ACL injuries can also occur as a result of car or bike accidents and in sports and activities where one experiences a direct impact to the knee such as a football player being tackled "low and ...

The anterior cruciate ligament — ACL — is one of the key ligaments in the knee that stabilises the joint and connects the thigh bone to the shin bone.

Anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injuries are one of the most common among athletes. Each year, approximately 150,000 ACL injuries occur in the United States, particularly in sports that involve ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Christina Allen, the chief of Yale Sports Medicine and an ACL surgery specialist, about the reasons women tend to have more ACL injuries than men.

The team announced on Wednesday afternoon that All-Star guard Kyrie Irving underwent successful surgery to repair a torn left ACL that he suffered in a game against the Sacramento Kings on Mar. 3.