Fair and Safe Eligibility Criteria for Women's Sport

Ross Tucker¹, Emma N Hilton², Kerry McGawley³, Noel Pollock⁴, Grégoire P Millet⁵, Øyvind Sandbakk⁶, Glyn Howatson⁷, Gregory A Brown⁸, Lara A Carlson⁹, Mark A Chen¹⁰, Neil Heron^{11

12}, Christopher Kirk¹³, Marie H Murphy^{14

15}, Jamie Pringle¹⁶, Andrew Richardson¹⁷, Jordan Santos-Concejero¹⁸, Ask Vest Christiansen¹⁹, Carwyn Jones²⁰, Juan-Manuel Alonso²¹, Rebecca Robinson²², Nigel Jones²³, Mathew Wilson²⁴, Michael G Parker²⁵, Arabah Chintoh²⁶, Sandra Hunter²⁷, Jonathon W Senefeld²⁸, Mary I O'Connor²⁹, Michael Joyner³⁰, Eva M Carneiro³¹, Cathy Devine²², Jon Pike³², Tommy R Lundberg^{33

34}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sport Science, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
² School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden.
⁴ Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ Centre for Elite Sports Research, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁷ Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
⁸ Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, USA.
⁹ The Carlson Laboratory, Portland, Maine, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Science, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
¹¹ Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
¹² School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
¹³ Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.
¹⁴ Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹⁵ Centre for Exercise Medicine, Physical Activity and Health, School of Sport, Ulster University, Belfast, UK.
¹⁶ School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
¹⁷ Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
¹⁸ Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
¹⁹ Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
²⁰ Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
²¹ Sports Medicine Department, Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
²² Independent, Manchester, UK.
²³ British Cycling, Manchester, UK.
²⁴ Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), University College London, London, UK.
²⁵ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA.
²⁶ Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
²⁷ School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
²⁸ Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
²⁹ Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³⁰ Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³¹ The Sports Medical Group, Phoenix Hospitals, London, UK.
³² Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
³³ Division of Clinical Physiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³⁴ Unit of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 39169560
DOI: 10.1111/sms.14715

Editorial

Fair and Safe Eligibility Criteria for Women's Sport

Ross Tucker et al. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;34(8):e14715.

doi: 10.1111/sms.14715.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sport Science, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
² School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden.
⁴ Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ Centre for Elite Sports Research, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁷ Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
⁸ Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, USA.
⁹ The Carlson Laboratory, Portland, Maine, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Science, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
¹¹ Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
¹² School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
¹³ Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.
¹⁴ Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹⁵ Centre for Exercise Medicine, Physical Activity and Health, School of Sport, Ulster University, Belfast, UK.
¹⁶ School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
¹⁷ Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
¹⁸ Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
¹⁹ Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
²⁰ Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
²¹ Sports Medicine Department, Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
²² Independent, Manchester, UK.
²³ British Cycling, Manchester, UK.
²⁴ Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), University College London, London, UK.
²⁵ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA.
²⁶ Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
²⁷ School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
²⁸ Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
²⁹ Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³⁰ Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³¹ The Sports Medical Group, Phoenix Hospitals, London, UK.
³² Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
³³ Division of Clinical Physiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³⁴ Unit of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 39169560
DOI: 10.1111/sms.14715

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