Investigation of the effect of menstruation period on sportive performance of women’s volleyball players

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of some sportive performance on the mensturation of female amateur volleyball players. 15 healthy female athletes with average age 20.0 ± 1.39 years, height average 165.93 ± 5.13 cm, body weight average 57.07 ± 4.42 kg and BMI (body mass index) 20.69 ± 4.78 kg/m², voluntarily partipated in this study. Athletes had training age of 6 years, they participated in regular training, they had regular menstrual cycle for 6 months, and they were not using any regulatory drug. In obtaining the data, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, anaerobic power and speed tests after of the the premenstrual menses and in 2nd day of menstrual menses to athletes were taken. The avarage test, the standart deviation test and the t test of the dependent groups, were statistically analysed. The results of the first and second of athletes to sit-ups, push-ups, flexibility, speed and anaerobic power values, respectively, were 31.00 ± 12.28, 29.33 ± 9.88, 27.20 ± 5.41 cm, 4.08 ± 0.69 sn and 73.77 ± 3.20 kgm/sn; at 29 ± 12.13, 23.93 ± 9.24, 27.87 ± 4.97 cm, 4.14 ± 0.59 sn and 69.84 ± 3.25 kgm/sn. In conclusion, female volleyball players' menstrual cycle did not affect their flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, anaerobic power and speed performances (p > 0.05).

Keywords: Menstruation, voleyball, female, sport performance.

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