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 …

Intraarticular ligament degeneration is interrelated with cartilage and bone destruction in osteoarthritis

G Schulze-Tanzil - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) induces inflammation and degeneration of all joint components including
cartilage, joint capsule, bone and bone marrow, and ligaments. Particularly intraarticular …

Quantitative MRI UTE-T2* and T2* show progressive and continued graft maturation over 2 years in human patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

CR Chu, AA Williams - Orthopaedic journal of sports …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Noninvasive quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures to
assess anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft maturity are needed to help inform return to …

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 …

Correlation between the elastic modulus of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and quantitative ultrashort echo time (UTE) magnetic resonance imaging

S Jerban, T Hananouchi, Y Ma… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) often acquires no signal in anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) due to the short apparent transverse relaxation time of ACL …

Quantitative assessment of in vivo human anterior cruciate ligament autograft remodeling: a 3-dimensional UTE-T2* imaging study

RJ Warth, P Zandiyeh, M Rao… - … American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The timing of return to play after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
is still controversial due to uncertainty of true ACL graft state at the time of RTP. Recent work …

Relationship of anterior cruciate ligament volume and T2* relaxation time to anterior knee laxity

HM Wang, SJ Shultz, SE Ross… - … journal of sports …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: High anterior knee laxity (AKL) has been prospectively identified as a risk
factor for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Given that ACL morphometry and …

The role of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating postoperative ACL reconstruction healing and graft mechanical properties: a new criterion for return to play?

SF DeFroda, RM ODonnell, PD Fadale… - The Physician and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Disruption of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common injury. In active
patients, it is routinely treated with ACL reconstruction surgery. Following reconstruction, one …

A noninvasive MRI based approach to estimate the mechanical properties of human knee ligaments

H Naghibi, V Mazzoli, K Gijsbertse, G Hannink… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of the main tibiofemoral ligaments is an essential step in
developing patient-specific computational models of the knee joint for personalized surgery …

Association between T2 relaxation time and biomechanical loading of the anterior cruciate ligament in healthy individuals

D Zahradnik, J Hamill, J Plesek, D Blaschova… - Sports …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is common in sports that include 'change in
direction'tasks. The aim of the current study was to determine the association between T2 …