Key result
Historically, women have been underrepresented in clinical research, and future sports medicine studies must include sex-specific subgroup analyses to improve patient care and outcomes for female athletes.
Why the study?
Males and females may present differently with similar diagnoses and respond differently to treatments, prompting a need to examine research focused on women's health and sports medicine in active females.
Highlights the need for sex-specific research and subgroup stratification in sports medicine to improve outcomes for female athletes.
Supports sex-stratified analyses in sports medicine; leaves open clinical translation without prospective validation.
It is now recognized that males and females may present differently with similar diagnoses and /or respond differently to various treatments. This article outlines the history of research focused on women's health issues, with a specific focus on key research in sports medicine concerns in the active and athletic female. Recommendations for future strategies in research, including stratification of subgroups for all clinical results, will enable researchers and clinicians to translate research into clinical practice resulting in best patient care and improved outcomes for all.
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Arendt et al. (2022) conducted a review in Sports medicine and women's health. Historically, women have been underrepresented in clinical research, and future sports medicine studies must include sex-specific subgroup analyses to improve patient care and outcomes for female athletes.
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