Health
Concussion in women's rugby going unreported
Team spirit can be more of a hindrance than a help when it comes to reporting concussion in women's rugby.
May 9, 2023
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News tagged with female athletes
Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media fueling eating disorders among female athletes, research shows
Social media is fueling eating disorders among female athletes who feel they must achieve the "ideal" body, according to experts.
Apr 26, 2023
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Radiology & Imaging
Hip pain is different in female dancers: Insights from dynamic ultrasound
Dancers put unique demands on their hips, achieving extreme ranges of motion that can strain the joints and damage supporting tissues around them. Not surprisingly, hip injuries account for up to 17% of injuries in dancers ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disturbances in eating behaviors and menstrual function can jeopardize careers of female athletes
A recent study from the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) shows that disturbances in eating behaviors predicted shorter sports career among women with a competitive sports background ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Female football players are at much higher risk of career-ending ACL injuries: The science on why
Women's football is riding high. Not only are fans celebrating the success of the England team at the Arnold Clark Cup and Euro 2022, but this year will see the Fifa Women's World Cup kick off in July.
Feb 24, 2023
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Medical research
New study debunks the assumption that menstrual cycles disqualify women from exercise research
Peruse any women's magazine, and you'll likely find advice on how to boost workouts. But what many don't realize is that the research behind most exercise advice is based almost entirely on men. Female subjects are excluded ...
Jan 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
Good news for athletes who are slow to recover from concussion
A new study suggests that athletes who recover more slowly from concussion may be able to return to play with an additional month of recovery beyond the typical recovery time, according to a new study published in the January ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Yes, men run faster than women, but over shorter distances—not by much
Conventional wisdom holds that men run 10 to 12% faster than women regardless of the distance raced. But new research suggests that the between-sex performance gap is much narrower at shorter sprint distances.
Sep 27, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
End sexist scheduling of major sporting events to boost gender equality, urge experts
Despite progress in gender equality in sport, 'structural sexism' is alive and well in the scheduling of major mixed-sex sporting fixtures, with women's match finals invariably considered the 'warm-up event' for men's, argue ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
As Title IX's first generation ages, research needed to identify effects of playing sports
Many of the impacts Title IX has had on women are well-known, visible throughout society.
Aug 22, 2022
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