Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Perturbations in Women with Exercise-Associated Amenorrhea: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Women with exercise-associated amenorrhea demonstrate cardiovascular perturbations such as endothelial dysfunction and altered lipid profiles. The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of pharmacological/nutraceutical and non-pharmacological interventions for improving these cardiovascular perturbations.

Design data sources and eligibility criteria

A literature search was performed in October 2023 and updated in July 2024 of CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Cochrane Library, Embase (Ovid), MEDLINE (Ovid), SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost), and Scopus from inception to present with no date or language limitations and four sources of gray literature. Experimental and quasi-experimental pre-post studies of women with exercise-associated amenorrhea, using pharm

SUBMITTER: Tegg NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547389 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature