Background The vertical drop jump (VDJ) test is widely used for clinical assessment of ACL injury risk, but it is not clear whether such assessments are valid. Aim To examine if sports medicine ...
At , Hollis G. Potter, MD, shared her pearls for the assessment of MRIs used in the management of knee sports medicine injuries.Potter, chair of the department of radiology and imaging at Hospital for ...
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 ...
Objective To investigate the prognostic capacity of individual hop tests, hop test batteries and other unilateral functional performance tests following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Design ...
Female athletes have a higher risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury than males. Combining exercises, such as strength, balance, and flexibility, in a preventive training program may help ...
If you’re a baseball fan, you’ve likely heard of Rhys Hoskins. Hoskins pounded 148 home runs in 667 games for the Philadelphia Phillies over six seasons. But he didn’t play a game last year after he ...
Your anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the four main ligaments, or bands of tissue, that keeps the bones of your knee joint together. It also stabilizes it and allows you to control movement ...
The Kansas City Chiefs are going to finish the 2025 NFL season without the services of their star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes suffered a torn ACL in the final minutes of the Chiefs' Week 15 ...