• ACL injuries can be categorized into groups- contact and non-contact based on the nature of the injury Contact injuries occur when a person or object come into contact with the knee causing the ligament to tear. (wikipedia.org)
  • The management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in skeletally immature patients is controversial. (nih.gov)
  • The 'Prevent Injury and Enhance Performance' (PEP) strategy reduces the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries (RR 0.18, CI 0.08 to 0.42). (researchgate.net)
  • Mr Singhania is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon treating hip & knee pain and arthritis, sports injuries and soft tissue knee injuries, routinely performing hip replacements, knee replacements, arthroscopic knee surgery and knee ligament reconstruction at the Nuffield Cambridge Hospital. (nuffieldhealth.com)
  • Understanding and preventing noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries: a review of the Hunt Valley II meeting, January 2005. (thieme-connect.de)
  • 3 Unfortunately, knee injuries are common, and severe injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament injury constitute a serious problem in terms of long absence from or termination of football and early osteoarthritis. (bmj.com)
  • 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Only two non-randomised studies in adolescent footballers showed significant reduction of acute knee injuries or non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries with neuromuscular warm-up programmes. (bmj.com)
  • 16 17 However, most studies were not designed specifically to evaluate preventive effects on knee or anterior cruciate ligament injury as the primary outcome, and high quality randomised controlled trials targeting prevention of acute knee injuries or anterior cruciate ligament injuries are lacking. (bmj.com)
  • and more specifically in sport injuries such as Anterior Cruciate ligament. (scirp.org)
  • Anterior cruciate ligament sprain or tear is one of the most common knee injuries. (scirp.org)
  • 3. Orchard J, Seward H, McGivern J, Hood S. Rainfall, evaporation and the risk of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries in the Australian Football League. (mja.com.au)
  • Exclusion criteria were no meniscal tear or incomplete tear less than 10 mm in length, delay to surgery from initial injury more than 1 year, delay to surgery from preoperative MRI more than 4 weeks, revisions, fracture histories, and multiple ligament injuries. (qxmd.com)
  • Gupta R, Kapoor A, Jhatiwal S, Singh S. Low Vitamin D deficiency does not associate with anterior cruciate ligament injuries in elite athletes. (jassm.org)
  • A Renowned Surgeon Discusses New Approaches to ACL Repair A leading orthopedist explains how progress in our understanding of the knee's anatomy and how ACL injuries occur has changed his approach to anterior cruciate ligament repair. (medscape.com)
  • A Radical Proposal for Reducing Baseball Pitching Injuries Baseball teams at all levels--from Little League to Major League--need to develop more fast pitchers to reduce the risk for ulnar collateral ligament injury by using their best pitchers too often. (medscape.com)
  • Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL reconstruction) is a surgical tissue graft replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament, located in the knee, to restore its function after an injury. (wikipedia.org)
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament damage is a very common injury, especially among athletes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Another option first described in 2004, a minimally invasive technique for harvesting from the back of the knee, is faster, produces a significantly smaller wound, avoids the complications of graft harvesting from the anterior incision, and decreases the risk of nerve injury. (wikipedia.org)
  • Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is a common treatment for athletes after ACL injury. (bmj.com)
  • Background An athlete's intention to return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a major indication for surgical intervention. (bmj.com)
  • Anterior cruciate ligament injury is typified by a sudden, painful, audible pop noise. (bmj.com)
  • A torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) usually occurs as a result of an acute noncontact deceleration injury, forceful hyperextension, or excessive rotational forces about the knee. (bmj.com)
  • Mechanisms of anterior cruciate ligament injury. (bmj.com)
  • Results Seven players (0.28%) in the intervention group, and 14 (0.67%) in the control group had an anterior cruciate ligament injury. (bmj.com)
  • By Cox regression analysis according to intention to treat, a 64% reduction in the rate of anterior cruciate ligament injury was seen in the intervention group (rate ratio 0.36, 95% confidence interval 0.15 to 0.85). (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions A neuromuscular warm-up programme significantly reduced the rate of anterior cruciate ligament injury in adolescent female football players. (bmj.com)
  • In football, the rate of anterior cruciate ligament injury is more than twofold higher in female players than in male players, 9 10 and adolescent girls are especially at risk. (bmj.com)
  • The main objective of our stratified cluster randomised controlled trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of a neuromuscular warm-up programme in reducing the rate of acute knee injury, particularly anterior cruciate ligament injury, in adolescent female football players. (bmj.com)
  • Therefore, we needed to create and validate an ACL injury model in which the ligament injury is repaired to restore joint function and prevent joint failure. (childrenshospital.org)
  • Our recent ACL repair studies in three preclinical models have demonstrated that placement of the protein device in the injury site of the ACL can stimulate biologic and mechanical healing of the ligament(14;1;2;4;5;15-18). (childrenshospital.org)
  • The present study examined the effects of religion and spirituality practices and beliefs on emotional and psychological outcomes among professional athlete with anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) injury. (scirp.org)
  • 4. Orchard J, Seward H, McGivern J, Hood S. Intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament injury in Australian footballers. (mja.com.au)
  • 6. Cowling E, Steele J, McNair P. Effect of verbal instructions on muscle activity and risk of injury to the anterior cruciate ligament during landing. (mja.com.au)
  • O'Hagan T, Stucken C , Dodson CC. "Sports Specific Outcomes for Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction" In: Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment. (hss.edu)
  • To identify risk factors that predict false-negative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnosis for meniscal tear coincident with anterior cruciate ligament injury using multivariate logistic regression. (qxmd.com)
  • However, the role of low Vitamin D levels on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is not well studied. (jassm.org)
  • Editorial Commentary: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Our National Pastime. (bvsalud.org)
  • For Articular Cartilage Injury, a Holistic Approach Is Best Mastery of arthroscopy isn't enough to treat injury to the knee's articular cartilage. (medscape.com)
  • The torn ligament can either be removed from the knee (most common), or preserved (where the graft is passed inside the preserved ruptured native ligament) before reconstruction through an arthroscopic procedure. (wikipedia.org)
  • Evidence suggests that the hamstring tendon graft does as well, or nearly as well, as the patellar ligament graft in the long term. (wikipedia.org)
  • The wound is typically smaller than that of a patellar ligament graft, and so causes less post-operative pain. (wikipedia.org)
  • As it heals, the graft will remodel to become your new ligament. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Between 1980 and 2002, forty-four skeletally immature prepubescent children and adolescents who were in Tanner stage 1 or 2 (with a mean chronological age of 10.3 years) underwent physeal sparing, combined intraarticular and extra-articular reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament with use of an autogenous iliotibial band graft. (nih.gov)
  • Physeal sparing, combined intra-articular and extra-articular reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament with use of an autogenous iliotibial band graft in skeletally immature prepubescent children and adolescents provides excellent functional outcome with a low revision rate and a minimal risk of growth disturbance. (nih.gov)
  • Arthroscopy indicated that the anterior cruciate ligament graft was intact. (cdc.gov)
  • Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the difference in graft pullout forces, stiffness, and failure mode of double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction of the tibial insertion by use of a single tunnel compared with a double-tunnel technique with interference screw fixation. (eur.nl)
  • Abstract Background The anatomical positioning of the graft during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is of great significance for restoring normal knee kinematics and preventing early joint degeneration.The first attempt to place a guide wire in the center of the tibial footprint may be mispositioned. (dntb.gov.ua)
  • Graft selection in reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. (mja.com.au)
  • Snaebjörnsson T, Hamrin Senorski E, Svantesson E, Westin O, Persson A, Karlsson J, Samuelsson K. Graft fixation and timing of surgery are predictors of early anterior cruciate ligament revision: A cohort study from the Swedish and Norwegian knee ligament registries based on 18,425 patients. (helse-bergen.no)
  • Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: historical overview. (thieme-connect.de)
  • The arthroscopy had been planned for a while to definitively resolve the joint's instability through the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament, with lateral reinforcement and meniscus reparation. (rt.com)
  • To prospectively compare outcomes of primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with either Achilles tendon allograft with soft-tissue fixation or standard bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft with interference screw fixation. (nih.gov)
  • Functional Outcomes of Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Accessory Medial Portal versus Transtibial: A Single-Surgeon Experience. (hss.edu)
  • Martin RK, Wastvedt S, Pareek A, Persson A, Visnes H, Fenstad AM, Moatshe G, Wolfson J, Engebretsen L. Predicting subjective failure of ACL reconstruction: a machine learning analysis of the Norwegian knee ligament register and patient reported outcomes. (helse-bergen.no)
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACL) surgery is a common intervention. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Unlike the patellar ligament, the hamstring tendon's fixation to the bone can be affected by motion after surgery. (wikipedia.org)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee usually is recommended prior to surgery for evaluation of the other ligaments and the menisci, because findings can influence the treatment plan. (medscape.com)
  • ACL reconstruction is surgery to reconstruct the ligament in the center of your knee. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. (uib.no)
  • Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopy and Related Surgery , Volume 26 - Issue 9 SUPPL. (eur.nl)
  • synovectomy and diagnostic arthroscopy) between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2018 and opioid dispensing (oral morphine equivalents (OMEQ)) within seven days after discharge from surgery. (lu.se)
  • Snaebjörnsson T, Svantesson E, Sundemo D, Westin O, Sansone M, Engebretsen L, Hamrin-Senorski E. Young age and high BMI are predictors of early revision surgery after primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a cohort study from the Swedish and Norwegian knee ligament registries based on 30,747 patients. (helse-bergen.no)
  • Another name for arthroscopy is keyhole surgery. (lu.se)
  • Ligamentous restraints to anterior-posterior drawer in the human knee: a biomechanical study. (bmj.com)
  • Advantages of an Anterior-Based Muscle-Sparing Approach in Transitioning From a Posterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty: Minimizing the Learning Curve. (utah.edu)
  • Cysts anterior to the ACL tend to limit extension and those posterior to the PCL to limit flexion. (radsource.us)
  • However, the physical examinations used to assess knee laxity, which include uniplanar tests of anterior-posterior (AP), varus-valgus (VV), and internal-external rotation (IER) laxities and the multiplanar pivot shift exam, are qualitative and subjective and therefore are examiner dependent and lack precision [2]. (isakos.com)
  • The examiner manually applied AP forces (-50 N posterior to 135 N anterior), VV moments (±4 Nm), and IER moments (±2.5 Nm) to the tibia and the corresponding translations and rotations were recorded. (isakos.com)
  • 12. Stein D. Arthroscopic stabilization of anterior shoulder instability: a review of the literature. (mja.com.au)
  • Visnes H, Gifstad T, Persson A, Lygre SHL, Engebretsen L, Drogset JO, Furnes O. ACL reconstruction patients have increased risk of knee arthroplasty at 15 years of follow-up: Data from the Norwegian knee ligament register and the Norwegeian arthroplasty register form 2004 to 2020. (helse-bergen.no)
  • The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) originates from the tibial plateau just medial and anterior to the tibial eminence. (medscape.com)
  • Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Using Allografts in Skeletally Immature Patients. (mayo.edu)
  • Medial meniscus suture and anterior internal approach drilling of the femoral bone canal have a statistically protective effect on the clinical function after ACL revision. (hindawi.com)
  • in one study, for example, 77% of participants had concomitant medial collateral ligament (MCL) repairs. (medscape.com)
  • Aim The Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF) instructed a multidisciplinary group of Dutch anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) experts to develop an evidence statement for rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction. (bmj.com)
  • Tibial-sided fixation of soft tissue grafts in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction has often been identified as the weak link in the fixation construct, with interference screws being a commonly used technique. (thieme-connect.de)
  • Sommer C, Friederich NF, Müller W. Improperly placed anterior cruciate ligament grafts: correlation between radiological parameters and clinical results. (dntb.gov.ua)
  • A fat-suppressed proton density-weighted coronal image in another patient with chronic pain demonstrates an anterior cruciate ligament ganglion eroding into the lateral femoral condyle (arrow). (radsource.us)
  • The results of the Lachman examination for anterior cruciate ligament integrity was normal for twenty-three patients, nearly normal for eighteen patients, and abnormal for one patient. (nih.gov)
  • Your doctor might have already diagnosed the condition causing your pain, or they may order the arthroscopy to help find a diagnosis. (healthline.com)
  • The aim of this study was to study the clinical efficacy and prognostic factors after revision and reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament. (hindawi.com)
  • Martin RK, Persson A, Moatshe G, Fenstad AM, Engebretsen L, Drogset JO, Visnes H. Low annual hospital volume of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is not associated with higher revision rates. (helse-bergen.no)
  • Midttun E, Andersen MT, Engebretsen L, Visnes H, Fenstad AM, Gjertsen JE, Persson A. Good validity in the Norwegian knee ligament register: assessment of data quality for key variables in primary and revision cruciate ligament reconstructions from 2004 to 2013. (helse-bergen.no)
  • Martin RK, Wastvedt S, Pareek A, Persson A, Visnes H, Fenstad AM, Moatshe G, Wolfson J, Engebretsen L. Predicting anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction revision: A machine learning analysis utilizing the Norwegian knee ligament register. (helse-bergen.no)
  • The 'Anterior Knee Pain Prevention Training Programme' (AKP PTP) significantly reduces the incidence of anterior knee pain (RR 0.27, CI 0.14 to 0.54) in military recruits. (researchgate.net)
  • Your doctor may recommend that you undergo a knee arthroscopy if you're experiencing knee pain. (healthline.com)
  • In either case, an arthroscopy is a useful way for doctors to confirm the source of knee pain and treat the problem. (healthline.com)