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2. Sports injury - Wikipedia

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   Knee injury in contact sports, and jumping, deceleration, and pivoting in non-contact sports and activities cause anterior cruciate ligament injury. Collateral ligament injury: An injury to a partially flexed knee can damage the medial collateral ligament – the ligament stretching along the inner edge of the knee.

3. ACL injuries are more common in women — experts are still ...

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   Women are three to six times more likely to suffer ACL injuries than men, research shows. Experts discuss possible theories and highlight gender inequality in sports.

4. Soft tissue injury - Wikipedia

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   A soft tissue injury is the damage of muscles, ligaments and tendons throughout the body. Common soft tissue injuries usually occur from a sprain, strain, a one-off blow resulting in a contusion or overuse of a particular part of the body. Soft tissue injuries can result in pain, swelling, bruising and loss of function. [1]

5. Experts Say Concussions Are Worse For Women—Here’s Why - AOL

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   5 Nonnegotiable Habits For Avoiding A Head Injury 1. Do your best to prevent accidents. Since slips and falls are the most common reason for concussion, be aware of your surroundings and do what ...

6. Anterior cruciate ligament injury - Wikipedia

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   Of the four sports with the highest ACL injury rates, three were women's – gymnastics, basketball and soccer. [ 13 ] Differences between males and females identified as potential causes are the active muscular protection of the knee joint, differences in leg/pelvis alignment, and relative ligament laxity caused by differences in hormonal ...

7. 4 sneaky signs of exercise injuries in women, from a personal ...

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   Dr. Tara Narula writes a column on women’s health for TODAY.com.

8. Musculoskeletal injury - Wikipedia

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   Musculoskeletal injury spans into a large variety of medical specialties including orthopedic surgery (with diseases such as arthritis requiring surgery), sports medicine, [5] emergency medicine (acute presentations of joint and muscular pain) and rheumatology (in rheumatological diseases that affect joints such as rheumatoid arthritis).

9. ACL injuries are keeping stars out of the Women's World Cup - AOL

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   Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema, England's Leah Williamson and Beth Mead, Canada's Janine Beckie and rising U.S. star Catarina Macario are among those sidelined for the tournament starting ...