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Sex-based Differences in Common Sports Injuries

  • Cordelia W. Carter
  • , Mary Lloyd Ireland
  • , Anthony E. Johnson
  • , William N. Levine
  • , Scott Martin
  • , Asheesh Bedi
  • , Elizabeth G. Matzkin

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Abstract

The patient's sex plays an important role in mediating the risk for, and experience of, disease. Injuries of the musculoskeletal system are no exception to this phenomenon. Increasing evidence shows that the incidence, clinical presentation, and treatment outcomes for male and female patients with common sports injuries may vary widely. Stress fracture, which is associated with the female athlete triad, is a sports injury with known sex-based differences. Other common sports-related injuries may also have distinct sex-based differences. Understanding these differences is important to optimize each patient's musculoskeletal care.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)447-454
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Volume26
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2018

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© Copyright 2018 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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