Heard a pop and now your knee doesn’t feel the same? Learn what that moment likely means, and explore your options—from rehab ...

About 150 years ago, a prestigious surgeon in Paris found a new body part while dissecting cadavers. He described the structure as a pearly, "fibrous band" on the outside of the bones in the knee.

You have thousands of ligaments and tendons in your body. Both are made of connective tissue and can be torn or overstretched, but they differ in function and are essential to proper body mechanics.

Objectives: Rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) is a frequent injury of the hand. When untreated, this injury may lead to decreased pinch strength, pain, instability, and osteoarthritis.

The anterolateral ligament (ALL) may hold the key to common knee injuries, researchers say Two knee surgeons in Belgium say they have identified a previously unfamiliar ligament in the human knee.

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 ...

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.

Both front and hind limbs have a suspensory ligament, which runs down the back of the leg parallel to the cannon bone (see diagram, below). In the forelimb, the top of the ligament is attached to the ...

The lateral collateral ligament (LCL) is a thin band of connective tissue that runs along the outside of the knee. It connects the femur to the fibula and stabilizes the knee, bracing it from unusual ...

Most people would think that a pitcher who is missing a crucial ligament in his throwing arm is now working at Lowe's or McDonald's. Most people are wrong. The Ulnar Collateral Ligament in the inner ...