. They’ve broken bones ...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery has evolved since Dr. J. Stark published the first description of a torn ACL in The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal in 1850. Although ...

EVEN IF YOU'D rather watch sports than play them, you probably know that the anterior cruciate ligament—a half-inch-wide ribbon of collagen fibers connecting your thigh and shinbones—is the china vase ...

John Orozco broke down in tears when he earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team in late June. He'd been hit with his mother's sudden death and come back from a torn Achilles tendon in the 18 ...

It is not easy to determine exactly why and when orthopedic surgeons completely gave up on trying to primarily repair the torn ACL, but it was some time in the early 1990s, and in hindsight, it might ...

An improved understanding of the anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in recent years has generated a renewed interest in the evaluation of surgical techniques to repair the knee ligament.

A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting found that a novel surgical ...

Physicians at Boston Children’s Hospital have announced the recent success of a new procedure for reconnecting ACLs, according to The New York Times. In order to assess safety, orthopedic surgeon ...

While ACL surgeries are something of a rite of passage for mountain town skiers and cyclists, they’re still an invasive procedure that leaves folks sidelined for a period that’s often uncomfortably ...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament tears of the knee commonly occur in skiing and other cutting and pivoting sports. Historically, patients who suffer an ACL tear end up having ACL reconstruction surgery to ...