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2. Ligamentous laxity - Wikipedia

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   Ligamentous laxity or ligament laxity can appear in a variety of ways and levels of severity. In most people, ligaments (which are the tissues that connect bones to each other) are naturally tight in such a way that the joints are restricted to 'normal' ranges of motion. This creates normal joint stability.

3. Medial patellofemoral ligament - Wikipedia

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   Initially, patients have their knees immobilized for the ligament to heal. Physical therapy is often prescribed as a nonsurgical treatment of a tear, in which functional rehabilitation and range of motion exercises that focus primarily on the hips, gluteal muscles, and quadriceps are used to strengthen the muscles surrounding the knee. During ...

4. Medial collateral ligament - Wikipedia

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   The medial collateral ligament (MCL), also called the superficial medial collateral ligament (sMCL) or tibial collateral ligament (TCL), [1] is one of the major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial (inner) side of the knee joint and occurs in humans and other primates. Its primary function is to resist valgus (inward bending) forces on ...

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

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   Knee injury doctors have long thought that a torn ACL required surgery to fix. New research suggests a non-surgical treatment may be as effective. ... the most commonly injured ligaments in the ...

6. Medial knee injuries - Wikipedia

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   The meniscofemoral ligament is longer than the meniscotibial ligament, which is shorter and thicker in nature. [2] The meniscofemoral ligament is a primary internal rotation stabilizer and a secondary external rotation stabilizer, activated when the sMCL fails. [3] [9] The meniscotibial ligament acts to secondarily stabilize internal rotation.

7. Anterior cruciate ligament injury - Wikipedia

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   Differences between males and females identified as potential causes are the active muscular protection of the knee joint, differences in leg/pelvis alignment, and relative ligament laxity caused by differences in hormonal activity from estrogen and relaxin. [12] [14] Birth control pills also appear to decrease the risk of ACL injury. [15]