The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four primary ligaments that provides stability to the knee joint. If the ACL ...

People may not hop backward often, but a new study shows that having people hop backward on one leg can be a better way of measuring strength and recovery in the knee, as well as other joints and ...

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is now accepting applicants for an observational trial focused on fertilized anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Unlike ...

Terilyn Moe Bautista doesn’t have either of the ACLs she was born with. Bautista, who is known as TMoe, suffered three ACL injuries during her time playing on the University of Nevada, Reno, women’s ...

A new study has found a novel, non-surgical method that is very effective at healing a common sporting injury, rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament or ACL. The method could be a way to help ...

Researchers estimate that about 20% of patients who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction will develop posttraumatic osteoarthritis (OA) within 10 years after surgery. That ...

Joshua Pate is the author of health-related children's books. Anthony Nasser and Peter Stubbs do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

Carolyn DeHoff was a women's basketball player at Arizona State University in the late 1980s. She's also a witness to the medical progress of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. It's a knee ...