It takes basketball players longer to return to action from an MCL tear than a football player because of the cutting movements and jumping involved in basketball, Lowe said.

内测韧带撕裂使得篮球运动员比足球运动员来说，需要更长的时间回归赛场。

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"With an MCL tear, you let it heal for two to four weeks and let the scar tissue build up, and only then do you want to go in and do the ACL reconstruction, " Webb said.

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