Current trends in the anterior cruciate ligament part 1: biology and biomechanics

V Musahl, EM Nazzal, GA Lucidi… - Knee surgery, sports …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A trend within the orthopedic community is rejection of the belief that “one size fits all.”
Freddie Fu, among others, strived to individualize the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament …

Loading mechanisms of the anterior cruciate ligament

ML Beaulieu, JA Ashton-Miller, EM Wojtys - Sports biomechanics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This review identifies the three-dimensional knee loads that have the highest risk of injuring
the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the athlete. It is the combination of the muscular …

Current trends in graft choice for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction–part I: anatomy, biomechanics, graft incorporation and fixation

A Runer, L Keeling, N Wagala, H Nugraha… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Graft selection in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is critical, as it remains one
of the most easily adjustable factors affecting graft rupture and reoperation rates. Commonly …

Anatomy and biomechanics of the native and reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament: surgical implications

MJ Kraeutler, RM Wolsky, AF Vidal, JT Bravman - JBJS, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Native and Reconstructed Ant... : JBJS Anatomy and
Biomechanics of the Native and Reconstructed Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Surgical Implications …

Individualized anterior cruciate ligament graft matching: in vivo comparison of cross-sectional areas of hamstring, patellar, and quadriceps tendon grafts and ACL …

C Offerhaus, M Albers, K Nagai… - … American journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Recent literature correlated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
failure to smaller diameter of the harvested hamstring (HS) autograft. However, this …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Freddie Fu's paradigm

MA Fox, ID Engler, BT Zsidai, JD Hughes, V Musahl - Journal of ISAKOS, 2023 - Elsevier
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction techniques have evolved over the past four
decades. There is evidence that non-anatomic reconstruction techniques, such as traditional …

Size and shape of the human anterior cruciate ligament and the impact of sex and skeletal growth: a systematic review

SG Cone, D Howe, MB Fisher - JBJS reviews, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: High rates of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and surgical reconstruction
in both skeletally immature and mature populations have led to many studies investigating …

Static lateral tibial plateau subluxation predicts high-grade rotatory knee laxity in anterior cruciate ligament–deficient knees

J Lian, JV Novaretti, AJ Sheean… - … American journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: In anterior cruciate ligament–deficient (ACL-D) knees, injury pattern and bony
morphologic features have been shown to influence both static anterior tibial subluxation …

Gross, arthroscopic, and radiographic anatomies of the anterior cruciate ligament: foundations for anterior cruciate ligament surgery

S Irarrázaval, M Albers, T Chao… - Clinics in sports …, 2017 - sportsmed.theclinics.com
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is one of the most common orthopedic
procedures, with more than 130,000 ACLRs performed annually in the United States alone …

ACL graft with extra‐cortical fixation rotates around the femoral tunnel aperture during knee flexion

J Zhu, B Marshall, X Tang, MA Linde… - Knee Surgery …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose An understanding of the behavior of a new ACL graft in the femoral tunnel during
knee motion and external loading can provide information pertinent to graft healing, tunnel …