Word: ligaments
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...women participate in more and more sports, orthopedists are noticing a difference in the types of injuries women are prone to. They appear to be more susceptible than men to damaging the ligaments that hold the knee together. Many women basketball players have suffered painful and potentially debilitating tears to the anterior cruciate ligament, which can take months to heal. Doctors think it may have something to do with a woman's wider hips, which place a greater strain on the ligaments joining the thigh to the knee. These ligaments are weaker in women to start with...
Although Kennedy said she originally feared that Sturdy may have fractured her fibula, X-rays indicated that there were no broken bones. Sturdy has a severe ankle sprain with at least partially torn ligaments and possibly fully severed ligaments--her ankle is still too swollen for X-rays to indicate the full extent of the ligament damage...
Sturdy is no stranger to injury. Last season, in Harvard's regular-season finale at Dartmouth, Sturdy suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in her right knee and was unable to play in Harvard's historic 71-67 upset of No. 1-seed Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament...
Sophomore guard Carrie Larkworthy is out for the season after tearing theanterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.Senior center Rose Janowski and sophomore pointguard Lisa Kowal both missed Harvard's last game,an 82-77 loss to Rhode Island on Wednesday...
Senior Melissa M. Milbert, who plays defense for the women's hockey team, has not experienced the same phenomenon. Although she has broken several bones and recently tore a major ligament in her knee for a second time, Milbert's injuries comprise a string of severe but non-related occurrences...