TY - JOUR
T1 - Exercise-related menstrual dysfunction
T2 - Implications for menopausal health
AU - Speed, Cathy
PY - 2007/6/1
Y1 - 2007/6/1
N2 - Physical activity is a well recognized approach to the enhancement of general health and wellbeing in both healthy and diseased populations. However, excessive activity can result in exercise-related menstrual dysfunction (ERMD), which can adversely affect bone health and increase the risk of infertility and cardiovascular events in later life. Physicians should maintain a high awareness of EMRD in assessing health risks in the menopausal woman.
AB - Physical activity is a well recognized approach to the enhancement of general health and wellbeing in both healthy and diseased populations. However, excessive activity can result in exercise-related menstrual dysfunction (ERMD), which can adversely affect bone health and increase the risk of infertility and cardiovascular events in later life. Physicians should maintain a high awareness of EMRD in assessing health risks in the menopausal woman.
KW - AMENORRHOEA
KW - CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
KW - EXERCISE-RELATED MENSTRUAL DYSFUNCTION
KW - MENOPAUSE
KW - OSTEOPOROSIS
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/36049052046
U2 - 10.1258/175404507780796343
DO - 10.1258/175404507780796343
M3 - Article
C2 - 17540141
AN - SCOPUS:36049052046
SN - 1754-0453
VL - 13
SP - 88
EP - 89
JO - Menopause International
JF - Menopause International
IS - 2
ER -