The effect of menstrual cycle on inter-joint coordination variability during roundhouse kicks in taekwondo

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-025-03839-4" target="_blank" >https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-025-03839-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03839-4" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12905-025-03839-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effect of menstrual cycle on inter-joint coordination variability during roundhouse kicks in taekwondo

Original language description

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the menstrual cycle on the coordination variability of the lower-limb joints during the taekwondo roundhouse kick in professional athletes. Methods: Twenty professional taekwondo female athletes voluntarily participated in the study. The participants visited a laboratory thrice during their menstrual cycles’ follicular, ovulation, and luteal phases. The lower-extremity kinematic data were collected during the roundhouse kick. Range of motion (ROM) and coordination variability of the lower-extremity joints in sagittal plane were calculated and compared for different menstrual cycles. Findings: The results did not show significant differences in the ROM of the joints for the different menstrual cycles. Moreover, the results of a vector analysis using the repeated measures ANOVA did not show significant differences in joint coordination patterns and variability for different menstrual cycles. However, there were fluctuations in the coordination variability during the ovulation phase in the hip–ankle coupling, but this was not statistically significant. Interpretation: The results suggest that female taekwondo players must be cautious of training during the ovulation phases of their menstrual cycles. However, more research is needed to better understand the effect of menstrual cycle on the coordination patterns of joints and segments.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC Womens Health

ISSN

1472-6874

e-ISSN

1472-6874

Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1-9

UT code for WoS article

001522900500009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105010005053