肯定性别内分泌护理对体育参与的影响
Ethan Moreland1, Ada S Cheung2,3, Danielle Hiam4
1Institute for Health and Sport (IHeS), Victoria University, Footscray, VIC, Australia.
Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism
|June 16, 2023
概括
性别肯定激素治疗 (GAHT) 对跨性别男性和跨性别女性的运动表现产生不同的影响. 需要更多的研究来了解跨性别运动员对体育参与的长期影响.
科学领域:
- 运动医学 运动医学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 跨性别者健康 跨性别者健康
背景情况:
- 变性人经常面临体育参与的障碍,尽管有潜在的心理和身体健康益处.
- 性别确认激素治疗 (GAHT) 是跨性别者使用的,以使身体特征与他们的性别认同保持一致.
- 了解GAHT对运动表现的影响对于制定包容性体育政策至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 审查关于GAHT如何影响跨性别者的运动表现相关因素的现有证据.
- 确定有关GAHT和运动表现的研究当前的局限性.
主要方法:
- 对检查GAHT对生理和性能指标的影响的研究进行系统审查.
- 分析有关荷尔蒙变化,身体组成,肌肉力量和有氧能力的数据.
主要成果:
- 在12个月内,GAHT将荷尔蒙水平正常化至确认性别的水平.
- 变性男性的男性化GAHT增加了肌肉质量,肌肉强度和运动表现.
- 变性女性的女性化GAHT增加脂肪质量,减少肌肉质量,并可能降低肌肉力量;对最大氧气吸收的影响尚不清楚.
- 血红蛋白水平在6个月内调整为确认的性别规范.
结论:
- GAHT显著改变了与跨性别运动员体育表现相关的生理参数.
- 目前的研究受限于样本规模小,缺乏长期数据,以及对混因素的控制不足.
- 进一步的纵向研究对于为跨性别者提供公平和包容性的体育指南至关重要.
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