By: Notyetagolfpro: Oct, 28, 2010 23:38 PM

Several orthopedists told me the similar things- that it is a combination of:
1. higher muscle (hamstring, quadriceps) to ligament strength (than with men);
2. hormonal changes (certain times of the month, women are especially prone to tears), and
3. the Q angle (a woman's wider hips create an outward angle, putting more lateral pressure on the joint).    

There is a ton of information about this on this site- for ex. see:  http://www.knee1.com/News/feature_mainstory.cfm/309 (ACL tears in female soccer players) &
http://www.knee1.com/News/feature_mainstory.cfm/393 (Women & ACL Injury) - report of orthopedic research on this very topic-

By: AmariT: Oct, 19, 2010 15:56 PM

Could be any number of reasons, really. Maybe women's knees are built to sustain less stress than men's are. Could be diet, choice of shoes, or way of walking/running. Could just be different activities and different methods of sports training.

I think I'm going to go with choice of shoes, though.

By: isabelle21: Jul, 02, 2010 09:18 AM

Female athletes are more prone to suffering from a traumatic knee injury.

But what most people don't know is that roughly 10 million women see their doctors for knee pain, often caused by activities that are not related to sports, such as lifting boxes, going up a flight of stairs or squatting too much while gardening.

Why are women winding up with more knee injuries?

Hide this Tag Box

Add tags for this Post (separated by commas):

(Maximum characters: 50)
You have characters left.