Could sports kit be increasing women's risk of injury?
Sports scientists are highlighting how the lack of football kit designed specifically for women could be putting female players at greater risk of injury; in particular, how wearing men's football boots impact women's bodies.
Experts say women's size and body shape need to be taken into account in a sport that's growing rapidly in popularity.
Doctor Kat Okholm Kryger is a sports rehabilitation lecturer from St Mary's University, London:
"It's fairly simple, we only have, from big manufacturers, boots designed for men. No big manufacturer has designed a woman's football boot."
(Photo: Thailand goalkeeper Waraporn Boonsing (C) saves a corner shot during the Friendlies Women soccer match against Australia, 15 November 2022. Credit: Dean Lewis via EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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