Performance in women: How do the menstrual cycle and contraceptives influence? | FISSAC

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December 4, 2021

Performance in women: How do the menstrual cycle and contraceptives influence?

Written by Pedro L. Valenzuela

The menstrual cycle is associated with important variations in hormone levels that could have some influence on performance, such as progesterone and estrogens. That is why it has traditionally been thought that sports performance could vary according to the phase of the menstrual cycle, or that the contraceptive taking - which decrease the endogenous synthesis of progesterone and estrogen - could also affect performance. But what do we really know about it?

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