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SPORTS MEDICINE :
SPORTS: INJURIES :
WOMEN:
Sports Injuries: Are Women More At Risk?
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Sports Injuries: Are Women More At Risk?
Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP
Published Online: Monday, June 16, 2014
Pharmacy Times
By understanding their unique risks when exercising, women can take
measures to avoid injury.
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2014/June2014/
Sports-Injuries-Are-Women-More-At-Risk
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Engaging in sports has many benefits. Sports increase agility, strength,
and stamina; burn calories; and improve mood and confidence. They also
increase analytic skills. Team sports create a social opportunity and
teach cooperative skills. Before 1972, women were less likely than men to
participate in competitive sports in school. That changed radically with
the passage of Title IX. This law allows federal funding only for schools
and colleges that include both sexes in sports programs or activities.
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One measure of its success is girls participation in high school sports:
since 1971, the number of high school girls who play sports increased from
300,000 to nearly 3 million today.1 But with gender equity has come the
greater likelihood of sports-related injury for girls and women. In fact,
injury rates are similar in mens and womens sports. Injury patterns,
however, differ.2 Women and Men:
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Sporting Differences Five factors influence sports injuries: form,
alignment, body composition, physiology, and physical performance. These
differ between the sexes, especially once puberty starts and hormones
influence development.3
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Females appear to sustain concussions at higher rates than men, with women
playing basketball, lacrosse, and soccer at highest risk. They often have
more severe signs and symptoms, and recover less quickly than men.2,6,7
Online Table 28-11 describes interventions for concussions and other
injuries common in women that health professionals can pursue.
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Women also experience shoulder injuries more often than men. Compared with
men, they have less upper body strength, weaker rotator cuff and
periscapular muscles, and looser supporting tissues. This creates shoulder
instability. Sports that use the shoulder muscles extensively (eg,
swimming, softball, volleyball) increase the risk of rotator cuff injury,
tightness, and pain. Shoulder injuries are more likely to recur than other
injuries.2
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Conclusion
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Engaging in physical activity has proven benefits throughout life, and
all women are encouraged to stay active regardless of age. Some studies
report that although females do tend to sustain more injuries, much of the
increased incidence can be attributed to the amount of training they
schedule.4,5 Clinicians should remind women to avoid insufficient warm-up,
high training intensities, muscle fatigue, and hamstring tightness.
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