title: Issues in the female athlete.
abstract: Effective treatment of the female athlete begins with an understanding of the anatomic and physiologic differences between males and females and the epidemiology of injury patterns in athletic women. However, the female athlete has a variety of special concerns that the sports medicine physician should be familiar with.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beim
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D001823:Body Composition; D001940:Breast / Q000502:physiology; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000494:pharmacology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013008:Somatotypes / Q000502:physiology; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral