RESEARCH AXIS
Empowering Women to Shine with Strength and Grace
The labs are leading a research initiative, "Empowering Women to Shine with Strength and Grace," a project dedicated to supporting and advancing the health, performance, and training of female triathletes.
Female athletes are more prone than male athletes to:
- Stress fractures
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures
- Concussion
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome
- Ankle sprains
Biomechanical demands of triathlons often lead to:
- Stress fractures
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome
- Ankle sprains
The prevalence of menstrual irregularities in female triathletes has been reported to be as high as 24%.
40% reported a history of primary or secondary amenorrhea, with an average duration of 14 months.
Amenorrhea occurs in 3.4% to 66% of female athletes, compared with only 2% to 5% in the general population.
Between 20% and 42% of athletes report that heavy bleeding negatively affects their sport performance.
Athletes with oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea have been found to have an increased risk of stress fractures compared with eumenorrheic individuals.