While orthopedic surgeons have long known that women tear their anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) more often — and often with more dramatic consequences — the why has remained frustratingly elusive.
Is it hormones? Anatomy? Landing mechanics? Or is the ligament itself quietly sabotaging things at the cellular level?
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