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What is the most common cause of anterior cruciate ligament injury?
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One very common knee injury is a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) that often occurs in athletic activity. The most common source of ACL injury is skiing.
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∙ 10y agoSome causes of an anterior cruciate ligament injury include non contact tears and ruptures. There is a long rehabilitation period associated with these injuries.
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Does an injury to your anterior cruciate ligament affect your arm or leg?
Really?! google image it.. its your knee
What is a ACl tear?
An Anterior Cruciate Ligament tear is a serious injury taking place during sports often times when pivoting or landing from a jump
How is it determined when a patient has a ligament injury?
A patient with a ligament injury will exhibit localized pain, sometimes severe, as soon as the ligament is injured. By contrast, muscle injuries can sometimes lie semi-dormant for a day or two.
Why is a torn ligament less painful?
A torn ligament may be less painful initially because the tearing of the ligament can result in the disruption of nerve fibers, temporarily reducing pain signals. However, as the injury progresses and inflammation sets in, the pain can become more intense. Additionally, the severity and location of the tear can also impact the level of pain experienced.
What is the most common cause of blunt traumatic injury to the spleen?
Car accidents are the most common cause of blunt traumatic injury to the spleen.
What is an right anterior cruciate ligament tear?
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament is part of the connective tissue of the knee, that stabilizes and allows for range of motion, linking the femur and tibia. Tears to this ligament are the most common knee injury, and are medium-serious problems that may require surgical intervention.
What sort of injury's could lead to this in sport?
The posterior /anterior cruciate ligament injury may happen
Does an injury to your anterior cruciate ligament affect your arm or leg?
Really?! google image it.. its your knee
What is a ACl tear?
An Anterior Cruciate Ligament tear is a serious injury taking place during sports often times when pivoting or landing from a jump
What is acl surgery?
ACL, or Anterior Cruciate Ligament surgery is an operative procedure on the knee. The ACL is a very important ligament that makes up part of the knee compartment and damage to this ligament warrants surgical intervention to fix the damaged ligament. The operative procedure lasts abround 2-4 hours and can take months to fully recover from.
What else can you have if it is not acl?
If your ACL is not torn or overextended there are other ligaments that exist in your knee. The MCL, Medial Cruciate Ligament, and the PCL, Posterior Cruciate Ligament are also ligaments that are common for a knee injury. Meniscuses also could sustain injury and tear. A doctor would have to properly diagnose what the injury is and could possibly do this with an MRI.
Does a whiplash injury always involve damage to the anterior longitudinal ligament?
Yes. It does involve damage to the anterior longitudinal ligament. At times axis vertebra gets fractured in such injury.
What does the term midsubstance mean referring to an ACL injury?
Midsubstance refers to the central part of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). When an ACL injury occurs at the midsubstance, it means the ligament has been torn in the middle portion rather than at the ends where it attaches to the bone. This type of injury can affect the stability of the knee joint and may require surgical intervention to repair.
ACL tear stands for?
Unfortunately, many NFL players know this one. It's the anterior cruciate ligament , and is the most frequent injury during sports (or work) when a sudden sideways (lateral) shock occurs to the knee causing a tear, rupture or separation of the ligament from the bone.
Can you still play sport with anterior cruciate ligament injury?
I mean thats stupid to ask. And no you cant. Not unless you have surgery, go to rehab for 6 to 8 months, get a brace AND then get cleared to run, then do contact and finally practice and maybe play.
Is a knee ligament tear a internal or external injury?
Internal or external to what? The knee joint? There are a number of knee ligaments e.g. anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments are internal to the knee joint but the medial and lateral collateral ligaments are external to the knee joint
What muscles on the knee are damaged real bad that a football player cannot play football anymore?
It's not muscles that are damaged bad enough to end a player's career but meniscus and ligaments. The more common injuries are to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), medial collateral ligament (MCL), and meniscus (cartilage). Severe ligament or meniscus injuries require surgery to repair and it is possible to damage all three at the same time. An single injury to meniscus is generally not considered career threatening but an injury to the ACL and/or MCL certainly can be.
