There are approximately 150,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears a year, most of which need to be fixed surgically. However, new research at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York ...
A rehabilitation protocol that involves initiating progressive eccentric resistance exercises 3 weeks after patients undergo anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction can more than double quadriceps ...
The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is one of the ligaments that support your knee, connecting your thigh bone to your shin bone, according to Cleveland Clinic. The ACL provides support during ...
Kruse LM, Gray B, Wright RW. Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. A systematic review. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012; 94:1737–1748. Objective: To review recent evidence in ...
A popped ACL starts the athlete on a rough road back to competition. And surgery, athletes will tell you, is not the most difficult part. What’s hard begins during several weeks of physical therapy ...
The first week of rehabilitation in an ACL reconstruction is the most important time frame. "It sets the tone for everything else," said Kevin Wilk, one of the top physical therapists in the country ...
Georgia running back Todd Gurley underwent surgery on Tuesday to address a torn ACL, and he started his rehab on Wednesday. It used to be a torn ACL would keep a player out of action for a year, but ...
Unfortunately, the downside of a heavily front-loaded roster finally hit reality for the Warriors. On the heels of Kevin Durant’s Achilles rupture (pun intended), Klay Thompson ruptured the anterior ...