Most everyone has heard of an anterior cruciate ligament injury of the knee. This is a year-ending injury for football players, skiers and athletes as they recover from likely surgical reconstruction.
SAN FRANCISCO — Arthroscopic double-bundle posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction may offer long-term benefits to patients, particularly in cases of chronic insufficiency, and clinical results are ...
While major advances have been made in the understanding of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) anatomy and reconstruction, a literature review published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of the ...
The posterior cruciate ligament was long the forgotten stepchild of knee ligaments. When ruptured — which occurs most often in car accidents, when the knee hits the dashboard and the tibia (shin bone) ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This study was done to evaluate the change of medial-lateral gap in flexion and extension after posterior ...
Once a person skilled in sport, I suffered a right knee posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) tear during a basketball game. This severe injury plunged me into a low point in my sport journey. Through ...
Former Newcastle United defender John Anderson says having Yoane Wissa back following a posterior cruciate ligament injury is ...
Atlanta Falcons' star wide receiver Drake London missed his third consecutive game due to a posterior cruciate ligament ...
What is the function of the cruciate ligament? There is an anterior and a posterior cruciate ligament in both knees. They connect the femur to the tibia and stabilize the knee joint forwards and ...
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How ACL and PCL injuries differ

The symptoms of ACL injuries and PCL injuries are essentially the same: pain, swelling, and knee instability. Where they tend ...
The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is one of the important stabilizing ligaments of the knee joint, connecting the femur to the tibia, and it keeps the tibia from moving back on the femur. Injuries ...