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 ...

Conclusion The general level of evidence for rehabilitation after ACL or meniscal tear was low. Moderate-certainty evidence indicates that several rehabilitation types can improve quadriceps strength, ...

Although some athletes can cope with ACL laxity without surgical reconstruction, a trial of returning to the previous activity is the only effective way of predicting who will fall into this category.

Studies show that women are up to eight times more likely than their male counterparts to injure their ACL doing the same sport. 1 Furthermore, women are at greater risk of increased knee laxity ...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a crucial ligament in ... Factors such as age, graft diameter, and preoperative knee laxity also play a significant role in determining the likelihood ...

"Randomized prospective double-blind prolotherapy for knee osteoarthritis with or without ACL laxity," Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 6:68-80, March 2000). Prolotherapy, the injection ...

Failure of ACL reconstruction surgery may be due to recurrent ... or as resulting from laxity in secondary ligamentous restraints. [3] ...

appears to be what he experienced with his first ACL injury -- it is not universal, particularly if the ligament already has ...

PS: We know that ACL tears can be as high as eight times more ... increased muscular flexibility and ligamentous laxity ...