The risk of knee osteoarthritis is 4 times higher after ACL injury compared to before.

🚨 Tore your ACL or meniscus?
A meta-analysis of 1M+ people found a 4–6x higher risk of developing knee osteoarthritis after injury.
Even in young adults.
🦵 Prevention and proper rehab matter more than ever.
📄 Paulsen et al. (2019)
🔗 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/53/23/1454.full.pdf
#KneeOA #ACL #Meniscus #SportsMed #Osteoarthritis #Rehab #Physio #EvidenceBased

Running on empty: Female athletes’ health and performance at risk from not eating enough

When the energy consumed from food becomes insufficient to meet the demands of high physical activity levels, a state of imbalance occurs called low energy availability. Low energy availability can disrupt hormones and metabolism in as little as five days. https://tinyurl.com/3wedwav5

#fitness #diet #womenshealth #running #nutrtion #sportsmed #sportsmedicine

Check out the latest episode of the Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast as we tackle several tennis articles with guest Dr. Neeru Jayanthi from Emory Sports Medicine.

It's another Research Review episode.

#podcast #sportsmed

Listen
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🔈Notice 🔈

🚫 The term “female athlete triad” is OUT.
✅ Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) is IN.

Any individual, regardless of gender, can have energy imbalance in the setting of increased energy expenditure!

#MedEd #nutrition #SportsMed