Women's Health Issues Advisory Board
The AAOS Women’s Health Issues Advisory Board (WHIAB) seeks to advocate, advance, and serve as a resource on sex and gender differences in musculoskeletal health. Since females suffer from disease in different ways than males, recognizing sex-related differences is critical to optimizing patient care. |
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The WHIAB reports to the AAOS Board of Directors to disseminate and coordinate sex-specific research information, medical knowledge, and communications to a variety of audiences - the Academy, our policymakers in Washington, D.C., and the greater public. The AAOS WHIAB has partnered with numerous groups to promote women’s musculoskeletal health issues by providing information on sexual dimorphism. The WHIAB promotes sex-specific research, most visibly through its quarterly column in AAOS Now: “Putting Sex in Your Orthopaedic Practice.” | |
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- AAOS Now Articles:
- Is it osteoporosis or elder abuse? (Michienzi, AE, and Switzer, JA / December 2011)
- Problem bone health: It’s not just an issue for older women (Szalay, E and Tosi, LL / November 2011)
- Sex-related differences in concussion symptoms among high-school athletes (Arendt, EA, and Putukian, M / September 2011)
- Sexual dysfunction after pelvic fracture (Algan, SM: March 2011)
- Sex differences in TMC arthritis (Wolf, J, King, K, and Williams, A. / November 2010)
- Sexual dimorphism and osteoarthritis: The role of leptin (Ouellette, EA and Makowski AL / September 2010)
- The pregnant trauma victim (Bukata, SV, Behrend, CJ, and Switzer, JA / July 2010)
- How sex influences joint contractures (Hettrich, C and Hannafin, J / February 2010)
- ACL injury and reconstruction: Does it really matter if you are male or female? (Hame, S / December 2009)
- Can wrist fracture predict hip fracture? (DiPaolo, D and Tosi, L / August 2009)
- Challenging orthopaedics to reduce osteoporotic hip fractures (Tosi, LL and Dell, RM: May 2009)
- Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction: More prevalent in women (Gehrig, L: March 2009)
- Gender bias in TKA: A roundtable discussion (Tosi LL: October 2008)
- Estrogen, men, and hip fractures (Gehrig L, O'Connor MI: June 2008)
- Are foot and ankle problems worse for women? (Baumhauer JF, O’Connor K: March 2008)
- Are patellofemoral disorders worse for females? (Arendt E: October 2007)
- Not just for women: Is vitamin D the key to bone health? (O’Connor MI, Tosi LL: July 2007)
- Women have more hip fractures, so why are more men with fractured hips dying? (O’Connor MI, Tosi LL: March/April 2007)
- Federal Register Responses/Comments:
- WHIAB Public Service Announcements:
- Savage Shoes
- Fragility Fracture Radio Ad (Mary O’Connor, MD)
- Joan Rivers: “Beauty is Bone Deep”
- Diamonds Aren’t A Girl’s Best Friend
- Orthopaedic Surgery is Women’s Work, Too
- WHIAB Scientific Exhibits
- 2012: Sex Influences Outcomes! Sexual Dimorphism in Trauma, Tumor, ACL Injuries, Fall Prevention, and Concussion
- 2011: Dimorphism in CMC Arthritis
- 2010: Examining Sexual Dimorphism in Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction, Hallux Valgus, Patellofemoral Disorders, and Spinal Conditions
- 2009: Hip Fractures: Genetics and Estrogen
- 2008: Hip Fractures: A Public Health Problem for both Men and Women
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