Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women

Anthony C. Hackney, PhD, DSc,  Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

• The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis and Oral Contraceptives: Regulation and Function.- Sex Hormones and Their Impact on the Ventilatory Responses to Exercise and the Environment.- Sex Hormones and Substrate Metabolism During Endurance Exercise.- Sex Hormone Effects on the Nervous System and their Impact on Muscle Strength and Motor Performance in Women.- Estrogen and Menopause: Muscle Damage, Repair and Function in Females.- Nutritional Strategies and Sex Hormone Interactions Within Women.- The Effect of Sex Hormones on Ligament Structure, Joint Stability and ACL Injury Risk.- Sex Hormones and Physical Activity in Women: An Evolutionary Framework.- Sex Hormones and Environmental Factors Affecting Exercise.- Exercise, Depression-Anxiety Disorders and Sex Hormones.- Stress Reactivity and Exercise in Women.- Sex Hormones, Cancer and Exercise Training in Women.- The Effects of Acute Exercise on Physiological Sexual Arousal in Women.- Sex Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, and Resistance Exercise.- Effects of Sex Hormones and Exercise on Adipose Tissue.- Exercise in Menopausal Women.- Menstrual Cycle Hormonal Changes and Sports Performance.- The Physiology of Menopause.- Pregnancy, Reproductive Hormones and Exercise.- Tracking Health and Fitness: Menstrual Cycle Considerations.- Sex Hormones and Aerobic-Endurance Exercise Training.- Sex and Gender: Towards a Gendered Environmental Approach.- The Transgender Athlete.