98 – Gender and Sports Medicine in the Adult Athlete

摘要: There is growing awareness that some sports injuries may have different characteristics in men and women. In general, are more closely tied to sporting activities than the gender. However, there certain patterns of illness injury athletic individuals seem a gender-specific predisposition. Sex differences often implicated when gender acute or overuse discovered. This chapter reviews basic anatomic physiologic between women highlights handful medical orthopedic topics affect differently. Medical include female athlete triad, exercise during pregnancy, breast injuries. The musculoskeletal aspect focusses on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, stress fractures, patellofemoral syndrome.