Certain types of sports injuries can cause your ACL to stretch or tear. Find out how it happens and how it's treated.

An anterior drawer test is used to check your knee for an ACL tear. Learn about the causes of ACL tears, treatment options, and what to expect with this test.

If the tibia has more movement, or if the ligament is loose compared with the other knee, the anterior drawer test is considered to be positive — indicating an injury to the ACL.

Evidence mounts that the anterior cruciate ligament may heal without surgery, but the long-term outcomes are only beginning to be evaluated.

In young, agile patients, current German and United States guidelines recommend surgical reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. "An operation is always associated with risks for the ...

Adolescent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery can preserve health and restore function of the knee joint, but the surgical cost has outpaced inflation.

Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery Robert S. Wolf, MD, Lawrence J. Lemak, MD Disclosures J South Orthop Assoc. 2002;11 (1) Technique ...

Background The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate for girls/women has not changed in over 20 years, and they remain 3–6 times more likely to experience injury compared with boys/men. To date ...

Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar is set to have surgery after tearing both his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee, his club Al-Hilal have confirmed.

Rico Henry has suffered a suspected anterior cruciate ligament injury and is now set for a “prolonged period of recovery”. Henry went down awkwardly in the 39th minute of Brentford’s ...

Background The methodological quality of studies on treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in skeletally immature children after ACL injury is low, and no prospective studies have ...