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ACL tear? Blame your parents

If you haven’t heard the news, ACL tears are genetic or at least, predisposition to tears is. You can find the study here, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/12/848.abstract or if you prefer, it is discussed in the New York Times here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/phys-ed-are-bad-knees-in-our-genes/?scp=1&sq=acl&st=cse Its about female twins, but the data has implications [...]