SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2022
The Effect of Menstrual Cycle on Perceptual Responses in Athletes: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.
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- 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
- Effects of the menstrual cycle on the performance of female football players. A systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of circadian rhythm and menstrual cycle on physical performance in women: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Monitoring Internal Load in Women's Basketball via Subjective and Device-Based Methods: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Dark Chocolate Mitigates Premenstrual Performance Impairments and Muscle Soreness in Female CrossFitNutrients · 2025Trial
- Effects of progressive-versus constant-intensity high-intensity functional training on health-related physical fitness in untrained female university students: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2026Article
- The Effect of Menstrual Cycle Phase, Symptoms, Motivation, and Readiness to Perform on Resistance Training Performance.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- "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
- Tracking androgens in female elite athletes: menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptive effects.BMC women's health · 2026Observational
- Weekly Fluctuations in Internal Load and Neuromuscular Performance Across a 10-Week Training Period in Elite Female Boxers.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Biomarkers of exercise-induced muscle damage and inflammation across menstrual cycle phases: a critical review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Cognitive Function in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of women's health · 2026Review
- Intraindividual Comparison of the Anabolic Steroid Hormone Profile Between Hormonal Contraceptive Use and the Phases of a Natural Menstrual Cycle in a Recreational Athlete: A Single-Case Observational Study.Case reports in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Menstrual cycle hormonal fluctuations and their associations with athletic performance and injury susceptibility in female athletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Muscular Performance Is Not Significantly Altered Throughout Phases of the Menstrual Cycle or a Hormonal Contraceptive Cycle in Collegiate Softball Players.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Individual changes in neuromuscular performance in the Spanish women's national football team throughout the 2023 World Cup.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- The influence of menstrual cycle phase on neuromuscular performance and subjective perception of effort in elite football players.Biology of sport · 2025Article
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- The effect of space travel on human reproductive health: a systematic review.NPJ microgravity · 2024Review
- Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Physical Performance and Subjective Ratings in Elite Academy Women Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
This article aimed to investigate the effects of menstrual cycle phases on perceptual responses in athletes by means of systematic review and meta-analysis. The search was conducted in the PubMed, Web of Science, and Sport Discus databases considering articles with two or more menstrual phases for comparison. The PECO criteria were used for the keywords "menstrual cycle," "athletes," and "perceptual responses" with their respective entry terms. Of 1.165 records identified, 14 articles were available for the final evaluation, while eight articles were eligible for a meta-analysis. The perceptual responses evaluated in the studies were: motivation, competitiveness, sleep quality, stress, muscle soreness, fatigue, perceived effort, mood, menstrual symptoms, perceived endurance, and readiness. The meta-analysis was conducted for perceived effort only. The results showed that the level of perceived exertion does not differ two phases of the menstrual cycle (MD = 3.03,
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