In soccer one of the most common knee injuries is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, which usually occurs through non-contact mechanisms. Female soccer players are at higher risk of sustaining ...

Background Not all ACL injuries are preventable. The epidemiology of non-contact ACL injuries is not known. Objective To estimate the incidence and proportion of non-contact to total ACL injuries by ...

“So when someone tears their ACL, typically it is a non-contact, pivoting type of event that causes injury to the knee,” said Dr. Geoffrey Doner, an orthopedic surgeon with Colorado Orthopedic ...

A direct blow to the outside of the knee can also cause a tear. Athletes most commonly at risk for non-contact ACL injuries include skiers, soccer players, and basketball players, while football ...

The star WNBA rookie suffered a torn left ACL in Tuesday’s game at Connecticut ... Brink fell to the floor in a non-contact play while driving against Sun center Brionna Jones in the first ...

Carolina Panthers running back Jonathon Brooks suffered a non-contact injury in the ... to determine the severity of the injury. Those tests revealed a torn ACL, and Brooks' season is over.

Cameron Brink, the Los Angeles Sparks forward, is recovering from a torn ACL and meniscus sustained in June. While she has ...

Diggs suffered a torn ACL and will miss the remainder of the 2024 season. Diggs injured his knee running a route in the third quarter against Kenny Moore. It was a non-contact injury after he ...

Three weeks into his return from an ACL tear, Jonathon Brooks injured ... to the turf and limped toward the sideline with a non-contact knee injury in Sunday's 22-16 defeat against the ...

Chicago Sky veteran guard Courtney Vandersloot suffered a non-contact knee injury during the first quarter of her team's June 7 game against the Indiana Fever.