Menstrual dysfunction and oral contraceptive effects on sports performance and ACL injuries

In female sport you may experience a high incidence of menstrual dysfunction that affects from the 60% of the 79 athletes practicing competitive sports. In practice, this alteration is characterized by a significant decline of reproductive hormones and associated with a normal menstrual rhythm changed. The literature suggests that the degree of disintegration of the reproductive axis in female-athlete, it can also be due to the intensity or sudden changes of your training’s plan. Hormone concentration's changes during the menstrual cycle may be a predisposing factor for increased articolar laxity with increased risks of traumatic injuries. The target of this research is to analyze how much is present in the literature about oral contraceptive use and its correlations with sport performance.