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  2. Anterior cruciate ligament injury - Wikipedia

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    There are around 200,000 ACL tears each year in the United States. ACL tears newly occur in about 69 per 100,000 per year with rates in males of 82 per 100,000 and females of 59 per 100,000. [65] When breaking down rates based on age and sex, females between the ages of 14 and 18 had the highest rates of injury with 227.6 per 100,000.

  3. Torn ACLs may heal with therapy instead of surgery, though ...

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    ACL reconstruction has long been thought to reduce risks of developing the condition, but more recent research shows that about 50% of patients who have surgery still develop it within 12 to 14 years.

  4. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    This involves repairing the ACL by re-attaching it, instead of performing a reconstruction. Theoretical advantages of repair include faster recovery [2] and a lack of donor site morbidity, but randomised controlled trials and long-term data regarding re-rupture rates using contemporary surgical techniques are lacking.

  5. How to Return to Climbing After an ACL Tear - AOL

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  6. Anterior cruciate ligament - Wikipedia

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    Most ACL tears are a result of a non-contact mechanism such as a sudden change in a direction causing the knee to rotate inward. As the knee rotates inward, additional strain is placed on the ACL, since the femur and tibia, which are the two bones that articulate together forming the knee joint, move in opposite directions, causing the ACL to tear.

  7. Panthers promising rookie Jonathon Brooks tears ACL 3 weeks ...

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    Carolina Panthers promising rookie running back Jonathon Brooks has re-torn his right ACL, which he only fully recovered from three weeks ago, in the loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

  8. Microfracture surgery - Wikipedia

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    The surgery was called "controversial" by many sportswriters, due to a lack of studies on the long-term effects and the fact that an unsuccessful surgery could end an athlete's career. [9] Steadman has also adapted the surgery into a treatment to help reattach torn ligaments (a technique he calls the "healing response").

  9. Inside Cam Akers’ remarkable return from the most feared ...

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    To understand how devastating an Achilles tear once was for an elite athlete, you only have to go back about 15 years. On a Monday night in 2006, the injury waylaid a three-time Pro Bowl ...

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