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Effects of follicular versus luteal phase-based strength training in young women

Overview of attention for article published in SpringerPlus, November 2014
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Title
Effects of follicular versus luteal phase-based strength training in young women
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SpringerPlus, November 2014
DOI 10.1186/2193-1801-3-668
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Eunsook Sung, Ahreum Han, Timo Hinrichs, Matthias Vorgerd, Carmen Manchado, Petra Platen

Abstract

Hormonal variations during the menstrual cycle (MC) may influence trainability of strength. We investigated the effects of a follicular phase-based strength training (FT) on muscle strength, muscle volume and microscopic parameters, comparing it to a luteal phase-based training (LT). Eumenorrheic women without oral contraception (OC) (N = 20, age: 25.9 ± 4.5 yr, height: 164.2 ± 5.5 cm, weight: 60.6 ± 7.8 kg) completed strength training on a leg press for three MC, and 9 of them participated in muscle biopsies. One leg had eight training sessions in the follicular phases (FP) and only two sessions in the luteal phases (LP) for follicular phase-based training (FT), while the other leg had eight training sessions in LP and only two sessions in FP for luteal phase-based training (LT). Estradiol (E2), progesterone (P4), total testosterone (T), free testosterone (free T) and DHEA-s were analysed once during FP (around day 11) and once during LP (around day 25). Maximum isometric force (Fmax), muscle diameter (Mdm), muscle fibre composition (No), fibre diameter (Fdm) and cell nuclei-to-fibre ratio (N/F) were analysed before and after the training intervention. T and free T were higher in FP compared to LP prior to the training intervention (P < 0.05). The increase in Fmax after FT was higher compared to LT (P <0.05). FT also showed a higher increase in Mdm than LT (P < 0.05). Moreover, we found significant increases in Fdm of fibre type ΙΙ and in N/F only after FT; however, there was no significant difference from LT. With regard to change in fibre composition, no differences were observed between FT and LT. FT showed a higher gain in muscle strength and muscle diameter than LT. As a result, we recommend that eumenorrheic females without OC should base the periodization of their strength training on their individual MC.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 2 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 431 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 94 22%
Student > Master 78 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 10%
Student > Postgraduate 20 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 16 4%
Other 63 15%
Unknown 121 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 167 38%
Nursing and Health Professions 40 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 33 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 2%
Other 42 10%
Unknown 129 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 296. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 February 2024.
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#4
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