Author:
Bell David R.,Myrick Megan P.,Blackburn J. Troy,Shultz Sandra J.,Guskiewicz Kevin M.,Padua Darin A.
Abstract
Context:Preventing noncontact ACL injuries has been a major focus of athletic trainers and researchers. One factor that may influence female noncontact ACL injury is the fluctuating concentrations of hormones in the body.Objective:To determine whether muscle properties change across the menstrual cycle.Design:Repeated measures. Testing was performed within 3 d after the onset of menses and ovulation. Repeated-measures ANOVAs were used to determine changes in variables across the menstrual cycle, and Pearson correlations were used to determine relationships between variables.Participants:8 women with normal menstrual cycles.Main Outcome Measures:Active hamstring stiffness and hamstring extensibility.Results:Hamstring extensibility (P = .003) increased at the ovulation testing session but hamstring muscle stiffness (P = .66) did not.Conclusions:The results indicate that hamstring muscle stiffness did not change across the menstrual cycle and hamstring extensibility increased at ovulation, when estrogen concentration increases.
Subject
Rehabilitation,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Biophysics
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