Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has announced an update to its clinical practice guideline for the ...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most widely studied ligaments in the body. It is estimated that 100,000 ACL reconstructions are performed each year in the United States. There are ...

Results presented here showed patients older than 50 years of age experienced favorable outcomes, satisfaction rates, return to activity level and low failure rates after ACL reconstruction.“In some ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has awarded the 2026 New Emerging eXperts in Translational Science (NEXT) Award to Kelsey H. Collins, PhD, for her research on the role that fat ...

February 15, 2011 (San Diego, California) — Patients who are treated with compressive cryotherapy after anterior crucial ligament (ACL) reconstruction can expect better pain relief and less dependence ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-A new study presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) looked at soccer athletes who sustained an anterior cruciate ...

A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting found that a novel surgical ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are devastating for athletes of any age. Typically, orthopaedic surgeons can get athletes back to their sport with ACL reconstruction surgery.

To aid in the decision making process, a study offers new information for those considering or needing surgery. For the first time, researchers assessed the economic and societal impact of ACL surgery ...

Close up action of boys soccer teams, aged 12-14, playing a football match Performing a simultaneous ACL reconstruction and lateral extra-articular tenodesis was associated with favorable ...

One awkward landing or hard pivot of the leg can lead to something no athlete ever wants to hear: ACL tear. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most crucial parts of an athlete’s knee, ...

VirtaMed has developed a virtual reality simulation for ACL reconstruction. This new orthopedic training module for knee arthroscopy will be available for the VirtaMed ArthroS™ simulator, and the ...