Bad biomechanics cause ACL injuries SES designed to give athletes a personal program to reduce risk of ACL tears Different part of brain controlling muscle reaction leads to quicker stability of ACL ...

An anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injury is a tear in one of the ligaments that connects the femur to the tibia. The ACL runs diagonally through the middle of the knee joint and functions as a ...

ACL tears can occur in any sport with sharp twisting and turning movements, and can be prevented with good strength training, ...

Studies have shown women having close to 10 times more ACL injuries than that of the male population Workouts and practices should include appropriate warm ups Santa Monica ACL Injury Prevention ...

The most infamous diagnosis in football: Torn ACL. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most commonly injured ligament in the knee, and among all NCAA sports, football players comprise the ...

When Lionesses captain Leah Williamson ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament last month, she became the latest high-profile female footballer to join the long list of players who have sustained an ...

Sadoghi P, von Keudell A, Vavken P. Effectiveness of anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention training programs. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012;94:769–776. Objective: To investigate whether anterior ...

Lower extremity injuries make up 66% of all sports injuries, the knee being the most commonly injured joint. (Med Sci. Sports Exerc. 2002) The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four ligaments ...

Every year in the United States 1 in 100 high school female athletes will suffer a serious knee injury. Anterior cruciate ligament tears are one of the most devastating injuries for athletes at any ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For a lot kids, going back to school means back to sports. But before you hit the soccer field or basketball court, parents and coaches are being warned about the dramatic rise in ACL ...