Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients undergoing ACL reconstruction, a multimodal nonopioid pain protocol effectively lowered VAS pain ...

In a bold move to combat the opioid crisis and advance surgical recovery, the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine team at Penn ...

To facilitate healing, keep your knee bent to 30 to 90 degrees as much as possible, so the ends of the ligament have a better ...

DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare’s orthopedics and sports medicine team has created an opioid avoidance protocol for ACL reconstruction that cut opioid use by more than 80% and left 40% of ...

A new study has found a novel, non-surgical method that is very effective at healing a common sporting injury, rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament or ACL. The method could be a way to help ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Roughly 400,000 people in the United States experience ACL injuries every year, experts say. Now, Shriner's Children's Philadelphia is leading the way with new technology that's ...

An important stabilizer in the knee, the ACL is estimated to have between 100,000 and 200,000 injuries annually throughout the United States. Deficiency of the ACL often causes instability and can ...

An innovative procedure that explores the use of amnion, bone marrow concentrate and suture tape in ACL reconstruction may result in earlier return to play protocols for athletes, suggests a new study ...

ACL injuries are commonly seen among athletes in many sports, such as Football, Baseball, and Soccer. Statistics state that Experts estimate that between 100,000 and 200,000 people in the U.S. tear an ...

Background The most current follow-up treatments after ACL injuries are time-oriented. The decision-making procedures for return-to-sport are not uniform. The ACL rehabilitation approaches comply ...

Objectives We investigated the temporal trend and the geographical variation in the rate of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and meniscal repair (MR) performed in England during a 20 ...