In this digital animation, Bertram Zarins, MD, of the Massachussets General Hospital Sports Medicine Service, reviews the anatomy of the ligaments which provide stability for the knee. He provides ...

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, ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

An improved understanding of the anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in recent years has generated a renewed interest in the evaluation of surgical techniques to repair the knee ligament.

The tibiocalcaneal ligament is one of the four ligaments that make up the deltoid ligament (also known as the medial collateral ligament). The deltoid ligament comprises the joint of the ankle that ...

The ACL controls anterior movement of the tibia and inhibits extreme ranges of tibial rotation. The majority of authorities believe that the ACL consists of 2 major bundles, the posterolateral bundle ...

The tibionavicular ligament is located in the leg and is a part of the deltoid ligament, which is the primary central ligament of the ankle joint. It connects the malleolus, or bony protrusion on the ...

Analysis of knee joints from adult human cadavers provides new insights into the functions of a ligament that helps connect parts of the thigh and shin bones 1. The ligament, called the anterolateral ...

Aim The Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF) instructed a multidisciplinary group of Dutch anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) experts to develop an evidence statement for rehabilitation after ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for understanding the evolution of bipedalism—focusing mainly on muscle insertion sites.

Humans have been studying their own bodies for centuries, piecing together what all the parts are and how they work and interact, but apparently one tiny piece in the human knee has gone undiscovered ...