The anterior cruciate ligament is one of the many structures within the knee. It is one of four ligaments that stabilize the knee, and is located in the intercondylar notch of the femur (Silvers, 2009, p. 81). One source demonstrates that females are more likely to injure their ACL’s because females have increased posterior tibial slopes, along with meniscal slopes, and they also have decreased femoral notch sizes and have smaller ligaments compared to men (Boguszewski, D., Cheung, E., Joshi, N., McAllister, D., & Wang, D., 2015, p. 371). Furthermore, the ACL also prevents excessive translation of the tibia on the femur, while limiting internal rotation of the tibia (Silvers, 2009,
