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PUBERTY IN FEMALE ATHLETES MAY PROTECT AGAINST INJURY

PUBERTY IN FEMALE ATHLETES MAY PROTECT AGAINST INJURY

Source - Orthopedics This Week

A new study, “Age-Dependent Patellofemoral Pain: Hip and Knee Risk Landing Profiles in Prepubescent and Postpubescent Female Athletes,” published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine on August 9, 2018, suggests that the progression from prepubertal to postpubertal status in female athletes may have a protective effect on high-risk hip mechanics associated with patellofemoral pain in female athletes.

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