Knee bracing during rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction is not necessary or beneficial, but some new modalities may be useful adjuncts to range-of-motion, strengthening, and functional exercises.

Users of functional knee braces and neoprene sleeves have similar recoveries from ACL reconstruction, according to new research presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic ...

This past winter, I saw a large number of ACL tears. Anatomic ACL reconstruction surgery of the knee has been shown to improve knee kinematics, slow the progression of osteoarthritis in the knee and ...

CALGARY, Alberta — A neoprene knee sleeve provides patients with support similar to a functional knee brace after primary ACL reconstruction, according to a study presented here."[A] functional ...

Athletes face tough decisions after ACL injuries: use their own tissue or donor grafts? Both have risks, and many carry the ...

The ACL is crucial to your knee’s stability. If you tear your ACL, in most instances you’ll need ACL reconstruction surgery. ... Month 2 – The leg brace comes off.

Citation: Physical therapy, not a knee brace, aids in ACL recovery (2012, October 9 ... ACL reconstruction doesn't harm NFL career length, study suggests. Jul 11, 2009.

Wearing a knee brace has no effect on a patient’s recovery after anterior cruciate ligament surgery, according to research published the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. After retrospectively ...

They recruited 80 patients with acute ACL rupture between the ages of 10 and 58 and had them wear a brace that immobilized the injured knee at an angle of 90° for four weeks.

People who have had reconstructive surgery for a knee ligament tear develop wear-and-tear arthritis in the injured knee three times more often than in the uninjured knee, according to a new study.

Jonathon Brooks, a rookie RB for the Carolina Panthers, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee again, just 13 months after he underwent ACL reconstruction.