Dr Ramon Cugat, the surgeon who Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has trusted with treating his players since his Barcelona days, explains the increase in ACL injuries in the Premier League.

There are a few ACL graft options that may be considered. Autografts, those taken from elsewhere in your own body, can be harvested from: The patellar tendon The hamstring tendon Quadriceps tendon ...

Among elite football players, atrophy may persist in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years after ACL surgery ... received quadriceps tendon autograft, 22 athletes (73%) received ...

to assess graft integrity and computed tomography (CT) for evaluation of osteolysis, a mode of failure should be identified. Additional instrumentation that should be available for revision ACL ...

However, despite strong clinical belief in its efficacy, primary evidence supporting training co-activation of the hamstrings and quadriceps muscles for ACL injury prevention and rehabilitation is ...

Only in two studies had free tendon ends been fixed in the tibia, and one used the medial portion of the patellar and quadriceps tendons using anchors to fix the grafts at the femoral and tibial ...

explains that faster recovery after ACL surgery comes from strengthening the muscles around the knee, especially the hamstrings and quadriceps. He recommends "prehabilitation" exercises to improve ...

Objective This study aimed to investigate how knee extensor and flexor strength change over time after anterior cruciate ligament ... effect of graft site morbidity on strength outcomes by comparing: ...

Admission MRI findings showed that 57.5% of ACL injuries were associated with meniscus injuries. Autologous hamstring tendon transplantation was performed in all patients who underwent surgery, with ...