Methods: Data involving patients diagnosed with an ACL tear and eligible for surgery were recorded. Isokinetic muscle strength, functional muscle performance, and anterior-posterior translation of the knee joint were documented preoperatively and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months postoperatively. Patients completed the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), Lysholm, and Tegner rating scal...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury is one of the most common injuries among sports athletes. This caused by a tear in ligament which characterized knee instability and popping “pop” sound after injury. Reconstructing ACL usually done grafting disconnected tissue. Patients reconstruction experience symptoms complications such as pain, decreased joint range motion, muscle weakness. Purpose: ...

It is generally accepted that definitive diagnosis of partial anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears is difficult without arthroscopic examination. Compared with patients with complete ACL tears, patients with partial ACL tears require fewer ACL reconstructions and more often return to sports when conservatively managed. The distinction between partial and complete ACL tears influences patient ...

Since the rediscovery of anterolateral ligament, extra-articular augmentation (EA) has evolved from controversial to an essential consideration in contemporary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery. Anterolateral (ALL) and lateral tenodesis are 2 common methods. Indications among early adopters pioneering at surgery included revision (ACL) case, chronic ACL tear, high-grade pivot sh...

This retrospective analysis of 182 consecutive patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction aimed to assess the clinical examination under anaesthetic and the MRI diagnostic accuracy of arthroscopically-proven, complete ACL ruptures, depending on the morphology of the torn ligament. Patients were then assigned to Group 1 (ACL not reattached) or Group 2 (ACL re-attached...

BACKGROUND Current studies demonstrate encouraging short-term results after primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) suture anchor repair. However, earlier studies reported deterioration of knee function at 5-year follow-up following good clinical short-term recovery. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate clinical long-term results after primary ACL repair at a minimum 5-year follow-...

The first reported case of mucoid degeneration of the anterior cruciate ligament (MDACL) was provided by Kumar et al in 1999.1 The pathogenesis is still unclear, but this condition is thought to be secondary to ACL degeneration. A 2004 study reported theprevalence ofMDACL as 0.043%,2 but a 2008 study found a prevalence of 5.3%.3 Although MDACL is not as rare as previously thought, it is not sti...

The objective of this study was to compare the gait variability of patients with isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency (experimental group) with that of healthy individuals (control group). The hypothesis was that the gait variability of the experimental group would be higher than the control group. The experimental group consisted of 20 men with an ACL tear and the control group...

BACKGROUND Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear is the most frequent injury in alpine ski racing, and there is a high prevalence of ACL reinjury. Limited data exist on the concurrent pathology with primary ACL tears in elite alpine ski racers and the magnitude of injury progression after primary ACL reconstruction (ACLR). PURPOSE To evaluate (1) the involvement of intra-articular and multili...

BACKGROUND There are two primary surgical techniques to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), transtibial (TT) technique and anteromedial portal (AMP) technique. Currently, there is no consensus which surgical technique elicits the best clinical and functional outcomes. MRI-derived measures of the signal intensity (SI) of the ACL graft have been described as an independent predictor...