Running Lecture by Dr. Jack Taunton - Last Minute Spots Available
Using A Gender-Targeted Approach to Reduce Injury Rates and Pain in Runners
LadySport Lecture Series 
Presenters: Dr. Jack E. Taunton - M.D., MSc., DipSpMed (CASM)
Chief Medical Officer, Vancouver 2010; Professor, Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre, Faculty of Medicine & School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia
Dr Michael Ryan – PhD, CPed(C)
Director Research & Development Kintec Footlabs; Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Time: 7:00pm Lecture; 8pm Questions and Discussion 8:15pm Wine and Cheese
Location: LadySport, 3545 West 4th Ave
Cost: The lecture is free of charge. However, seating is limited to 80 people.
Please reserve seating for individuals or groups by calling Phil Moore at (604) 733-1173.
Synopsis: Today, women represent the majority of participants in running events in North America and dominate the culture of organized run training programs. Notwithstanding behavioural and psycho-social factors, women have a number of important anatomical differences that change how loads are applied to joint and soft-tissue structures in the lower-extremity. These skeletal differences may account for a gender disparity in the prevalence of certain injuries; women are more likely to experience injuries associated with instability of the patella or pelvis and stress fractures, while injuries to tendon and knee cartilage appear more commonly in men. Previous epidemiological studies on whether gender itself is a risk factor show inconclusive results: the female gender appears a risk factor in high-school athletes, a protective factor in recreational runners preparing for a short distance event, or irrelevant for more competitive recreational runners competing for a marathon.
Significance of this research: This lecture will present on the first two studies, of a three part series, whose ultimate aim is use a gender-targeted approach to reduce the incidence of injury. Initially, part one will make use of a cohort design to determine whether gender itself is a risk factor. The outcomes from this initial project will form the basis of subsequent analyses that will investigate in detail factors associated with injury across gender. The final project will then tailor an injury prevention strategy for each gender using the identified factors in the second project.
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