Performance During Menstrual Cycle

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Performance

Treatments: Other: estrogen level

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03832972

Estrogen2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project aims to investigate if muscle strength and muscle power fluctuate during the menstrual cycle.

The hypothesis is that the greatest performance will be measured right before ovulation, and at it's lowest on day 1 and 2 of the menstrual cycle in women not using any form for hormonal protection.

And that the performance in women using birth control pills, not will variated in the period where they are taking pills (day 1-21).

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women
• 18-35 years of age
• BMI 18.5-25.

Exclusion criteria

• Smoking
• hormonal or metabolic disorders
• chronic sickness
• use of medication
• breast feeding, vegetarians
• diet containing a lot of soja based products
• injuries which make it impossible to do the tests

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Women using birth control

Treatment:

Other: estrogen level

Women not using birthcontrol

Treatment:

Other: estrogen level