Hammoud, Sommer

West, Robin V.

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Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Digital Commons Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 4-15-2022 Optimizing the performance and treatment of the female athlete Sommer Hammoud Robin V. West Follow this and additional works at: https://jdc.jefferson.edu/orthofp  Part of the Orthopedics Commons, and the Surgery Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits you This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Jefferson Digital Commons. The Jefferson Digital Commons is a service of Thomas Jefferson University's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The Commons is a showcase for Jefferson books and journals, peer-reviewed scholarly publications, unique historical collections from the University archives, and teaching tools. The Jefferson Digital Commons allows researchers and interested readers anywhere in the world to learn about and keep up to date with Jefferson scholarship. This article has been accepted for inclusion in Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers by an authorized administrator of the Jefferson Digital Commons. For more information, please contact: JeffersonDigitalCommons@jefferson.edu. Page 1 of 2© Annals of Joint. All rights reserved. Ann Joint 2022;7:11 | https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aoj-21-18EditorialOptimizing the performance and treatment of the female athleteIt is our distinct pleasure to highlight the topic of “Sports Related Injuries of the Female Athlete” in Annals of Joint (AOJ). Women manifest disease and respond differently to treatment across medical specialties. Cardiovascular health is the field that has received the most widespread attention; our awareness of the differences in clinical presentation of cardiac distress between men and women has, in very simple terms, saved countless lives. Similarly, musculoskeletal pathology differs on many levels between male and female patients. Fundamental physiologic differences play a major role. For example, female pelvic and hip anatomy and relative strength differences increases the risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury; and greater joint laxity can lead to a greater incidence of shoulder and patellofemoral instability. Moreover, understanding these differences allows the treating surgeon to counsel the patient as to the best surgical treatment option, such as optimal graft choice in ACL reconstruction that will lead to lowest rate of re-rupture. These are just a few examples outlining the many ways in which we can enhance athletic performance, injury prevention, recognition and treatment of the female athlete. We take a deep dive into some of the most common of these in this edition.This series aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the most relevant topics in the treatment of female athletes. The aim is to provide the reader with an understanding of how nutritional and mental health affect performance, injury and recovery as well as review the most common injury patterns and their treatments. Our expert contributing authors delve into the risk factors for injury, injury prevention and up-to-date information on treatment, both nonsurgical and surgical. They also provide us with their pearls for treatment, which are invaluable, given their breadth of knowledge and experience. AcknowledgmentsThank you to all of the authors and co-authors for their time and efforts in contributing to this series. To the Annals of Joint, thank you for highlighting this important topic and helping the medical community to continue to optimize preventative measures and treatment of their female patients.Funding: None.FootnoteProvenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Joint for the series “Sports Related Injuries of the Female Athlete”. The article did not undergo external peer review.Conflicts of Interest: Both authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://aoj.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/aoj-21-18/coif). The series “Sports Related Injuries of the Female Athlete” was commissioned by the editorial office without any funding or sponsorship. SH and RVW served as the unpaid Guest Editors of the series. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare.Ethical Statement: The authors are accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Open Access Statement: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits the non-commercial replication and distribution of the article with the strict proviso that no changes or edits are made and the original work is properly cited (including links to both the formal publication through the relevant DOI and the license). See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.2Page 2 of 2 Annals of Joint, 2022© Annals of Joint. All rights reserved. Ann Joint 2022;7:11 | https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aoj-21-18Sommer Hammoud1,2, MD1Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia Phoenix, PA, USA; 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (Email: Sommer.Hammoud@gmail.com)Robin V. West3,4, MD3Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; 4Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. (Email: Robin.West@inova.org)Received: 04 June 2021; Accepted: 19 June 2021; Published: 15 April 2022.doi: 10.21037/aoj-21-18View this article at: https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aoj-21-18doi: 10.21037/aoj-21-18Cite this article as: Hammoud S, West RV. Optimizing the performance and treatment of the female athlete. Ann Joint 2022;7:11.Sommer Hammoud Robin V. West

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