The patient with a complete MCL tear usually often has another injury within the knee such as an ACL tear ... Magnetic resonance imaging is often needed in this type of severe injury to rule ...

since this can help to identify whether other knee structures are involved. Males who ski, for example, or who play ice hockey or football, may be at higher risk for MCL tear. Imaging tests are ...

To be considered for the CBP, patients needed to be functionally independent and capable of managing a period of knee immobilisation. Patients were considered ineligible if they had clinical or MRI ...

But like so many skiers, a bad fall led to a knee injury last January. "MRI showed a bucket handle meniscus tear as well as a partial MCL and full ACL tear," says Matt McCarthy. ACL tears are ...