... should consider consulting with clinicians to implement prevention and monitoring programs for the female athletes and independent exercisers at their universities," said Jill Holm-Denoma of the ...
Olympic organizers have set up a sex-determination laboratory to evaluate the external appearance, hormones and genes of “suspect” female athletes.
The American Physical Therapy Association is urging female athletes -- particularly soccer players -- to consider a new warm-up program to help lower their growing risk of anterior cruciate ligament ( ...
... at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has revealed that young female professional dancers face the same health risks as young female athletes when they don't eat enough to offset ...
... Harvard University have found a way to predict which teenage female athletes will stop menstruating, an important risk ... periods and hence improved bone density."
In females ages 12 to 18, Misra and her ...
... who has authored the report since it was first published in 1982, said catastrophic injuries to female athletes have increased over the years.
"A major factor in this increase has been the change ...
... greater knee laxity lead to biomechanical differences that could lead to injury in a game situation.
Female athletes are between two and eight times more likely to injure their ACL knee ligaments ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Male and female reporters differ in the way they cover sports, especially in regard to the athleticism of female athletes, according to a recent study.
... studies, according to Pandina, should look at whether the same patterns are seen among female athletes and those at colleges with less-competitive sports programs. The athletes in this study came ...
... nine high school sports from certified athletic trainers at 100 U.S. high schools ... landing, jumping or pivoting.
“Parents of young female athletes should not overreact to these findings however,” ...
... women.
“We are concerned that non athletic girls have some of the same components of the female athlete triad as athletes and are in fact at greater risk for low bone density,” says Dr. Hoch. “These ...
... research suggests student athletes who are too active - not just on the field, but at home and school - may hinder their recovery. More puzzling, female athletes may take longer to recover than males.
Catastrophic damage blamed on gymnastic-type stunts now common in routines, study says
A program of strengthening exercises may help guard against a knee injury that sidelines many female athletes, a study says.
Young female athletes could have yet another reason to grab a glass of vitamin D-rich milk. Not only does vitamin D work with calcium to keep bones strong, researchers found that teenage ...
