Venuse

Augmented Health Technology for Female Athletes

2019

5 weeks

Venuse is a research driven, training and injury prevention system for female athletes.

Context

Did you know hormones affect injury risk in female athletes?

“Any change to ligament flexibility outside the normal range will put the athlete at risk” 

- Dr. Lance Rane, Imperial Bioengineering 

Menstrual Cycle & Injury Risk

For one week a month, halfway through the week of menstruation, rising levels of oestrogen cause ligament flexibility to rise, destabilizing joints, and directly causing a higher risk of injury. This mechanism most often is expressed in the form of knee injuries.

What is the ACL?

The ACL is a ligament in the knee that prevents the lower leg from moving forward & rotating internally independent from the upper leg. Women have a 3-6 times higher injury risk than men.

Athletic Training Cycles

Athletic training receives the best outcomes when it follows a cyclical pattern of 3 weeks of high intensity and 1 week of low intensity. This pattern allows for the body and muscles to adapt and grow.

This model represents one month of training intensity as change in elevation.