Regenerative Anterior Cruciate Ligament Healing in Youth and Adolescent Athletes: The Emerging Age of Recovery Science

J Nyland, MN Sirignano, J Richards… - Journal of Functional …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries mainly arise from non-contact mechanisms during
sport performance, with most injuries occurring among youth or adolescent-age athletes …

Acute bone loss and infrapatellar fat pad fibrosis in the knee after an in vivo ACL injury in adolescent mice

T Ahn, BE Loflin, NB Nguyen… - … American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Young patients are 6 times more likely than adults to have a primary anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) graft failure. Biological factors (ie, tunnel osteolysis) may account for …

Cyclic loading induces anabolic gene expression in ACLs in a load‐dependent and sex‐specific manner

L Paschall, S Carrozzi, E Tabdanov… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are historically thought to be a result of a single
acute overload or traumatic event. However, recent studies suggest that ACL failure may be …