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JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 439-446出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2042
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- National Cancer Institute [RO1 CA109858]
- General Clinical Research Center Program of the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health [M01-RR00051]
Background: Increasing cardiovascular fitness through exercise participation among sedentary people is important for decreasing all-cause mortality. From an intervention perspective, identifying modifiable factors that maximize the successful initiation of exercise is of utmost importance. For women, cyclic hormonal variations can influence aspects of health and health behaviors, from smoking cessation efficacy to physiological responses to exercise. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of menstrual cycle phase and hormonal contraceptive (HC) use on subjective response to an initial bout of moderate intensity exercise among previously sedentary women (n = 117). Methods: Women completed a treadmill exercise challenge session at 65% of their previously determined maximum oxygen consumption (Vo(2) max) during the early follicular, late follicular, or luteal phase. Participants reported ratings of perceived exertion and pain using Borg's Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and CR10 scales at 10, 20, and 30 minutes during the exercise session. Results: There was a significant menstrual phase x birth control interaction on change in RPE [F(2, 111) = 3.75, p<0.05] and change in perceived pain [F(2, 110) = 3.31, p<0.05]. Women in the early follicular phase who were not using HCs had significantly greater increases in RPE and increases in pain compared with women in the late follicular and luteal phases. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the use of HC and cycle phase influence sedentary women's subjective response to exercise. These results have important implications for the timing of exercise interventions aimed at increasing exercise among sedentary women.
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