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primary topic: Does the Menstrual Cycle Impact the Maximal Neuromuscular Capacities of Women? An Analysis Before and After a Graded Treadmill Test to Exhaustion

Does the Menstrual Cycle Impact the Maximal Neuromuscular Capacities of Women? An Analysis Before and After a Graded Treadmill Test to Exhaustion
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type: Article
abstract: Morenas-Aguilar, MD, Ruiz-Alias, SA, Blanco, AM, Lago-Fuentes, C, García-Pinillos, F, and Pérez-Castilla, A. Does the menstrual cycle impact the maximal neuromuscular capacities of women? An analysis before and after a graded treadmill test to exhaustion. J Strength Cond Res 37(11): 2185–2191, 2023. This study explored the effect of the menstrual cycle (MC) on the maximal neuromuscular capacities of the lower-body muscles obtained before and after a graded exercise test conducted on a treadmill to exhaustion. Sixteen physically active women were tested at −11 ± 3, −5 ± 3, and 5 ± 3 days from the luteinizing peak for the early follicular, late follicular, and midluteal phases. In each session, the individualized load-velocity (L-V) relationship variables (load-axis intercept [L0], velocity-axis intercept [v0], and area under the L-V relationship line [Aline]) were obtained before and after a graded exercise test conducted on a treadmill to exhaustion using the 2-point method (3 countermovement jumps with a 0.5-kg barbell and 2 back squats against a load linked to a mean velocity of 0.55 m·second−1). At the beginning of each session, no significant differences were reported for L0 (p = 0.726; ES ≤ 0.18), v0 (p = 0.202; ES ≤ 0.37), and Aline (p = 0.429; ES ≤ 0.30) between the phases. The MC phase × time interaction did not reach statistical significance for any L-V relationship variable (p ≥ 0.073). A significant main effect of “time” was observed for L0 (p < 0.001; ES = −0.77) and Aline (p = 0.002; ES = −0.59) but not for v0 (p = 0.487; ES = 0.12). These data suggest that the lower-body maximal neuromuscular capacities obtained before and after a graded treadmill test are not significantly affected by MC, although there is a high variability in the individual response.
date: 2023-11
volume: 37
issue: 11
is part of: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
status: peerReviewed
status: published
author list: authors
type: EPrint
type: ArticleEPrint
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subject: Physical Education and Sport

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
type: Collection
issn: 10648011

María Dolores Morenas-Aguilar
type: Person
given name: María Dolores
family name: Morenas-Aguilar

Alejandro Pérez-Castilla
type: Person
given name: Alejandro
family name: Pérez-Castilla

Santiago A. Ruiz-Alias
type: Person
given name: Santiago A.
family name: Ruiz-Alias

Carlos Lago-Fuentes
type: Person
given name: Carlos
family name: Lago-Fuentes

Aitor Marcos Blanco
type: Person
given name: Aitor Marcos
family name: Blanco

Felipe García-Pinillos
type: Person
given name: Felipe
family name: García-Pinillos

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primary topic: Does the Menstrual Cycle Impact the Maximal Neuromuscular Capacities of Women? An Analysis Before and After a Graded Treadmill Test to Exhaustion

Physical Education and Sport
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