Bailey McLagan, a PhD student at the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, has received a grant from Therabody for her research on the role of female hormones on post-exercise muscle repair. Her work also will consider the three phases of the menstrual cycle, and whether a woman is more likely to experience muscle damage in any particular phase.

Currently, millions of dollars are spent researching the impacts of exercise on males, while a scant 6 percent of studies focused on women in 2021, according to a review of six sports science journals.

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