The use of saliva and blood progesterone to profile the menstrual cycles of youth professional football players
Salivary measurements of progesterone are well correlated with capillary blood when taken during eumenorrheic menstrual cycles and presents a viable, non-invasive method of establishing characteristic progesterone fluctuations in applied sport settings. The strength of the association appears to be concentration dependent. A luteal phase saliva progesterone (P4) >50 pg/ml and >1.5× follicular baseline has good sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy to indicate ovulation compared to established criteria for serum progesterone.
Authors
- Katherine Ridley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-9477)
- Gil Rodas
- Richard White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6747-1726)
- Gregori Casals (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3271-1371)
- Antoni Trilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6869-0242)
- Laura Balagué-Dobón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-9737)
- Eva Ferrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9716-1577)
- Richard Burden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2811-5454)
- Juan R. González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3267-2146)
Institutions
- Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)
- Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona (ES)
- English Institute of Sport (GB)
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
- United Kingdom Sport (GB)
- FC Barcelona (ES)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (ES)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1430158
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Ovarian function and disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.91
Funders
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca