Sex-based Differences in Common Sports Injuries.

Sex-based Differences in Common Sports Injuries. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2018 May 28;: Authors: Carter CW, Ireland ML, Johnson AE, Levine WN, Martin S, Bedi A, Matzkin EG 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. PMID: 29847420 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research