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Women's Sports Medicine Programs have grown significantly in the US, yet there remains a critical need for sex-specific analysis in sports medicine research to optimize care for female athletes.
Highlights the need for sex-specific analysis and research in women's sports medicine.
This editorial reviews the rationale for development of Women’s Sports Medicine Programs in the United States. Current issues surrounding the lack of sex-specific analysis in the published literature are reviewed. There is an ongoing need for basic, translational, and clinical research in optimizing care of female athletes and active women of all ages. The importance of the newly established Journal of Women’s Sports Medicine in fulfilling that need is discussed.
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Hannafin et al. (2021) conducted an editorial in Sports injuries in female athletes. Women's Sports Medicine Programs have grown significantly in the US, yet there remains a critical need for sex-specific analysis in sports medicine research to optimize care for female athletes.
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