Rates of reporting and analyzing patient sex in sports medicine research: A systematic review

Resource type: Publication Publication
  • Authors
    Sonnier, John Hayden; Paul, Ryan W.; Hall, Anya T.; Johnson, Emma E.; Connors, Gregory; Freedman, Kevin B.; Bishop, Meghan E.
  • Type
    Original research
  • Journal
    The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Publication Date
    2023
  • Abstract

    Background: Sex differences in sports medicine are well documented. However, no studies to date have reviewed the rate at which sex is reported and analyzed in the athlete-specific orthopaedic sports medicine literature.

    Purpose: To determine the rates of reporting and analyzing patient sex in athlete-specific sports medicine literature.

    Methods: Articles published by the 3 journals of the AOSSM (American Journal of Sports Medicine [AJSM], Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, and Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach) between 2017 and 2021 were considered for inclusion. Original sports medicine research studies that isolated athletes were included. Studies that isolated sports that are predominantly single sex at the college and/or professional levels (football, baseball, softball, and wrestling) were excluded.

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