The FA is exploring why anterior cruciate ligament injuries are so much more commonly sustained by female footballers than their male counterparts.
Figures show that women footballers are far more vulnerable than men to such injuries, by a ratio of eight to one.
As many as a dozen players across the Barclays FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship have damaged their ACL’s this season, typically leading to long spells of recovery and rehabilitation.
The FA says an audit will be conducted by “a group of experts from institutions involved in producing research around female athletes and/or women’s football.”
It added: “We will then be able to assess any trends with particular injuries, including ACL injuries. We can then analyse rates of injuries comparing to previous audits in men’s and women’s football and other sports.”
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