title: Future direction of the treatment of ACL ruptures.
abstract: The future of treatment of the ACL rupture is changing as our understanding of the biology surrounding the ACL continues to increase. It is our expectation that clinically applicable treatments, including the repair of the ACL and the development of a biologically engineered ACL, will occur in the next decade.
authors.affiliation: New England Medical Center, Division of Sports Medicine, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA. pweitzel@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Paul P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Weitzel
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.forename: Gregory H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Calabro
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous