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Home » Blog » Make no bones about it: The female athlete triad can lead to problems with bone health

Make no bones about it: The female athlete triad can lead to problems with bone health

Posted on: 10 January, 2018

Participation in sports by women and girls has increased from 310,000 individuals in 1971 to 3.37 million in 2010. At the same time, sports-related injuries among female athletes have skyrocketed. According to a new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), women with symptoms known as the “female athlete triad” are at greater risk of bone stress injuries and fractures.