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, ...

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.

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 ...

The ACL controls anterior movement of the tibia and inhibits extreme ranges of tibial rotation. The majority of authorities believe that the ACL consists of 2 major bundles, the posterolateral bundle ...

The sacrospinous ligament is a thin ligament attached to the ischial spine (a bone prominence in the lower pelvis) and the lateral (side) regions of the sacrum (at the bottom of the spine) and coccyx, ...

The ankle bones include the calcaneus, cuboid, external cuneiform, internal cuneiform, middle cuneiform, navicular, and talus. The talus sits at the top, under the fibula and tibia (the bones of the ...

The anterolateral ligament (ALL) may hold the key to common knee injuries, researchers say Two knee surgeons in Belgium say they have identified a previously unfamiliar ligament in the human knee.

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 ...

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 ...