These ligaments provide both straight plane (posterior cruciate) and rotatory (anterior cruciate) stability of the knee. The anterior cruciate ligament as we have spoken of before provides rotator ...

What is the function of the cruciate ligament? There is an anterior and a posterior cruciate ligament in both knees. They connect the femur to the tibia and stabilize the knee joint forwards and ...

Medial collateral ligament (MCL) Lateral collateral ligament (LCL) Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) The ACL is behind the kneecap (patella) and is in front of the PCL ...

If initial tunnels are in a very anterior or posterior position, it may be possible to ream new tunnels in the appropriate position without encroaching on the original tunnels. A more difficult ...

Incidence of anterior cruciate ligament tears and ... Incidence and long-term follow-up of isolated posterior cruciate ligament tears. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2017; 25: 3017–23 ...

Incident cruciate ligament injuries with date of diagnosis are recorded in the NPR according ... 12 Also, a more recent study reported that having a parent who suffered an ACL rupture, in combination ...

This time, the striker was not able to get back on his feet and left the field on a stretcher, with the club later confirming he had suffered an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL ...

Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus will have an operation on his left knee after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Jesus, 27, was taken off on a stretcher during Sunday's FA Cup third ...

A 19-year-old varsity baseball player presents with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). An MRI demonstrates a mid-substance tear, but no injury to the meniscus or articular surface.

The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is a ligament in the knee that connects the thighbone to the shinbone. An ACL injury occurs when the ACL accidentally gets stretched and torn partially or ...