Fueled by the WNBA and the Olympics, female athletes and women's sports are getting some long overdue recognition and attention. With this surge in interest it's a great time to look at some of the work and research going on related to women's sports injuries.
Jenny Robinson, PhD, recently discussed her research on common women's sports injuries with UW News.
Dr. Robinson discusses some injuries that are common to women's sports and the work she and her lab are doing to design better methods to help women athletes train to prevent and recover from those injuries.
Dr. Robinson is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine and Mechanical Engineering and a Core Faculty at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM) at the University of Washington. She is the Director of the Tissue and Regenerative Engineering (TARE) Lab. Her research aims to understand the cues needed to promote connective tissue regeneration after injury with a focus on sex differences in this process.
You can read the whole interview at the link below.
Q&A: UW researcher aims to understand common women’s sports injuries
