1st Edition
Menstruation and the Menstrual Cycle in Sport, Exercise, and Physical Activity
1. The menstrual cycle and sports performance
Kelly Lee McNulty, Bernadette Cherianne Taim, Paul Ansdell, and Kirsty Marie Hicks
2. Substrate utilisation and the menstrual cycle: Implications for menstrual-specific recommendations for training and nutrition
Tessa R. Flood and Mark Hearris
3. Variations in injury risk along the menstrual cycle
Kirsten Legerlotz and Elisabeth Maria Kirschbaum
4. Menstrual cycle considerations for female adolescents during sport participation
Natalie Brown and Phoebe Law
5. Teaching adolescent girls in rural Zambia about menstrual health, life choices, and well-being with the traditional game NSOLO
Matthew Holmes
6. Understanding menstrual health monitoring within exercise and sport environments
Claire Badenhorst
7. The impact of menstruation on physical activity
Christopher I. Morse
8. Improving menstrual health literacy in sport, exercise, and physical activity environments
Kerry McGawley, Bryna Chrismas, and Madison Taylor
9. Menstrual knowledge and barriers to communication between coaches and athletes: Data from German athletes and coaches
Mara V. Konjer and Hanna Laske
10. How to research the menstrual cycle in elite sport "with" athletes: Exploring confessional insights and participatory processes
Sharan Srinivasa Gopalan, Tim Hopper, and Kathy Sanford
11. Embarrassment, fear, and shame: The emotional experiences of karate practitioners leaking menstrual blood
Chloe Maclean
12. The athletic, disabled, and menstruating body: Examining menstruation in the context of parasport
Rebecca O’Hanlon, Chloe Maclean, Liz Carlin, Emily Divine, Petra Kolić, and Laura Forrest
13. Menstrual stigma: A dramaturgical perspective
Petra Kolić
Biography
Petra Kolić, PhD, is a senior lecturer and social scientist in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Her work uses sociological theory to make sense of menstrual experiences and menstrual stigma within situations of daily life, including sport, exercise, and physical activity. Through in-depth qualitative methods, her research raises awareness and offers avenues for interventions to improve knowledge, communication, and confidence of those involved in engaging and support engagement in sport, exercise, and physical activity during menstruation.
Christopher I. Morse, PhD, is a Reader in Clinical Exercise Physiology in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His work in the field of menstruation has worked towards understanding the role of menstrual hormones and oral contraception on physiological outcomes. In recent years, his research in this field has focused on understanding how physical and physiological variables associated with menstruation may impact physical activity avoidance.
