Orlando Magic backup center Moe Wagner is out for the year with a torn ACL, the Magic announced Sunday. The injury came in Saturday's win over the Miami Heat. The loss is substantial in itself.

But MRI results in February showed she had torn her ACL, one of four ligaments that holds the knee together. It attaches to the top of the shinbone (tibia) to the bottom of the thighbone (femur ...

"Once an ACL tear has been discovered, you would work with a surgeon and physical therapist to determine if surgery is necessary, and, if so, what that recovery will look like," says Schroeder.

Theories about why women are more likely than men to tear this ligament vary. Some research has focused on the mechanics of how women athletes train and what role, if any, the size of the ACL and ...

As the World Cup kicks off, many of the big names in women's soccer are notably absent from the international competition because of knee injuries, specifically ACL tears. It’s part of what some ...

There’s a clear link between ACL injuries and osteoarthritis, and new research suggests it has to do with how much force and weight people put on their affected knee post surgery. This reduced ...