{"id":15389,"date":"2019-10-03T19:02:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T11:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excelmedicalgroup.com\/?page_id=15389"},"modified":"2019-11-21T16:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T08:12:05","slug":"cruciate-ligament-injury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/common-conditions\/cruciate-ligament-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruciate ligament injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-500596 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-334318 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-415408 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h4>Anatomy<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>Anterior cruciate ligament is a major ligament that connects femur and tibia. It serves to prevent the tibia going forward. Posterior cruciate ligament is to prevent the tibia going to the back. During the leg in flexion or extension, both cruciate ligaments will keep the knee in a correct position, which is very important for knee stability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Cause of cruciate tear<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>ACL injuries commonly occur during sports that involve sudden stops, change in direction, jumping and landing, such as soccer, basketball, football, skiing, gymnastics etc., which causes great strength and excessive twisting of the cruciate ligament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Symptoms<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>In anterior cruciate ligament tear, a \u201cpop\u201d sound may be heard. The knee will get swollen within a few hours. Patients will experience severe pain and inability to continue activity. There will also be loss of range of motion and they will feel instability or \u201cgiving way\u201d of the knee joint during weight bearing. In posterior cruciate ligament injury, majority of patient will feel pain but not have the sense of instability, but in severe case, it may cause osteoarthritis of the knee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Diagnosis<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>Doctor will perform a knee examination to check for the stability. X-ray will be used to look for any fracture.<a href=\"https:\/\/excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/service\/mri-imaging\/\"> MRI<\/a> will be used for diagnosis and to determine the degree of ligament tear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Treatment<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>Initial treatment will include resting, ice therapy and elevation of the affected leg.<br \/>Conservative management will be suitable for patient with partial tear of the ACL with good knee stability. A knee brace will be given to patient, which will be needed for around 6-8 weeks. Physiotherapy will be given for strengthening the muscles around the knee joint.<\/p>\n<p>Operative treatment will be for those who wants to return to sports, has a higher functional demand, or have persistent instability of the knee. <a href=\"https:\/\/excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/dr-iris-ngai\/\">Orthopaedic surgeon<\/a> will perform arthroscopic surgery to reconstruct patients\u2019 ACL using his own tendon. Rehabilitation physiotherapy usually takes 4-6 months, including knee joint range of motion exercise, muscle strengthening and stability training.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":1668,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-15389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15389"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16108,"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15389\/revisions\/16108"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.excelmedicalgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}