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Women get 4-6x the knee injuries men get, so something is undermining our ability to walk and run. http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/apr/knee-injurie

by Mz 10y ago

Women get 4-6x the knee injuries men get, so something is undermining our ability to walk and run. http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/apr/knee-injuries-women-linked-motion-nervous-system-differences http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/apr/knee-injurie... https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/uotm-waw031816.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/uotm-waw0318... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/departments/Orthopaedics/clinicalservices/sportsmed/Documents/WISH_SPORTSMED_Female%2520Knee%2520Injuries%2520and%2520ACL.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjF08a_wIHRAhUB7SYKHdJ0A_YQFgg9MAc&usg=AFQjCNFhUTurlVSeFsoSJEfrpjXvcEafsQ&sig2=Z6u3fOim74Cchcwt2q8Swg https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://...

Benjamin_Dobell 10y ago
I wonder how much that is attributed to difference in behaviour. 4-6x is a huge difference (assuming that's accurate) so it's unlikely all of that could be behavioural. However, high heel shoes and hand-bags are known to cause lots of posture-related issues. In Australia, young women also tend to play different sports. For example, Netball, which is notoriously strenuous on knees and ankles.
- Mz 10y ago
  There may be exacerbating behavioral differences, but my sons tell me women have greater lower body strength than men. Based on what I have heard about Chinese foot-binding and how it impacted female musculature, I strongly suspect this increased lower body strength is related to the skeletal differences between men and women. I also have serious health problems that cause belly bloat. As I get that under control, it has an impact on my hips and that always causes me knee discomfort (especially at night, trying to find a comfortable sleep position) during the time that the entire leg structure realigns. So my firsthand experience suggests that hip structure significantly impacts the knees.
xiaoma 10y ago
Yeah, I used to see that all the time when I was running competitively in school. I don't think I knew a single guy with an ITB Syndrome / injury but so many of the gals got sidelined with that kind of knee problem.
Chris2048 10y ago
Also, women have hips only just wide enough to give birth safely. Many need c-sections, and childbirth is painful and risky. Why would this evolve if there wasn't an equally strong survival pressure to having a smaller pelvis? It doesn't even need to be knee problems, just not being able to run as fast might do.

by Mz 10y ago

Benjamin_Dobell 10y ago

I wonder how much that is attributed to difference in behaviour. 4-6x is a huge difference (assuming that's accurate) so it's unlikely all of that could be behavioural. However, high heel shoes and hand-bags are known to cause lots of posture-related issues. In Australia, young women also tend to play different sports. For example, Netball, which is notoriously strenuous on knees and ankles.

Mz 10y ago
There may be exacerbating behavioral differences, but my sons tell me women have greater lower body strength than men. Based on what I have heard about Chinese foot-binding and how it impacted female musculature, I strongly suspect this increased lower body strength is related to the skeletal differences between men and women. I also have serious health problems that cause belly bloat. As I get that under control, it has an impact on my hips and that always causes me knee discomfort (especially at night, trying to find a comfortable sleep position) during the time that the entire leg structure realigns. So my firsthand experience suggests that hip structure significantly impacts the knees.

xiaoma 10y ago

Yeah, I used to see that all the time when I was running competitively in school. I don't think I knew a single guy with an ITB Syndrome / injury but so many of the gals got sidelined with that kind of knee problem.

Chris2048 10y ago

Also, women have hips only just wide enough to give birth safely. Many need c-sections, and childbirth is painful and risky. Why would this evolve if there wasn't an equally strong survival pressure to having a smaller pelvis? It doesn't even need to be knee problems, just not being able to run as fast might do.