Proposal of program on the use of oral contraceptives for female athletes.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350787
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: Koikawa Natsue 順天堂大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 先任准教授 (70338424)
• Research Collaborator: Matsuda Takao 西別府病院, スポーツ医学センター, センター長 ; Kubo Mayumi 順天堂大学, 医学部産婦人科学講座, 助教
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: Female Athlete Triad / 低用量ピル / PMS / 女性アスリート

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As for this study, female athletes took Oral contraceptive (;OC) and examined an improvement effect of Female Athlete Triad (;FAT) and Premenstrual Syndrome (;PMS).
As a result, as for the FAT athletes, bone density increased by OC, and bone resorption was controlled, and the quality of the bone significantly rose. In addition, The PMS athletes significantly decreased that the physical symptom six items including the "weight gain" "muscular rigidity of a neck and the shoulder" and the mind symptom six items including " decrease in concentration" "wanted to cry" by taking OC. And the amounts of menstrual bleeding significantly decreased, too.These results suggested the possibility that the OC reduced the protection (the prevention of the stress fracture) of the bone of the FAT athlete and a PMS symptom.

Free Research Field

女性スポーツ、コーチング科学