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 ...

ACL surgery is a procedure that doctors use to replace a torn ligament in your knee. The ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) is a band of tissue inside your knee. It gets damaged when it stretches or ...

An ACL tear, or torn anterior cruciate ligament, is one of the most common knee injuries. ACL tears are common among athletes and occur more frequently among female athletes. Ligaments connect bones ...

Objective Investigate MRI evidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) healing, patient-reported outcomes and knee laxity in patients with acute ACL rupture managed non-surgically with the Cross ...

We conducted a randomized, controlled trial involving 121 young, active adults with acute ACL injury in which we compared two strategies: structured rehabilitation plus early ACL reconstruction and ...

What is the function of the cruciate ligament? There is an anterior and a posterior cruciate ligament in both knees. They connect the femur to the tibia and stabilize the knee joint forwards and ...

Allan J, Collins C, Henke N et al. (2013) A multisport epidemiologic comparison of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in high school athletics. Journal of Athletic Training 48: 810–7 Arneja S, Leith ...

1 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Research Foundation, Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center and Human Performance Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 University of Cincinnati, College ...

It's the second strongest ligament in the knee and stabilises the joint, connecting the thigh bone (femur) and the leg bone (tibia). Surgery is not always essential when the ACL is ruptured. But in ...