Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein
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women of all ages.
But the first and most glaring disparity you see is actually in sports medicine.
That's the most obvious one, because girls are about eight times more likely than boys to tear their ACL, which is a poorly understood phenomenon.
There have been many theories and hypotheses tested, but there's probably some hormonal component related to this.
So you want to talk about that some more?
Yeah.
Eight times?
Mm-hmm.
Some studies say 10.
I mean, yeah, but there's a huge propensity for girls and women to tear their ACL more than boys.
And was that like in a textbook?
Well, you see it.
I mean, it's recognized.
It's in studies if you look at, you know, how many.
Oh, people have been trying to figure this out for a long time.
People have tried to figure this out for years.
I think there's been a lot of focus on this in the world of sports medicine, actually.
And so I think credit to that
But people who have been trying.
People have been trying to figure this out.