Kirsty J. Elliott-Sale
Feminae: an international multisite innovative project for female athletes.
Elliott-Sale, Kirsty J.; Ackerman, Kathryn E.; Lebrun, Constance M.; Minahan, Clare; Sale, Craig; Stellingwerff, Trent; Swinton, Paul A.; Hackney, Anthony C.
Authors
Kathryn E. Ackerman
Constance M. Lebrun
Clare Minahan
Craig Sale
Trent Stellingwerff
Dr Paul Swinton p.swinton@rgu.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Anthony C. Hackney
Abstract
Sufficient high-quality studies in sport science using women as participants are lacking, meaning that our knowledge and understanding of female athletes in relation to their ovarian hormone profiles is limited. Consortia can be used to pool talent, expertise and data, thus accelerating our learning on a given topic and reducing research waste through collaboration. To this end, we have assembled an international multisite team, described here, to investigate the effects of the menstrual cycle and contraceptive pill phase on aspects of exercise physiology and sports performance in female athletes. We intend to produce an adequately powered, high-quality dataset, which can be used to inform the practices of female athletes. Our approach will also employ research transparency-through the inclusion of a process evaluation-and reproducibility-through a standardised study protocol.
Citation
ELLIOTT-SALE, K.J., ACKERMAN, K.E., LEBRUN, C.M., MINAHAN, C., SALE, C., STELLINGWERFF, T., SWINTON, P.A. and HACKNEY, A.C. 2023. Feminae: an international multisite innovative project for female athletes. BMJ open sport and exercise medicine [online], 9(4), article number e001675. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001675
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Sep 8, 2023 |
| Online Publication Date | Oct 3, 2023 |
| Publication Date | Dec 31, 2023 |
| Deposit Date | Sep 8, 2023 |
| Publicly Available Date | Sep 8, 2023 |
| Journal | BMJ open sport and exercise medicine |
| Electronic ISSN | 2055-7647 |
| Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e001675 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001675 |
| Keywords | Sport sciences; Women; Female athletes; Ovarian hormone profiles; Menstrual cycle |
| Public URL | https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2072325 |
| PMID | 37808006 |
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