In this digital animation, Bertram Zarins, MD, of the Massachussets General Hospital Sports Medicine Service, reviews the anatomy of the ligaments which provide stability for the knee. He provides ...

Ligaments are bands of tough elastic tissue around your joints. They connect bone to bone, give your joints support, and limit their movement. You have ligaments around your knees, ankles, elbows, ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

When Gabriel Jesus fell to the grass clutching his knee around 30 minutes into Arsenal’s FA Cup tie against Manchester United this month, it looked like the Brazilian’s night was over. But after the ...

The oblique popliteal ligament crosses the back of the knee joint. A fibrous band of tissue, this ligament is both broad and flat in shape. It originates as an extension of the semimembranosus ...

Analysis of knee joints from adult human cadavers provides new insights into the functions of a ligament that helps connect parts of the thigh and shin bones 1. The ligament, called the anterolateral ...

A hyperextended knee, or knee hyperextension, happens when the knee joint bends the wrong way, which may damage the ligaments in the knee. The condition is common in athletes who play high-impact ...

Correspondence to Dr Roula Kotsifaki, Rehabilitation Department, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar; argyro.kotsifaki{at}aspetar.com This guideline was developed to inform ...