作者
Kirsty J Elliott-Sale, Kelly L McNulty, Paul Ansdell, Stuart Goodall, Kirsty M Hicks, Kevin Thomas, Paul A Swinton, Eimear Dolan
发表日期
2020/10
来源
Sports medicine
卷号
50
期号
10
页码范围
1785-1812
出版商
Springer International Publishing
简介
Background
Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are double agents, which downregulate endogenous concentrations of oestradiol and progesterone whilst simultaneously providing daily supplementation of exogenous oestrogen and progestin during the OCP-taking days. This altered hormonal milieu differs significantly from that of eumenorrheic women and might impact exercise performance, due to changes in ovarian hormone-mediated physiological processes.
Objective
To explore the effects of OCPs on exercise performance in women and to provide evidence-based performance recommendations to users.
Methods
This review complied with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. A between-group analysis was performed, wherein performance of OCP users was compared with …
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