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 ...

However, have you ever heard of the posterior cruciate ligament injury? The cruciate ligaments are two ligaments within the knee that cross (hence the term cruciate or cruciform). These ligaments ...

Main hypothesis of this study was, that in PCL deficient knee joints: Tibiofemoral motion patterns are significantly changed in terms of an increased posterior translation and external rotation of ...

Effect of PCL-deficiency (F1), knee flexion (F2) and flexor muscle activity (F3) on the position of the medial and lateral femoral condylus, the central reference point and the epicondylar axis.

The classic mechanism of injury to the PCL in sports due to a fall on a flexed knee with the foot in plantar flexion. A PCL injury can be partial or complete and it can be isolated or involve multiple ...