New Scientist

Many anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries can heal without surgery

Some 30 per cent of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears heal within two years without knee surgery. This finding challenges the long-standing assumption that these ligaments won’t mend themselves ...
WebMD

What Is an Anterior Drawer Test?

What Is the Anterior Cruciate Ligament? The anterior cruciate ligament is part of the connective tissue inside your knee joint on the front of your knee. The cruciate ligaments cross in an X pattern ...
New Scientist

Knee brace may help torn anterior cruciate ligaments heal themselves

The vast majority of torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) can heal themselves with the help of a specialised knee brace, a small study has found. A ruptured ACL is a common sports injury that is ...

Steven J. Thornton, MD Introduces Cartilage Restoration and Joint Preservation as Alternatives to Total Knee Replacement

Advanced biologic repairs and robotic-assisted partial knee replacement offer alternatives to total knee surgery.
BMJ

Single leg vertical jump performance identifies knee function deficits at return to sport after ACL reconstruction in male athletes

Correspondence to Argyro Kotsifaki, Rehabilitation Department, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar; argyro.kotsifaki{at}aspetar.com Objectives Vertical jump ...
BMJ

Risk factors for knee osteoarthritis after traumatic knee injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies for the OPTIKNEE ...

Design Systematic review and meta-analyses that estimated the odds of OA for individual risk factors assessed in more than four studies using random-effects models. Remaining risk factors underwent ...