How Is Lindsey Vonn Skiing With a Torn ACL? Some People Don't Need One.

The crash looked season-ending, maybe career-ending. On January 30th, Lindsey Vonn wiped out just seconds into her downhill ...
Medical Xpress

New treatment could help avoid surgery by healing ACL rupture, study shows

A new non-surgical bracing treatment may help to facilitate healing after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture, a new study has found. Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the ...
Kaleido Scope

Female athletes are at higher risk for ACL injuries. Here is how to reduce the risk.

Anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injuries are one of the most common among athletes. Each year, approximately 150,000 ACL injuries occur in the United States, particularly in sports that involve ...
BMJ

REPORTING ON ACL DEFICIENT PATIENTS: A FUNCTION-BASED RETURN-TO-ACTIVITY ALGORITHM

Background The most current follow-up treatments after ACL injuries are time-oriented. The decision-making procedures for return-to-sport are not uniform. The ACL rehabilitation approaches comply ...
BMJ

2 10-year risk-factors of knee function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction – a study from the swedish national knee ligament register

Introduction Long-term individual prognosis and risk factors for quality of life and disability following ACL reconstruction remain unknown. To determine 10 year predictors of knee function after ...
The Conversation

Women soccer players are more likely to tear their ACL than men. Here’s why – and how we can prevent these injuries

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