Women in sport: Part 1

The issues for the sporting female are often not front and centre, but incredibly important to every sports practitioner. So I thought it was time we had an update on what the latest is...we thought it was a Triad..but it may be a Tetrad!

I guess the most commonly discussed issue for women in sport is the "female athlete triad'. The Triad is well recognized as an interrelated syndrome wherein several clinical sequelae (i.e., menstrual dysfunction, disordered eating, low EA), ranging in severity, may predominate and have a negative effect on bone mineral density, BMD. This of course has serious consequences interms of the potential for bone related stress injury. However, the current thoughts on the development and consequences of this condition are changing quite rapidly.