{"id":29211,"date":"2024-03-05T14:20:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T11:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/29211\/new-report-slams-sports-response\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T11:20:47","slug":"new-report-slams-sports-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=29211","title":{"rendered":"New report slams sports&#8217; response to women&#8217;s ACL injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New report slams sports&#8217; response to women&#8217;s ACL injuries\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The sports sector&#39;s response to the high number of female footballers suffering anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries has been &#8220;disjointed and slow&#8221;, the UK Parliament&#39;s Women and Equalities Committee said in a report published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>England duo Beth Mead and Leah Williamson, Dutch striker Vivianne Miedema and Canadian international Janine Beckie were among an elite group of players who missed the 2023 Women&#39;s World Cup due to anterior cruciate ligament injuries .<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In its report titled \u201cHealth Barriers for Girls and Women in Sport,\u201d the commission highlighted the lack of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a> boots designed specifically for women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the potential link to ACL injuries, there is evidence that soccer shoes cause greater problems for many female players,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The sector needs to do better to increase the availability of women-specific equipment and kits, he adds.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Beth Mead ruptured her ACL against Manchester <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> on November 19, 2022. <cite>Stuart MacFarlane\/Arsenal FC via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe sports science sector\u2019s response to the ACL problem has been disparate and slow,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that a health issue of a similar scale affecting elite male footballers would have received a quicker, more thorough and better coordinated response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committee also asked the Committee on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to create a working group to develop a long-term strategy to tackle this problem.<\/p>\n<p>A report published by the European Football Club Association in 2023 reveals that up to 82% of European female players experience discomfort when wearing boots.<\/p>\n<p>Sportswear brands have said they are investing in equipment specifically aimed at women, but say retailers may be reluctant to stock them due to a lack of awareness of the growing business opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New report slams sports&#8217; response to women&#8217;s ACL injuries\u060c The sports sector&#39;s response to the high number of female footballers suffering anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries has been &#8220;disjointed and slow&#8221;, the UK Parliament&#39;s Women and Equalities Committee said in a report published on Tuesday. England duo Beth Mead and Leah Williamson, Dutch striker Vivianne [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2699,850,846,297,1233,1880,1527],"class_list":["post-29211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-acl","tag-injuries","tag-report","tag-response","tag-slams","tag-sports","tag-womens"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29213,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29211\/revisions\/29213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}