Bob and Brad discuss whether or not you need surgery after a torn knee ligament or if it will heal on its own. They use a skeletal model to show potential ligament tears and how they affect knee stability.

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. However, have you ever heard of the posterior cruciate ...

The 2026 Orthopaedic Research Bridging Innovation and Translation (ORBIT) Award was presented to principal investigator Robert F. LaPrade, MD, PhD, FAAOS and his research team for their foundational work to advance the diagnosis,

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) is forced backward — the ligament was usually not ...

San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey is believed to have suffered a PCL injury during the Niners’ 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills Sunday, head coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game. It could be season-ending, USA TODAY reported. The running ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers of this database review discovered the few studies that examined a third generation synthetic ligament system for posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ...

Objective: To assess whether a rule change introduced in the Australian Football League (AFL) before the start of the 2005 season, to limit the run-up of ruckmen at the centre bounce, has been successful in reducing the incidence of knee posterior cruciate ...

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 to the PCL occur with powerful impact to the knee in a ...