The ACL is critical to the stability of the knee joint, and when an ACL tear occurs, the joint is usually unstable. This means that the knee joint has a tendency to give out. Giving out or instability usually occurs with cutting or pivoting movements which are common in many sports. Howe...
The ACL and PCL form an "X" inside the knee that stabilizes the knee against front-to-back or back-to-front forces.An ACL injury is a sprain or tear, in which the ligament is stretched beyond its normal range. When the ACL is torn, it's almost always due to at least one of the...
Treatment is the only way to heal a torn ACL, but you can live with it, especially if it's a minor tear. Athletes and those who want to go back to their previous activity level will need surgery to reconstruct their ACL.
Getting an injury to an anterior cruciate ligament (“ACL”) in either one of your knees can be devastating to your athletic training program. With even a small tear to your ACL, you might find yourself unable to train or compete for months. Your knees are a particularly vulnerable part of...
Accidents are not the only work-related cause of an ACL tear. Missouri workers, such as plumbers or carpet layers, could also experience trauma to the knee and a sprain from the constant pressure applied as they work. Your workers’ compensation benefits also cover these types of overuse injur...
Purpose: Females are at greater risk than males for sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. Performance outcomes and attrition rates associated with ACL injury and reconstruction in Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) athletes are unclear. The purpose of this study was to ...
Maybe you had a partial tear. Maybe yours was complete. Maybe you had reconstruction surgery, maybe you didn’t. You may feel overwhelmed, but it is important to realize that you are not alone in this process. There have been climbers in your position before you, and unfortunately there wi...
Full size table Fig. 2 Forest Plots for the pooled ACL-RSI scores for all studies, stratified by time. Forest plot for the pooled mean (95%Confidence Interval [CI]) ACL-RSI score for all studies, stratified by time since ACL tear.AForest plot for ACL-RSI scores pooled mean (95% co...
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Higher rate of failure in isolated bucket-handle tear injuries (p < 0.0062). No statistically significant association was found between the other variables studied. Conclusions Good results with 92% of sports return, low rate of complications, and low retear rate, even lower when is associated ...