The effect of menstrual cycle phase changes on error scores in sportive movements in female athletes.

IF 1.9 4区医学 Q2 ORTHOPEDICS

Physician and Sportsmedicine Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI:10.1080/00913847.2025.2477977

Esma Arslan, Sabriye Ercan

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Abstract

Objectives: There are complex relationships between hormonal fluctuations associated with the menstrual cycle and various health and sports performance aspects. This study aimed to determine to what extent different menstrual cycle phases associated with a change in error scores in jumping and cutting movements, flexibility, and knee joint laxity values in female athletes.

Methods: Participants were evaluated in the menstruation and ovulation phases of the menstrual cycle. Blood tests were performed from venous blood drawn between 8:00 and 8:30 am, after 12 hours of fasting. LH, FSH, estrogen, and progesterone hormone tests were conducted once during the menstruation phase and once during the ovulation phase. Landing Error Scoring System (LESS), Cutting Movement Assessment Score (CMAS), flexibility, and laxity were taken on the participants. The t-test and the Wilcoxon test were applied to analyze continuous variables. The McNemar test was used to examine categorical variables. The study was completed with 22 female athletes aged 20.45 ± 0.54 years. Participants comprised volleyball (n = 14, 63.6%) and handball (n = 8, 36.4%) athletes. Mean height 167.82 ± 1.52 cm, body weight 56.11 ± 1.43 kg, BMI 19.88 ± 0.33 kg/m², menarche age 12,95 ± 1,21 menstruation duration 5,77 ± 0,75 (range: 4-7) days, menstrual cycle length was 29,32 ± 2,91 (range: 23-35) days, and the number of menstrual cycles in a year is 12,09 ± 0,25 (range: 10-15).

Results: As a result of the study, estradiol, LH, progesterone, and both knees' laxity values showed a statistically significant increase in the ovulation phase (p < 0.05). No statistically significant difference was observed between the phases in the flexibility test (p > 0.05). When the results of LESS and CMAS were examined, it was found that participants' total error scores and risk categories did not show a statistically significant difference between the phases (p > 0.05).

Conclusion: LESS and CMAS analyses can be conducted and evaluated in both phases of the menstrual cycle, as it has been observed that the analyses yielded similar results in both phases.

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月经周期变化对女运动员运动动作误差得分的影响。

目的：与月经周期相关的激素波动与各种健康和运动表现之间存在复杂的关系。本研究旨在确定在多大程度上不同的月经周期阶段与女性运动员的跳跃和切割动作，灵活性和膝关节松弛值的误差评分变化有关。方法：在月经周期的月经期和排卵期对参与者进行评估。禁食12小时后，于上午8点抽取静脉血进行血液检查。黄体生成素、卵泡刺激素、雌激素和孕激素检测分别在月经期和排卵期进行。着陆误差评分系统（LESS）、切割运动评估评分（CMAS）、柔韧性和松散性对参与者进行了评估。采用t检验和Wilcoxon检验对连续变量进行分析。McNemar检验用于检验分类变量。研究对象为22名女运动员，年龄20.45±0.54岁。参与者包括排球（n = 14，占63.6%）和手球（n = 8，占36.4%）运动员。平均身高167.82±1.52 cm，体重56.11±1.43 kg, BMI 19.88±0.33 kg/m2，初潮年龄12,95±1.21，月经持续时间5,77±0.75（范围：4-7）天，月经周期长度29,32±2.91（范围：23-35）天，一年月经周期数12,09±0.25（范围：10-15）天。结果：研究结果显示，雌二醇、LH、黄体酮、双膝松弛值在排卵期均有统计学意义升高（p p > 0.05）。当对LESS和CMAS的结果进行检验时，发现参与者的总错误得分和风险类别在各阶段之间没有统计学差异（p > 0.05）。结论：LESS和CMAS分析可以在月经周期的两个阶段进行和评估，因为已经观察到分析在两个阶段产生相似的结果。

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Physician and Sportsmedicine PRIMARY HEALTH CARE-ORTHOPEDICS

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