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 ...

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 ...

People with anterior cruciate ligament injuries can lose up to 40% of the muscle strength in the affected leg -- with muscle atrophy remaining a big problem even after ACL reconstruction and physical ...

Maybe it was a bad cut. Maybe someone ran into you. Either way, surgery is coming. That’s hard enough, but here’s the real concern: around one in four athletes who suffer an ACL tear never return to ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Patrick Owen tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in March while playing basketball, he assumed he would be on the ...

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 ...