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Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine

Women in Sports: Some Physiological Issues and Gender Differences - A Brief Overview

  • Open or CloseAbhijit Das*

    Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, India

    *Corresponding author: Abhijit Das, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal, India

Submission: December 16, 2021;Published: January 19, 2022

DOI: 10.31031/RISM.2022.07.000680

ISSN: 2577-1914
Volume8 Issue1

Abstract

Access to participation, training, and competition in sports has historically been denied to women. But clearly, this view has changed dramatically in recent years. The significant number of women in competition, coaching, administrative, officiating, ang training positions, is a matter of serious concern. The present article briefly highlights some important as well as pertinent physiological issues under the purview of gender along with some suggestive measures in favor of the worldwide movement of sports for all.

Keywords: Sports; Gender; Physiological parameters; Health; Medical issues; Equity measures

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