ReviewFrontiers in physiology2021
The Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Elite Athlete Performance: A Critical and Systematic Review.
Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07591818 (Menstrual Cycle and Oral Contraceptive Use in Athletic Performance and Health-related Hydration and Energy Balance Status), which is not on this map. Cited by 76 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Menstrual Cycle and Oral Contraceptive Use in Athletic Performance and Health-related Hydration and Energy Balance Status
Who cites it
76 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 165 citations in OpenAlex.
- Resting metabolic rate fluctuations across the menstrual cycle: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of menstrual cycle phase on jumping performance in women's football players: a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of physical activity intervention and detraining on postmenopausal osteopenia and osteoporosis: a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of circadian rhythm and menstrual cycle on physical performance in women: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of physical training programs on female tennis players' performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Fatigue and Recovery Time Course After Female Soccer Matches: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Menstrual Cycle on Perceptual Responses in Athletes: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of morning priming exercise on afternoon physical and cognitive performance in female field hockey players.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Menstrual cycle phase does not influence muscle protein synthesis or whole-body myofibrillar proteolysis in response to resistance exercise.The Journal of physiology · 2025Trial
- Impact of BRACTS exercises on muscular strength in eumenorrheic women.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Fasting-Mimicking-Diet does not reduce skeletal muscle function in healthy young adults: a randomized control trial.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Trial
- The Effect of Menstrual Cycle Phase, Symptoms, Motivation, and Readiness to Perform on Resistance Training Performance.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Muscle architectural and performance adaptations following an 8-week sprint-focused training intervention.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Mental Toughness and 2K Rowing Performance in Division II Female Collegiate Athletes: A Longitudinal Analysis Using Mixed-Effects Modeling.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- 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
- Neuromuscular Control and Motor Performance Across the Menstrual Cycle in Physically Active Young Females.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- An Overarching Conceptual Framework for Menstrual Health in Sport Research: Theory, Causality and Validation.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- "Every Woman Has a Different Cycle and Feels Differently": A Qualitative Study of Athlete-Centred Perspectives on Menstrual Cycle Symptoms and Management in Female Endurance Sports.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Influence of Estradiol Levels and Menstrual Cycle Phase on Basal and Exercise-Induced ROS and IL-6 Responses in Eumenorrheic Women.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The effects of the menstrual cycle on physical and psychological parameters in female athletes.Scientific reports · 2026Article
16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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