The MCL and LCL work in preventing the tibia from moving to the inside (MCL) or outside (LCL). The ACL is particularly vulnerable to injury during pivoting or side-to-side athletic activity or as the ...

Former UCONN Star and six-year Pro Katie Lou Samuelson suffered a torn ACL during Seattle Storm practice this past Thursday, as announced by the team on Saturday. Samuelson was going to be a ...

Gotham FC captain Tierna Davidson tore her ACL and will not play for the U.S ... Studies show women in sports are two to eight times more likely to tear their ACLs than men, according to Yale ...

A new procedure to help repair a torn ACL is getting young women back to the sports they love.Dr. Mark Slabaugh, an orthopedic surgeon at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, said there is only a 4% ...

Kyrie Irving finally had surgery to repair his torn left ACL. On Wednesday, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported Irving had undergone successful surgery on the injury. Irving was having an ...

After the game, USC confirmed fans’ worst nightmares by announcing that Watkins had suffered a torn ACL and would undergo surgery. The injury puts a major dent into USC’s hopes of winning its first ...

So it’s not as if your lower leg would completely fall off if you were to completely tear both the ACL and the PCL in a given knee. But a complete tear of either cruciate ligament could be ...

The Mavericks’ horrific stretch of bad luck worsened Monday when Kyrie Irving suffered a season-ending torn ACL in his left knee, the team confirmed. “Just wanted to let you guys know that I ...

An initial visit to the Alpinestars Mobile Medical unit didn’t reveal any serious injury, but an MRI scan today revealed that Lawrence had suffered a torn ACL, as well as a small tear to his ...

“An ACL tear is quite common among young individuals, often resulting from sports activities like football or a fall during cricket.” Three grades are commonly used to classify ACL ...

How is the ACL injured? What are the symptoms? The ACL can be injured or torn in a number of different ways. The most common mechanism is that of a sudden pivoting or cutting maneuver during sporting ...