====== Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury ======
**What is the ACL?**
** How do ACL injuries occur? **
====== Epidemiology ======
** Risk Factors **
====== Symptoms ======
====== Diagnosis ======
====== Treatment ======
====== Rehabilitation ======
====== References ======
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