Gendered Sport Environments and Women’s Injury Risk

A Scoping Review

The Issue

Risk factors for injury are commonly attributed to athlete characteristics without considering external gendered forces. To date, we don’t have a clear picture of the state of the scientific evidence regarding the gendered features of the sport environment that may be contributing to increased injury risk for women.

What We Did

This project systematically summarized the existing academic literature describing the gendered aspects of women’s sports environments and determined whether the current literature links gendered environments to sports injuries.

Outcomes & Impacts

We published a scoping review of the existing literature, describing a range of gendered inequities in sport environments and their relationship to injury. Our review found that… [insert citation and link as you have them now]

Parsons, J. L., Akinrolie, O., Loewen, H., & Coen, S. E. (2025). Gendered sport environments and their theoretical contributions to women’s injury risk, experiences, and outcomes: a scoping review. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 33(1).