Measuring Performance during the Menstrual Cycle: A Model Using Oral Contraceptives

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 130-136

  Redman, Leanne M ^a,c   Weatherby, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic performance; Estradiol; Metabolism; Progesterone; Rowing

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LOW DOSE ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ROWING; SPORT;

EID: 0347128491     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000106181.52102.99     Document Type: Article

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