The Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Exercise Performance in Eumenorrheic Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Concentrations of endogenous sex hormones fluctuate across the menstrual cycle (MC), which could have implications for exercise performance in women. At present, data are conflicting, with no consensus on whether exercise performance is affected by MC phase.

Objective

To determine the effects of the MC on exercise performance and provide evidence-based, practical, performance recommendations to eumenorrheic women.

Methods

This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Four databases were searched for published experimental studies that investigated the effects of the MC on exercise performance, which included at least one outcome measure taken in two or more defined MC phases. All data were m

SUBMITTER: McNulty KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497427 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature