Technology, doctors tackle sports injuries
It is the last football game of the year — the players are crouched at the line, waiting. Seeing an opportunity for a sack against the opposing quarterback, Matthew Smock ’10 goes in for the kill. But as he approaches his target, he feels a searing pain in his knee and collapses to the ground.
As Smock cuts — decelerating rapidly and changing direction — his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) stretches and tears. The blood vessels inside the ligament rupture and blood begins to fill the area surrounding the knee joint — a characteristic symptom of an ACL injury.
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