ArticleHeliyon2023
The influence of the menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptives on cardiorespiratory fitness in physically active women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Hormonal status and reproductive life-course states as modulators of women's physiological responses to acute and chronic hypoxia: insights, challenges, and perspectives.Biology of sex differences · 2026Review
- Menstrual Cycle and Hormonal Contraceptives in Female Athletes: Should Symptoms and Nutrition Matter More than Cycle Phase? A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Objective: To systematically review and summarize the existing evidence related to the influence of the menstrual cycle (MC) and hormonal contraceptive (HC) use on Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis conforms to the PRISMA statement guidelines. Four (sub-)meta-analyses were performed. Two focused on longitudinal studies examining the same women several times to compare the Results: Nine of the included studies (107 women) evaluated the influence of the MC, five studies (69 women) the impact of OCs on Conclusions: Our meta-analyses showed no effects of the MC or the OCs on
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