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April 20, 2009

Knee Laxity May Vary With Menstrual Cycle »

University of Calgary researchers say there may be a connection between menstrual cycles and the laxity of a woman’s knee joint. Reporting in The American Journal of Sports Medicine the researchers noted that although knee laxity varied with the different phases of the menstrual cycle, women appear to have some periods of greater knee laxity. The cause of this relationship is unclear, but, this may be a factor in why female athletes are two and eight times more likely to injure their ACL knee ligaments than men.

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Posted by Steven / April 20, 2009 9:07 pm / Permalink / Comments (0) / Trackbacks (0)