What is the research behind injury risk?

At DNAFit, we have a strict inclusion protocol to evaluate whether a gene will be included in our reports. Each gene must have a minimum of 3-peer reviewed studies in humans demonstrating the effect, there must be a consensus on that effect, and that effect must be modifiable through an environmental and lifestyle change.

Below is a sample of our evidence base for injury risk:

The COL1A1 gene and acute soft tissue ruptures.

Variants within the COL5A1 gene are associated with Achilles tendinopathy in two populations 

Components of the transforming growth factor-B family and the pathogenesis of human Achilles tendon pathology – a genetic association study