Open AccessReduced Catecholamine Response to Exercise in Amenorrheic Athletes
Author(s) -
Karine Schaal,
Marta D. Van Loan,
Gretchen A. Casazza
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181e91ece
Subject(s) - catecholamine , medicine , vo2 max , endocrinology , epinephrine , norepinephrine , treadmill , heart rate , blood pressure , chemistry , dopamine
We examined the catecholamine response to exercise in five eumenorrheic (EU) and five amenorrheic (AM) athletes, matched by age (mean ± SEM: EU = 29.8 ± 2.5 yr and AM = 31.0 ± 4.3 yr) and running volume (EU = 56.4 ± 8.1 km·wk(-1) and AM = 61.5 ± 6.4 km·wk(-1)).