Germany player Lena Oberdorf will be out of action for months after suffering another cruciate ligament tear. How is this injury treated, and why does it affect women ...

Tyreek Hill's gruesome knee injury suffered in Monday night's 27-21 win over the New York Jets comes with a long, long road ahead for the Miami Dolphins receiver. Hill's dislocated knee has multiple ...

Researchers in The Cochrane Collaboration have conducted a review of two types of knee replacement surgery for people with knee osteoarthritis. In one type, the posterior cruciate ligament is kept and ...

“The posterior tibialis is a muscle that originates on the back, or posterior, part of the tibia and fibula (your lower leg bones), up close to your knee,” explains Cathlin Fitzgerald, D.P.T, C.S.C.S.

The discoid meniscus is an anatomic variant that primarily affects the lateral meniscus. Rarely, it has also been shown to affect the medial side. Watanabe [45] has classified the discoid meniscus as ...

What Is a PCL Injury? A posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury is a tear or sprain of the PCL, a ligament that crosses the back of your knee. Ligaments are tough bands of tissue that connect bones.

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.

The menisci of the knee joint are fibrocartilaginous C-shaped disks that occupy the joint space between the femur and the tibia. Embryologically, the menisci form from mesenchymal tissue and appear as ...

Ligaments are bands of tough elastic tissue around your joints. They connect bone to bone, give your joints support, and limit their movement. You have ligaments around your knees, ankles, elbows, ...

If the knee joint is overstretched or twisted too much during sport, the cruciate ligament often tears. How is it treated and how long are you sidelined? What is the function of the cruciate ligament?