Incidência da sindrome pré-menstrual na prática de esportes

• Main Author: David, Alexandra Martins [UNIFESP]
• Publication Date: 2009
• Other Authors: Di Bella, Zsuzsana Jármi [UNIFESP], Berenstein, Eliezer, Lopes, Antonio Carlos [UNIFESP], Vaisberg, Mauro [UNIFESP]
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• dARK ID: ark:/48912/001300001vptc
• Download full: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-86922009000600001; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/5280
• topic: menstrual cycle; physical exercise; athletes; pre-menstrual syndrome; ciclo menstrual; exercício físico; atletas; síndrome pré-menstrual

Despite the increasing number of women who practice physical exercise, there are still few reports concerned with anatomy, psychology and mainly hormones that could affect their performance. Although there is a multitude of articles about the effects of physical exercise in menstruation, only a few of them report how this function interferes in women's performance. The association physical exercise - menstruation has been studied but without considering the changes during the cycle, the perimenstrual symptoms. Therefore, the aim of this article was to investigate the incidence and periodicity of pre-menstrual symptoms in athletes. A daily questionnaire was applied with the aim to follow the pre-menstrual symptoms during a period of 3 consecutive months. The population of the study was composed by 31 female athletes in fertile age. RESULTS: The prevalence of PMS in athletes was of 71% and the mainly reported symptoms were irritability (86.5%), mood swings (77.3%) and cramps (72.7%). Other symptoms were reported by 59% of the athletes during the pre-menstrual period. CONCLUSION: Our data show a high prevalence of PMS among athletes.