Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. The Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Ovarian Axis and Oral Contraceptives: Regulation and Function

   • Hope C. Davis, Anthony C. Hackney

   Pages 1-17

3. Sex Hormones and Their Impact on the Ventilatory Responses to Exercise and the Environment

   • Joseph W. Duke

   Pages 19-34

4. Sex Hormones and Substrate Metabolism During Endurance Exercise

   • Laurie Isacco, Nathalie Boisseau

   Pages 35-58

5. Sex Hormone Effects on the Nervous System and their Impact on Muscle Strength and Motor Performance in Women

   • Matthew S. Tenan

   Pages 59-70

6. Estrogen and Menopause: Muscle Damage, Repair and Function in Females

   • Peter M. Tiidus

   Pages 71-85

7. Nutritional Strategies and Sex Hormone Interactions in Women

   • Nancy J. Rehrer, Rebecca T. McLay-Cooke, Stacy T. Sims

   Pages 87-112

8. The Effect of Sex Hormones on Ligament Structure, Joint Stability and ACL Injury Risk

   • Sandra J. Shultz

   Pages 113-138

9. Sex Hormones and Physical Activity in Women: An Evolutionary Framework

   • Ann E. Caldwell, Paul L. Hooper

   Pages 139-149

10. Sex Hormones and Environmental Factors Affecting Exercise

    • Megan M. Wenner, Nina S. Stachenfeld

    Pages 151-170

11. Exercise, Depression-Anxiety Disorders and Sex Hormones

    • Shannon K. Crowley

    Pages 171-191

12. Stress Reactivity and Exercise in Women

    • Tinna Traustadóttir

    Pages 193-208

13. Sex Hormones, Cancer and Exercise Training in Women

    • Kristin L. Campbell

    Pages 209-225

14. The Effects of Acute Exercise on Physiological Sexual Arousal in Women

    • Cindy M. Meston, Amelia M. Stanton

    Pages 227-241

15. Sex Hormones, Menstrual Cycle and Resistance Exercise

    • Yuki Nakamura, Katsuji Aizawa

    Pages 243-256

16. Effects of Sex Hormones and Exercise on Adipose Tissue

    • Victoria J. Vieira-Potter

    Pages 257-284

17. Exercise in Menopausal Women

    • Monica D. Prakash, Lily Stojanovska, Kulmira Nurgali, Vasso Apostolopoulos

    Pages 285-307

18. Back Matter

    Pages 309-315

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It is well-established, through extensive peer-reviewed published research, that physical activity and exercise training can impact the reproductive endocrine system of women.  This ground-breaking, comprehensive title presents a range of unique insights into the opposite question: how the reproductive endocrine system of women affects their exercise ability.  More precisely, the thematic question explored in this work is: if exercise affects reproductive hormones, conversely then could the reproductive hormones have physiological effects unrelated to reproduction that influence the capacity of women to exercise?  In exploring this question, the goal is to better understand the unique physiology of women and whether female sex hormones might account for some of the variance in physiological performance between amenorrheic and eumenorrheic women, andwithin women across the age span as they experience menarche to menopause.  Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women: Scientific and Clinical Aspects synthesizes the research by exploring the physiology and psychology behind these occurrences. This novel title will not only be of interest to researchers, exercise scientists, graduate students, and clinicians; it will also serve as a source of valuable information for female athletes and their trainers in the context of preparing for competitions.

• excercise
• hormones
• menopause
• muscle strength
• stress reactivity

• Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

  Anthony C. Hackney

Anthony C. Hackney, PhD, DSc
Department of Nutrition; Department of Exercise & Sport Science
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, US

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