Summary
Competitive athletics occur today increasingly in stages of life in.which growth and maturation are not yet finished. The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of the onset of training, the volume of training, and the type of sport on growth and ovarial function. This was done with the aid of anthropometrical data, menstrual histories and psychological factors from 97 female athletes.
We obtained the following results:
The group of subjects who began competitive sports before menarche (n = 46) provided the following data:
1. Age of menarche = 13.6 years. 2. No significant difference in the age of menarche between female athletes in endurance and technical disciplines. 3. Increasing intensity of training leads to later menarche. 4. Broca-Index 0.93. 5. Retardation of skeletal maturity of 0.5 years, acceleration of height age of 1.6 years and retardation of weight age of 0.3 years. 6. Primary amenorrhea 11%, secondary amenorrhea 22%.
In the group of female athletes who began to train after menarche (n = 43), we obtained the following data:
1. Age of menarche 12.9 years. 2. Broca-Index 0.98. 3. Retardation of bone age of 0.5 years, retardation of height age of 0.5 years, acceleration of weight age of 0.2 years. 4. No primary amenorrhea and 26% secondary amenorrhea. Significant differences between the two groups were found In the age of menarche, Broca-Index, and the frequency of primary amenorrhea.
In addition, psychological and social data were obtained by questionaire. From these data it could be concluded that the psychological constellation is significant in the occurence of secondary amenorrhea.
1. Age of menarche 12.9 years. 2. Broca-Index 0.98. 3. Retardation of bone age of 0.5 years, retardation of height age of 0.5 years, acceleration of weight age of 0.2 years. 4. No primary amenorrhea and 26% secondary amenorrhea.
Significant differences between the two groups were found in the age of menarche, Broca-Index, and the frequency of primary amenorrhea.
In addition, psychological and social data were obtained by questionaire. From these data it could be concluded that the psychological constellation is significant in the occurence of secondary amenorrhea.
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Bauer, D., Barwich, D., Weicker, H. (1984). Einfluß des Leistungssports auf Wachstum und Ovarialfunktion. In: Jeschke, D. (eds) Stellenwert der Sportmedizin in Medizin und Sportwissenschaft/Position of Sports Medicine in Medicine and Sports Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69916-0_24
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