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Physical health of the female athlete: observations, effects, and causes of reproductive disordersA B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
Can J Appl Physiol 26:S176-85. 2001..These results encourage the hope that athletic women may be able to prevent or reverse menstrual disorders by dietary supplementation without any moderation of their exercise regimen...
The response of luteinizing hormone pulsatility to 5 days of low energy availability disappears by 14 years of gynecological ageAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:3158-64. 2006..The incidence of menstrual disorders declines during adolescence. The mechanism responsible is unknown...
Introduction to menstrual disturbances in athletesAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1551-2. 2003....
Energy availability, not body fatness, regulates reproductive function in womenAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens 45701 2979, USA
Exerc Sport Sci Rev 31:144-8. 2003....
Luteinizing hormone pulsatility is disrupted at a threshold of energy availability in regularly menstruating womenAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88:297-311. 2003....
The effect of stress on menstrual functionAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 2979, USA
Trends Endocrinol Metab 15:466-71. 2004..These studies suggest that treatments for functional menstrual disorders should aim at dietary reform and that stress is simply low energy availability. Future experiments should carefully test this hypothesis...
Energy availability and infertilityAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 14:470-4. 2007..To relate recent research on the dependence of reproductive function on energy availability in women to recent clinical experience in the treatment of anorexia nervosa...
Energy balance and body composition in sports and exerciseAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 2979, USA
J Sports Sci 22:1-14. 2004..Skinfolds and urinary ketones may be the best biomarkers of fat stores and carbohydrate deficiency, respectively. Research is needed to identify and validate these and other markers...
Menstrual disorders in athletesLeanne M Redman
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701-2979, USA
Sports Med 35:747-55. 2005..Applied research is needed to develop effective dietary interventions that are acceptable to athletes...
The female athlete triad: do female athletes need to take special care to avoid low energy availability?Anne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1694-700. 2006
Dose-response relationships between energy availability and bone turnover in young exercising womenRayan Ihle
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
J Bone Miner Res 19:1231-40. 2004..More prolonged experiments are needed to determine the dose-response relationships between chronic restrictions of energy availability and bone turnover...
Essay: The female athlete triadAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
Lancet 366:S49-50. 2005
Low energy availability in the marathon and other endurance sportsAnne B Loucks
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
Sports Med 37:348-52. 2007..All are commercially available at consumer prices...
Methodological problems in studying the female athlete triadAnne B Loucks
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1020; author reply 1022. 2006
Effects of lifetime exercise on the outcome of in vitro fertilizationAnne B Loucks
Obstet Gynecol 109:456-7. 2007
New animal model opens opportunities for research on the female athlete triadAnne B Loucks
J Appl Physiol 103:1467-8. 2007
Special populations: the female player and the youth playerChristine A Rosenbloom
College of Health and Human Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 30302, USA
J Sports Sci 24:783-93. 2006....
American College of Sports Medicine position stand. The female athlete triadAurelia Nattiv
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1867-82. 2007..No pharmacological agent adequately restores bone loss or corrects metabolic abnormalities that impair health and performance in athletes with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea...
Validation of energy intake during calorie restriction with the doubly labeled water method and changes in body compositionLyn Bowman
Am J Clin Nutr 86:1251-2; author reply 1252-3. 2007
Energy and carbohydrate for training and recoveryLouise M Burke
Department of Sports Nutrition, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, ACT
J Sports Sci 24:675-85. 2006..Such low energy availability causes disturbances to hormonal, metabolic, and immune function...
