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ihlr-23298	Griffin, Frank	Law and Policy Approaches to Sex-based Disparities in Musculoskeletal Health Care	2019	47	.pdf	application/pdf	20428	1107	50	These differences are present across organ systems throughout the whole body; yet women’s health research and regulation have historically focused on “women’s health issues” as those related to the reproductive system (e.g., childbirth) or “women’s diseases” (e.g., breast cancer) with the assumption that sex differences in other organ systems could be explained by differences in height, weight, etc.2 Biological, psychological, socioeconomic, and cultural factors interact to cause differences in health and health care for men and women.3 Recognition of sex-based differences in the medical needs of patients leads to improvement of health care delivery and outcomes.4 Medical teaching, treatment, and research outside of reproductive medicine have traditionally been gender-neutral5 1. INST. Generally, men have greater lean body mass with muscle composing a larger percentage of body mass than women.123 Sex differences in muscle response and recruitment may play a role in some injury patterns.124 Men and women have different gait and motion patterns, as well as different responses to muscle stiffness.125 Women have an “impaired ability . . .	cache/ihlr-23298.pdf	txt/ihlr-23298.txt