Most young adults who sustained an ACL injury during childhood had overall good long-term outcomes following primary non-operative treatment with optional delayed ACL reconstruction (figure 2). A ...

Popular activities such as soccer and basketball lend themselves to this type of injury ... ACL injuries in children and adolescents whose physes are open. In an adult, conservative treatment ...

Objective: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are the most common ligament injury in the United States. These injuries can be career ending for athletes and severely disabling for all ...

However, when an ACL injury is suspected, parents and athletes should review the risk and benefits of surgical treatment with a sports medicine expert. It’s important to prioritize kids playing ...

We focused on lower-extremity injuries: hamstrings, knees, calf strains, ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) and Achilles tendon tears. We figured that upper-body injuries such as finger fractures and ...