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2. Anterior cruciate ligament injury - Wikipedia

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   An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. [1] The most common injury is a complete tear. [ 1 ] Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during injury, instability of the knee, and joint swelling . [ 1 ]

3. Tearing my ACL led me to become a doctor and now I ... - AOL

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   Dr. Julia Iafrate, DO, practices sports medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. She's a former competitive skier who tore her ACL. She says hormones increase the risk of an ACL injury ...

4. 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.

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

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   ACL reconstruction can protect the meniscus from injury, doctors say. A weak knee can also lead to another ACL tear. In fact, 11 patients (14%) in the new study re-injured their ACL.

6. ACL injuries are more common in women — experts are still ...

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   While there are ways to prevent ACL injuries, these injury prevention programs are not widely instituted, says Pearle. "50 to 80% of ACL injuries are preventable with neuromuscular training, or ...

7. Unhappy triad - Wikipedia

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   An injury to the MCL may occur as an isolated injury, or it may be part of a complex injury to the knee. Other ligaments ACL, or meniscus, may be torn along with a MCL injury. Symptoms. The most common symptom following an MCL injury is pain directly over the ligament.

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

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9. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   ACL injuries can be categorized into groups- contact and non-contact based on the nature of the injury [6] Contact injuries occur when a person or object come into contact with the knee causing the ligament to tear. However, non-contact tears typically occur during the following movements: decelerating, cutting, or landing from a jump.