Different Phase, Same Results: No Metabolic Variation Across Phases of the Menstrual Cycle

Authors

Grace Loveless, Brigham Young UniversityFollow
Hadley Peay, Brigham Young University
Jessica Linde, Brigham Young University
Kiese Mpongo, Brigham Young University
Joran Quirante, Brigham Young University
Arianna Young, Brigham Young University
Devon Wardell, Brigham Young University
Audrey Newman, Brigham Young University
Mohadesah Ahmadi, Brigham Young University
Gary Mack, Brigham Young University
Jayson Gifford, Brigham Young UniversityFollow

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Keywords

eumenhorreic/eumenorrhea, menstrual cycle (MC), VO2, respiratory frequency (Rf)

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Even with gender parity being achieved in the 2024 Paris Olympic games with 50% male and female athletes(Forbes 2024), female subjects are often excluded from exercise performance research studies. Cowley et al.(2021) found that there was a significant difference between female (34%) and male (66%) participants in sport and exercise research. One reason for exclusion of females in physiology research is uncertainty regarding the impact of the menstrual cycle (MC) on exercise performance and metabolic measures.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Loveless, Grace; Peay, Hadley; Linde, Jessica; Mpongo, Kiese; Quirante, Joran; Young, Arianna; Wardell, Devon; Newman, Audrey; Ahmadi, Mohadesah; Mack, Gary; and Gifford, Jayson, "Different Phase, Same Results: No Metabolic Variation Across Phases of the Menstrual Cycle" (2025). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2025. 63.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2025/63

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2025

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Exercise Sciences

University Standing at Time of Publication

Junior

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