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Area of Science:

  • Exercise Physiology
  • Thermoregulation
  • Sports Medicine

Background:

  • Increasing female participation in physically demanding professions necessitates understanding their thermoregulation.
  • Limited research exists on heat stress effects on women, particularly concerning the menstrual cycle.
  • This review addresses the underrepresentation of women in exercise thermoregulation studies and reporting of menstrual data.

Approach:

  • A systematic review of exercise thermoregulation studies published between 2010-2019 was conducted.
  • Databases searched included PubMed, MEDLINE, and SPORTDiscus.
  • Studies were screened for participant sex and reporting of menstrual orientation/phase in female participants.

Key Points:

  • Women constituted a small and slowly increasing proportion (11.6%-17.8% annually) of participants in thermoregulation research.
  • The increase in female representation was driven by fewer male-only studies, not more inclusion of women.
  • Less than a third of studies involving women reported menstrual orientation, and less than a quarter reported phase.

Conclusions:

  • Women are proportionally underrepresented in exercise thermoregulation research.
  • The majority of studies fail to report crucial menstrual cycle data for female participants.
  • Future research must include women and report menstrual details to advance understanding of female thermal physiology.