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.

Ligament injuries in the knee-- such as an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) -- can put you on the sidelines -- fast. They hurt a lot and may limit what you can do. But more often than not, a comeback ...

While major advances have been made in the understanding of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) anatomy and reconstruction, a literature review published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of the ...

Even though the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) gets most of the attention in sports, injuries to the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) can also affect athletes. Dallas Cowboys running back Felix ...

Once a person skilled in sport, I suffered a right knee posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) tear during a basketball game. This severe injury plunged me into a low point in my sport journey. Through ...

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson addressed his injured knee for the first time on Thursday in a series of tweets, writing that he’s been dealing with a Grade 2 injury in his PCL, a ligament in the ...

Does it seem like the number of people you know who have sustained knee injuries has increased recently? That's likely ...

Mets fans are never short of opportunities to brush up on their medical knowledge. Jed Lowrie, after an initial visit with Dr. David Altchek provided no official diagnosis, received a second opinion ...

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 ...

Knee ligaments are bands of connective tissue that connect and stabilize the femur (thigh bone) to the tibia (shin bone). The five primary ligaments in the knee include the anterior cruciate ligament ...