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   最近看到一則關於ACL新聞,一位在NBA第2輪被馬刺隊選上的新秀Dajuan Blair居然天生沒有ACL,而原本他的選秀順位原本應該在第一輪,因為沒ACL各隊怕有問題,一直到第2輪才被選上!而這新聞出來時一直說他天生沒ACL,而且還能打進NBA真是不可思議!

查了一些資料,在ESPN TUREHOOP的 "Playing Without an ACL"一文有查到:

In high school, Blair tore both of his ACLs and had them surgically repaired. Blair’s scar tissue essentially got re-absorbed by his body and the result left Blair with essentially no ACLs.他在高中時候弄斷雙腿的ACL也進行了外科手術。Blair的結疤組織後來被身體所吸收，結果讓他沒有了ACL。

Although he’s suffered no adverse effects ever since, Blair’s is an unprecedented injury and one that scared off a slew of NBA executives. Though Blair literally has no ACL to tear, some team physicians feel that Blair could eventually develop a nagging issue that could wear him down a few years down the road.儘管Blair術後至今沒甚麼影響，但他的狀況也是前所未見,並且嚇跑一大堆NBA的選秀人員。雖說從此Blair就沒有ACL可斷，但有些隊醫認為這以後還是會變成繁人的問題並且造成他在NBA之路會有問題!
 

There are examples of pro athletes who have played with absent ACLs including Philip Rivers in a playoff game for the Chargers. Marty Barrett played with the Red Sox without an ACL and I presume that there are many athletes who did not know of the injury or chose not to disclose it for fear of cutting their career short.有一些沒ACL的職業運動員出賽的例子，包括NFL 聖地牙哥襲擊者的Philip Rivers因ACL斷裂還在美聯冠軍賽出賽,還有大聯盟80年代紅襪隊二壘手的Marty Barrett，應該還有一些自己不知道或知道後不敢宣佈怕影響職業生涯的球員。

 原來Dajuan Blair在高中時期弄斷ACL,結果重建後Blair’s scar tissue essentially got re-absorbed by his body 結疤的組織最後被自己身體吸收?這事情變成有幾個問題:

1.scar tissue 是指甚麼地方?是重建的韌帶嗎?居然會被身體所吸收!!而且兩邊都一樣會被吸收!

2.是否四頭肌和二頭肌可以發達到跑跳都不用ACL?

3.媒體都不查清楚!害我們誤認為有天生沒ACL的職業運動員

4.ACL真的重要,雖然小小一片但對運動員身價來說影響很大!

 然而上面寫的幾個例子聖地牙哥襲擊者的Philip Rivers和紅襪隊二壘手的Marty Barrett 最後還是都有做重建,不過也確實影響到他們個人的職業生涯!沒有ACL的職業球員至今好像沒有!