Effect of menstrual cycle and contraceptive pill phase on aspects of exercise physiology and athletic performance in female athletes: protocol for the Feminae international multisite innovative project. [Protocol]

Elliott Sale, Kirsty J.; Flood, Tessa R.; Arent, Shawn M.; Dolan, Eimear; Saunders, Bryan; Hansen, Mette; Ihalainen, Johanna K.; Mikkonen, Ritva S.; Minahan, Clare; Thornton, Jane S.; Ackerman, Kathryn E.; Lebrun, Constance M.; Sale, Craig; Stellingwerff, Trent; Swinton, Paul A.; Hackney, Anthony C.; Feminae Consortium

Abstract

The idiom 'more high-quality research is needed' has become the slogan for sport and exercise physiology-based research in female athletes. However, in most instances, it is challenging to address this gap of high-quality research in elite female athletes at a single study site due to challenges in recruiting enough participants with numerous menstrual cycle and contraceptive pill permutations. Accordingly, we have assembled an international multisite team to undertake an innovative project for female athletes, which investigates the effects of changes in endogenous and exogenous oestrogen and progesterone/progestins across the menstrual cycle and in response to second-generation combined monophasic contraceptive pill use, on aspects of exercise physiology and athletic performance. This project will employ the current gold-standard methodologies in this area, resulting in an adequately powered dataset. This protocol paper describes the consortium-based approach we will undertake during this study.

Citation

ELLIOTT SALE, K.J., FLOOD, T.R., ARENT, S.M., DOLAN, E., SAUNDERS, B., HANSEN, M., IHALAINEN, J.K., MIKKONEN, R.S., MINAHAN, C., THORNTON, J.S., ACKERMAN, K.E., LEBRUN, C.M., SALE, C., STELLINGWERFF, T., SWINTON, P.A. and HACKNEY, A.C. on behalf of Feminae consortium. 2023. Effect of menstrual cycle and contraceptive pill phase on aspects of exercise physiology and athletic performance in female athletes: protocol for the Feminae international multisite innovative project. [Protocol]. BMJ open sport and exercise medicine [online], 9(4), e001814. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001814

• Other Type: Protocol
• Acceptance Date: Nov 11, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Nov 24, 2023
• Deposit Date: Dec 5, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 5, 2023
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001814
• Keywords: Physical therapy; Sports therapy and rehabilitation; Orthopedics and sports medicine; Female; Performance; Physiology
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2159016
• PMID: 38022756
• Additional Information: This article has been published with separate supporting information. This supporting information has been incorporated into a single file on this repository and can be found at the end of the file associated with this output.