It's every top athlete's worst nightmare: an anterior cruciate ligament injury. TU/e researcher Janne Spierings developed a ...

The medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL), located along the inner (medial) and outer (lateral) sides of the knee, give stability to the knee in those areas. Tendons ...

The lateral collateral ligament, or LCL, is one of the four major knee ligaments. The LCL connects the end of the thigh bone (the femur) to the top of the smaller shin bone (fibula), on the outside of ...

Wide receiver suffered extensive damage to his knee, including torn ACL, dislocated knee, torn medial collateral ligament, lateral collateral ligament and meniscus.

The four primary knee ligaments, ACL, PCL, and the medial and lateral collateral ligaments (MCL and LCL, respectively), are commonly associated with three different injury mechanisms: 1) mid-section ...

The LCL, located on the outside of the knee, connects the tibia (shinbone) to the femur (thigh bone). It prevents the knee from bowing out and provides rotational stability to the knee, along with ...

Source: Firth AD, et al. Am J Sports Med. 2022;doi:10.1177/03635465211061150.

Ligaments are tough, fibrous connective tissue that connect two adjacent bones and help to keep them stabilized within a joint space. The main job of ligaments is to provide stability to joints and ...

The LCL, or lateral collateral ligament, is one of four main ligaments in the knee, along with cartilage and the meniscus. The LCL is the ligament that connects the femur to the fibula.