If you've had an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, your healthcare provider may recommend rehabilitation exercises to help improve your knee health. An ACL injury is often caused by ...

A rehabilitation protocol that involves initiating progressive eccentric resistance exercises 3 weeks after patients undergo anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction can more than double quadriceps ...

There are approximately 150,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears a year, most of which need to be fixed surgically. However, new research at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York ...

Kruse LM, Gray B, Wright RW. Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. A systematic review. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012; 94:1737–1748. Objective: To review recent evidence in ...

Maybe it was a bad cut. Maybe someone ran into you. Either way, surgery is coming. That’s hard enough, but here’s the real concern: around one in four athletes who suffer an ACL tear never return to ...

The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is one of the four main ligaments that support the knee. The ACL crosses the front of the knee diagonally, and provides support during rotation as well as ...

Surgery has long been considered the default option if you tear your anterior cruciate ligament. But this surgery is expensive and does not always allow people to return to sport. Research over the ...

Knee replacement surgery can help reduce pain and improve function in those with arthritis. You may need to change up your fitness routine, however — especially while you're doing physical therapy.