Despite the severity and prevalence of iron deficiency in exercising women, few published
reports have explored how iron deficiency interacts with another prevalent and severe …

Research on lean, energy-deficient athletic and military cohorts has broadened the concept
of the Female Athlete Triad into the Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) syndrome …

Hepcidin is a novel peptide hormone of hepatic origin. It has a crucial role in iron
metabolism. The causative association of this peptide in anemia and iron overloading states …

Iron is essential for providing oxygen to working muscles during exercise, and iron
deficiency leads to decreased exercise capacity during endurance events. However, the …

Prolonged exercise can lead to muscle damage, with soreness, swelling, and ultimately
reduced strength as a consequence. It has been shown that whole-body vibration (WBV) …

Introduction: Nutritional supplements and ergogenic aids (NS&EA) are used between
training/matches with the goal of enhancing tennis performance. Scientific literature about …

Iron supplementation contributes an effort to improving iron status among athletes, but it
does not always prevent iron deficiency. In the present study, we explored the effect of three …

The liver-derived hormone hepcidin plays a key role in iron metabolism by mediating the
degradation of the iron export protein ferroportin 1 (FPN1). Circulating levels of hepcidin and …

Women are prone to iron deficiency because of increased iron excretion associated with
menstruation. This is often treated by oral iron supplementation, although this treatment can …

The study investigated changes in myokines, heat shock proteins, and growth factors in
highly ranked, young, male tennis players in response to physical workload during the …