Lindsey Vonn puts her torn ACL to the test in Sunday’s Olympic downhill

The 41-year-old U.S. skier, who completely ruptured the ACL in her left knee on January 30, plans to tackle the Winter ...
Healio

‘Be sensible’ in treatment of ACL-MCL injuries

In the 1970s and 1980s, combined ACL and grade 3 medial collateral ligament injuries were primarily treated with big, open surgical procedures.“It was terrible,” Andy Williams, MBBS, FRCS(Ortho), ...

Why are women more likely to get ACL injuries?

Sports scientists are trying to figure out why female athletes are so prone to a specific type of knee injury.
BMJ

Questioning the rules of engagement: a critical analysis of the use of limb symmetry index for safe return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Objective To evaluate the association between limb symmetry index (LSI) in quadriceps and hamstrings strength together with hop tests, as a proxy of recovery, and the deviation from being symmetrical ...
BMJ

Healing of acute anterior cruciate ligament rupture on MRI and outcomes following non-surgical management with the Cross Bracing Protocol

Objective Investigate MRI evidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) healing, patient-reported outcomes and knee laxity in patients with acute ACL rupture managed non-surgically with the Cross ...