@article{uneatlantico417, number = {9}, year = {2021}, title = {Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on Jumping, Sprinting and Force-Velocity Profiling in Resistance-Trained Women: A Preliminary Study}, journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, month = {Abril}, pages = {4830}, volume = {18}, author = {Felipe Garc{\'i}a-Pinillos and Pascual Bujalance-Moreno and Carlos Lago-Fuentes and Santiago A. Ruiz-Alias and Irma Dom{\'i}nguez-Azp{\'i}roz and Marcos Mec{\'i}as-Calvo and Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo}, keywords = {Female athletes, Ovarian cycle, Plyometric exercises, Testing, Velocity.}, abstract = {The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the menstrual cycle on vertical jumping, sprint performance and force-velocity profiling in resistance-trained women. A group of resistance-trained eumenorrheic women (n = 9) were tested in three phases over the menstrual cycle: bleeding phase, follicular phase, and luteal phase (i.e., days 1?3, 7?10, and 19?21 of the cycle, respectively). Each testing phase consisted of a battery of jumping tests (i.e., squat jump [SJ], countermovement jump [CMJ], drop jump from a 30 cm box [DJ30], and the reactive strength index) and 30 m sprint running test. Two different applications for smartphone (My Jump 2 and My Sprint) were used to record the jumping and sprinting trials, respectively, at high speed (240 fps). The repeated measures ANOVA reported no significant differences (p ? 0.05, ES {\ensuremath{<}} 0.25) in CMJ, DJ30, reactive strength index and sprint times between the different phases of the menstrual cycle. A greater SJ height performance was observed during the follicular phase compared to the bleeding phase (p = 0.033, ES = ?0.22). No differences (p ? 0.05, ES {\ensuremath{<}} 0.45) were found in the CMJ and sprint force-velocity profile over the different phases of the menstrual cycle. Vertical jump, sprint performance and the force-velocity profiling remain constant in trained women, regardless of the phase of the menstrual cycle.}, url = {http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/417/} }