What Are The Most Common Knee Ligament Injuries? The ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), located in front of the knee, and the MCL (medial collateral ligament), which connects the tibia and femur bones inside the knee are common injury sites. The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), located behind the knee, is not injured as often. “When we look at all four of those ligaments of the knee, the most commonly injured ligament is called the ACL, which you’ve probably heard about,” said Dr. Calloway. “It’s very common in athletes. These types of injuries are most caused by what in our field we call noncontact injuries. If you’re watching athletes running on the field, especially in football, you can see they plant their leg, their knee twists and they fall to the ground. So, a lot of times these types of non-contact injuries happen that way.” The second most injured knee ligament is the MCL, located on the inside of the knee. Injuries to the MCL can sometimes happen if someone or something hits the outside part of the knee. “The other two ligaments, the PCL and the lateral collateral ligament, are a little bit more rarely injured,” said Dr. Calloway. “Those can sometimes happen with things like motorcycle wrecks.” Indiana Golf Journal
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