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dc.contributor.authorMajumder, Tanugatri
dc.contributor.authorde Martin Topranin, Virginia
dc.contributor.authorSandbakk, Øyvind
dc.contributor.authorNoordhof, Dionne
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-09T14:13:38Z
dc.date.available2023-03-09T14:13:38Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-08
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To describe menstrual cycle (MC)-related practices, knowledge, communication, and health in Indian endurance athletes and to investigate the changes in their perception of sleep quality, readiness to train, training quality, fitness, and performance across the MC. Methods: Data on female Indian athletes (N = 96, age 22 [3] y) competing in 7 endurance sports at (inter)national and state level were collected using an online questionnaire. A Friedman rank sum test was used to assess changes in sleep quality, readiness to train, training quality, fitness, and performance across MC phases (ie, during, immediately after, and just before the bleeding phase). Results: Most of the athletes showed poor MC-related practices and suboptimal knowledge and communication about the MC. Despite no clear signs of serious health conditions, many athletes (63.5%) experienced irregular bleeding phases, particularly during periods with high exercise intensity or high training volume (54.4%). Perceived sleep quality, readiness to train, fitness, performance, and the quality of high-intensity and strength training changed significantly throughout the MC (P < .001), with a higher prevalence of a positive perception immediately after the bleeding phase. The perceived quality of low-intensity training did not change significantly throughout the MC (P = .244). Conclusions: Knowledge and communication about the MC were found to be poor in Indian endurance athletes, who reported that the MC significantly influenced their sleep quality, readiness to train, training quality, fitness, and performance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMajumder, de Martin Topranin, Sandbakk, Noordhof. Indian Endurance Athletes' Menstrual Cycle: Practices, Knowledge, Communication, Health, and Changes in Perceptions Across the Phases. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (IJSPP). 2022;17(12):1706-1715en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2085032
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/ijspp.2022-0131
dc.identifier.issn1555-0265
dc.identifier.issn1555-0273
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/28707
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherHuman Kineticsen_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (IJSPP)
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleIndian Endurance Athletes' Menstrual Cycle: Practices, Knowledge, Communication, Health, and Changes in Perceptions Across the Phasesen_US
dc.type.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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