A seat at the top table of women’s sport (and sports physio), and an intro to a new host! Ep #462

Brooke Patterson is a physiotherapist who is currently completing her PhD at the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, investigating the impact of ACL injuries on the lives of young adults. Brooke played several seasons in the Australian Football League national women’s competition (WAFL), and has recently transitioned to becoming a coach. You will be hearing more from Brooke, who will be hosting some BJSM podcasts over the coming months, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to get to know Brooke and her research. In this podcast we discuss: The latest ACL injury prevention & early-onset osteoarthritis research The next big breakthroughs to expect in the next decade from a research perspective do Advice for people wanting to/working in elite women’s sport Links: 1. Making football safer for women with Brooke Patterson and Dr Ben Mentiplay. Episode #445 https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/making-football-safer-for-women-with-brooke-patterson-and-dr-ben-mentiplay-episode-445 2. Building on a BJSM podcast – and celebrating good news! #WomensFootball https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/10/22/building-on-a-bjsm-podcast-and-celebrating-good-news-womensfootball/

3. Making football safer for women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of injury prevention programmes in 11 773 female football (soccer) players https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/18/1089