{"id":1565,"date":"2024-09-18T09:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/anterior-cruciate-ligament\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:07:19","slug":"anterior-cruciate-ligament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/pathologies\/anterior-cruciate-ligament\/","title":{"rendered":"Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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What is the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The ACL limits abnormal movement of the tibia over the femur and plays a vital role in rotational stability of the knee. Injury to this ligament commonly causes a sensation of instability or the knee feeling \u201cout of place\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What causes an ACL injury?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What causes an Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury is usually a twisting\/rotating mechanism without contact with other players. <\/span>The most common are movements of rotation or change of direction with the foot <\/span>fixed on the ground, very common in soccer or handball, but also in skiing <\/span>, basketball, rugby, among others.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Do I have an ACL injury? What should I do now? <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Immediately after a knee sprain with an ACL injury, there is usually a sharp pain sensation and difficulty moving the <\/span> knee. knee joint for a few days or weeks. Generally <\/span>is accompanied by significant joint effusion (fluid inside the knee). In <\/span>However, the symptoms are quite variable, especially in more <\/span>prolonged over time. Diagnosis is based on clinical examination by <\/span>specialist in the area and imaging tests such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Do all ACL injuries require surgery?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The most common treatment after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury is the surgical reconstruction, called ligamentoplasty. However, not all <\/span>patients need surgical treatment, depending on their age, level of physical activity <\/span>level of physical activity, associated injuries (particularly to the menisci) and <\/span> of each person’s own symptoms. Our team advocates <\/span>individualized approach, based on the characteristics and motivations of each <\/span>patient.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What does surgery for an ACL rupture consist of?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Surgical treatment consists of the removal of a tendon and placement of the even to reconstruct the injured ligament. There are several options  <\/span>can be used in ligamentoplasty: hamstring (or \u201cpaw\u201d) tendons. <\/span>goose”); rotator\/patellar tendon (generally referred to as bone-tendon-bone); <\/span>quadriceps tendon. <\/span>This procedure is carried out by arthroscopy, which consists of performing <\/span>\u201choles\u201d to access the inside of the knee and view it through a camera. <\/span>However, removing the tendon (harvesting the graft) requires <\/span>necessarily a slightly wider scar, depending on the <\/span>choice. <\/span>Our treatment philosophy consists of understanding the needs of each individual. <\/span>patient, in particular their level of physical activity, their <\/span>professional, the type of sport practiced, among others. The choice of graft  <\/span>to be used is personalized and according to what best suits each <\/span>situation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Will I be able to play sport again after ACL surgery?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our treatment goal is to get the patient back to practicing sport usual. However, this return to high-intensity sports practice <\/span>takes around 9 months, depending on progress. In addition, it can <\/span>be conditioned by associated lesions (in the cartilage, for example). In these <\/span>situations an adaptation of sports practice may be a necessity.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ask us all your questions about Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury What is the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)? The ACL limits abnormal movement of the tibia over the femur and plays a vital role in rotational stability of the knee. Injury to this ligament commonly causes a sensation of instability or the knee feeling \u201cout of place\u201d. What causes an ACL injury? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1571,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1565","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1565\/revisions\/1641"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirurgiadojoelho.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}