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ninevirtuesThis research idea refuses to leave my head:
Shoulder dislocations frequently happen as a result of a FOOSH, or a fall on a hyperflexed arm... and both of these falls may occur while mountain biking. And women (my professors say, especially blond or redheaded women, but I don't have enough clinical experience to personally know that yet) more frequently have shoulder instability. It's also true that, once you dislocate your shoulder, you have an 80% chance of re-dislocating it, and surgery is required to repair it.
Hmm, I wonder how these things are related, and I wonder how I can keep the mountain bikers on my racing team out of the OR and on the trails. (This idea was inspired by a woman who's earned the nickname "Bella Loca", because she falls on her MTB, dislocates her shoulder, pops it back in, gets back on, and keeps racing.... and by another woman who dislocated her shoulder while racing, and now it occasionally dislocates when she sleeps.)
Things I would want to study and/or prove:
Thesis 1) Female mountain bikers are more prone to dislocation than the general population of women, and risk of dislocation rises with some criteria (riding frequency or racing category or amount of instability or score on a proprioception test?)
Thesis 2) Pre-emptively screening female mountain bikers for shoulder instability and poor proprioception, and teaching them a home exercise program that improves both of those, decreases their risk of traumatic dislocation.
Shoulder dislocations frequently happen as a result of a FOOSH, or a fall on a hyperflexed arm... and both of these falls may occur while mountain biking. And women (my professors say, especially blond or redheaded women, but I don't have enough clinical experience to personally know that yet) more frequently have shoulder instability. It's also true that, once you dislocate your shoulder, you have an 80% chance of re-dislocating it, and surgery is required to repair it.
Hmm, I wonder how these things are related, and I wonder how I can keep the mountain bikers on my racing team out of the OR and on the trails. (This idea was inspired by a woman who's earned the nickname "Bella Loca", because she falls on her MTB, dislocates her shoulder, pops it back in, gets back on, and keeps racing.... and by another woman who dislocated her shoulder while racing, and now it occasionally dislocates when she sleeps.)
Things I would want to study and/or prove:
Thesis 1) Female mountain bikers are more prone to dislocation than the general population of women, and risk of dislocation rises with some criteria (riding frequency or racing category or amount of instability or score on a proprioception test?)
Thesis 2) Pre-emptively screening female mountain bikers for shoulder instability and poor proprioception, and teaching them a home exercise program that improves both of those, decreases their risk of traumatic dislocation.
