InternalBrace
New Internal Brace Research Papers Added to Our Online Library
We’re pleased to share that we’ve added a new tranche of recently published Internal Brace research papers to the Mackay Clinic research library. The aim of this page is simple: to bring together Internal Brace research from around the world in one easy-to-access place. While you’ll find several studies led by Professor Mackay, the library…
Read MoreGracie Holmes: From ACL Rupture to Return to Football
At Mackay Clinic, we are proud to share patient stories that highlight recovery, rehabilitation, and return to sport. This film follows Gracie Holmes as she returns to football following an ACL rupture, documenting her experience of ACL internal brace surgery and the rehabilitation journey that supported her recovery. The video provides insight into both the…
Read MoreTriducive appointed by IBISG to Deliver Evidence-Based Delphi Study for 2026 Consensus
We are pleased to share that Triducive, a specialist healthcare communications and evidence-generation agency, has been appointed to facilitate the Delphi study that will underpin the IBISG Internal Brace Global Consensus Meeting 2026. As Professor Gordon Mackay, Founder and President of the Internal Brace International Study Group (IBISG), continues to lead global collaboration around Internal…
Read MoreBONEZONE Spotlights Breakthrough InternalBrace Research in Young Athletes
A recent article in BONEZONE (September 23, 2025) has highlighted the growing body of research supporting the InternalBrace technique in reducing reinjury rates for young athletes in pivoting sports such as football, rugby, basketball and netball. With ACL tears among high school athletes increasing by more than 25% over the past 15 years, and re-tear…
Read MoreInternal Brace: A Paradigm Shift in the US Army – Kevin Martin DO
In another of our talks from the Internal Brace International Study Group meeting in Milan earlier this year, IBISG member Kevin Martin DO, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics Surgery, and Foot and Ankle Division Chief at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, shares his experience with the Internal Brace and his pioneering work with the…
Read MoreInternal Brace Ligament Repair for Trauma Cases – My Experience – Markus Regauer
On behalf of our Chairman Thomas Clanton we are delighted to release the first of our InternalBrace International Study Group (IBISG) presentations, filmed when an incredible faculty gathered together in Milan, in May 2024. The first presentation we would like to share is from Markus Regauer. Markus is a Traumatologist and expert Foot and Ankle…
Read MoreRevolutionising Sports Surgery: InternalBrace ACL Method marks significant advance, new paper shows
A recently published landmark ACL paper explains why the InternalBrace technique is transforming sports surgery. The authors are, Professor Gordon Mackay, fellow IBISG member Graeme Hopper and William Wilson. The editorial in the latest edition of the Arthroscopy Journal asked the question, “Why would surgeons not choose to protect all ACL reconstructions?” The latest evidence…
Read MoreKnee Deep – all that’s new from the Warsaw Joint Congress 2023
Professor Mackay was delighted to be invited recently to join The Faculty at the 10th Anniversary Congress of Joint Preservation in Warsaw. Once again organised by Konrad Slynarski and Jacek Walawski it pulled together the experiences not only of International experts but also from a local Faculty as well. The anterior knee and patellofemoral joint…
Read MoreRangers’ Scott Wright – my ACL rupture and recovery
Watching Rangers winger Scott Wright today play his usual fast, attacking game you would never guess that in his Aberdeen FC days, he suffered every footballer’s nightmare – a ruptured ACL. Joining us in this episode alongside Scott is Adam Stokes who was club Physio at the time and played a huge role in Scott’s…
Read MoreThe modern-day ACL surgeon’s armamentarium should include multiple surgical approaches – Letter to the Editor
Following publication of a recent ACL survey, multi-authors, including Professor Mackay write that future surveys include a “complete representation of the surgical (primary repair, augmentation, and reconstruction), and non-surgical options to treat the ACL injured patient”.This open letter to the Editor was published in ISAKOS Journal Read the full Letter here with links to all…
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