Physical Fitness Profiles and Reproductive Physiology of the Female Distance Runner
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Vol. 7 (1), 83-95
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.1979.11948421
Abstract
Stress, percentage of body fat, and circulating hormones all may influence menstrual dysfunction in female endurance athletes, but the mechanisms are not fully understood.Keywords
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