Objective To assess the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours regarding anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention ...

The Bear Moon study, which is evaluating the Bear ACL implant against autograft bone-patellar tendon-bone ACL reconstruction, completed enrollment, according to a July 7 news release. The study, ...

Miach Orthopaedics completes enrollment for BEAR MOON study comparing the BEAR Implant to ACL reconstruction for complete ACL tears.

Most athletes try to avoid dwelling on serious injuries — especially ones that could lead to surgery, long recovery times and ...

It's every top athlete's worst nightmare: an anterior cruciate ligament injury. TU/e researcher Janne Spierings developed a new protocol for cruciate ligament grafts that should reduce complications.

Objectives To evaluate the compartmental distribution of knee osteoarthritis (OA) after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), to determine if patellofemoral or tibiofemoral OA is more ...

An increasing number of young people are tearing their ACLs, and an innovative procedure is now approved for use on the youngest patients. To repair an ACL, surgeons typically borrow tissue from ...

Following an ACL reconstruction, around 80 percent of athletes return to a relative level of sports, while only 60 percent regain their pre-injury level of performance. To reduce the risk of reinjury, ...

HealthDay News — In anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and uninjured contralateral knees, the patella articulates higher on the femoral trochlea due primarily to a longer patellar ...

Methods Seventy-one patients underwent ACL reconstruction using hamstring tendons. We measured the diameters of the quadruple, quintuple, and sextuple assemblies in all patients. We recorded tendon ...

Meanwhile, the hamstring autograft has gained popularity for ACL reconstruction. The small diameter size of the hamstring autograft has been deemed a risk factor for early failure after ACL ...