Exercise-Induced Menstrual Disorders

Peter T. Ellison; Catherine Lager; Rose E. Frisch; Tenley E. Albright; Johannes D. Veldhuis; Alan D. Rogol; M. G. Metcalf; B. A. Bullen; G. S. Skrinar; I. Z. Beitins; G. Von Mering; B. A. Turnbull; J. W. McArthur

doi:10.1056/NEJM198509263131314

Exercise-Induced Menstrual Disorders

Peter T. Ellison, Catherine Lager, Rose E. Frisch, Tenley E. Albright, Johannes D. Veldhuis, Alan D. Rogol, M. G. Metcalf, B. A. Bullen, G. S. Skrinar, I. Z. Beitins, G. Von Mering, B. A. Turnbull, J. W. McArthur

Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition

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To the Editor: At the conclusion of their article on exercise-induced menstrual abnormalities (May 23 issue),¹ Bullen et al. note, “A cardinal feature of exercise-associated menstrual disorders is unobtrusiveness.” We would like to report here additional evidence supporting this statement. We studied salivary progesterone in recreational runners and inactive women to determine whether even mild levels of exercise, much below those reported by Bullen et al., are associated with abnormalities of the luteal phase. Data on 15 cycles were collected from women identified as recreational runners averaging 12.5 miles (20 km) of running exercise a week (range, 5 to 60.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	825-827
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	313
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198509263131314
State	Published - Sep 26 1985

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