ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2021
Hormonal Contraceptive Use in Football Codes in Australia.
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- Effect of oral contraceptive use on cardiorespiratory and immune function in premenopausal women involved in exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Monitoring Menstrual Health in Footballers: Considerations for Tracking Menstrual and Hormonal Contraceptive Cycles in the Field to Support Performance.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- The Development of a Valid and Reliable Questionnaire to Measure Menstrual Cycle and Hormonal Contraceptive Knowledge Among Athletes and Sports Performance Support Staff.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Self-Reported Symptomatic Experiences Attributed to the Menstrual Cycle or Hormonal Contraceptive Use in Norwegian Women: The Effect of Training Categories and Age Groups - The FENDURA Project.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Menstrual Dysfunction and Hormonal Contraceptive Use Among Elite Female Athletes from Different Sports in Germany.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
- Gynaecological Health Patterns and Motherhood Experiences of Female Professional Football Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The Menstrual Health Manager (MHM): A Resource to Reduce Discrepancies Between Science and Practice in Sport and Exercise.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Original salivary sex hormone data of naturally menstruating athletes and hormonal contraceptive users.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- Prevalence of iron-deficient but non-anemic university athletes in Japan: an observational cohort study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2023Observational
- Does chronic oral contraceptive use detrimentally affect C-reactive protein or iron status for endurance-trained women?Physiological reports · 2023Article
- Contraception, female cycle disorders and injuries in Swiss female elite athletes-a cross sectional study.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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- 'That time of the month' … for the biggest event of your career! Perception of menstrual cycle on performance of Australian athletes training for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Self-Perceived Experiences With the Use of Hormonal Contraceptives Among Competitive Female Cross-Country Skiers and Biathletes in Norway: The FENDURA Project.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
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Abstract
The recent launch of the new National elite women's football competitions in Australia has seen a 20-50% increase in grassroots female participation. With the growing participation across grassroots to elite competitions, understanding the health of female athletes should be prioritized. In elite level athletes, hormonal contraceptive (HC) use is common (~50%), however, little is known about the prevalence and reasons for use and disuse of HC in elite female football athletes. As such, the impact of HC use is often not considered when monitoring the health of female footballers. This study involved a subset of data collected as part of a larger questionnaire investigating menstrual cycle function, hormonal contraception use, and the interaction with training load volume and perceived performance in elite female football code athletes. A total of 177 participants completed the questionnaire across three football codes within Australia (rugby league, rugby union/sevens, Australian football). One third (
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