Menstrual Cycle and Performance: What Is Next?

Affiliations

¹ School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.

Raul Cosme Ramos Prado et al. Sports Health. 2023 Nov-Dec.

. 2023 Nov-Dec;15(6):895-897.

doi: 10.1177/19417381231197609. Epub 2023 Sep 20.

¹ School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.

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Keywords: exercise performance; female; menstrual cycle; strength.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no potential conflicts of interest in the development and publication of this article.

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