The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis and Oral Contraceptives: Regulation and Function -- Sex Hormones and Their Impact on the Ventilatory Responses to Exercise and the Environment -- Sex Hormones and Substrate Metabolism During Endurance Exercise -- Sex Hormone Effects on the Nervous System and their Impact on Muscle Strength and Motor Performance in Women -- Estrogen and Menopause: Muscle Damage, Repair and Function in Females -- Nutritional Strategies and Sex Hormone Interactions Within Women -- The Effect of Sex Hormones on Ligament Structure, Joint Stability and ACL Injury Risk -- Sex Hormones and Physical Activity in Women: An Evolutionary Framework -- Sex Hormones and Environmental Factors Affecting Exercise -- Exercise, Depression-Anxiety Disorders and Sex Hormones -- Stress Reactivity and Exercise in Women -- Sex Hormones, Cancer and Exercise Training in Women -- The Effects of Acute Exercise on Physiological Sexual Arousal in Women -- Sex Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, and Resistance Exercise -- Effects of Sex Hormones and Exercise on Adipose Tissue -- Exercise in Menopausal Women -- Menstrual Cycle Hormonal Changes and Sports Performance -- The Physiology of Menopause -- Pregnancy, Reproductive Hormones and Exercise -- Tracking Health and Fitness: Menstrual Cycle Considerations -- Sex Hormones and Aerobic-Endurance Exercise Training -- Sex and Gender: Towards a Gendered Environmental Approach -- The Transgender Athlete.

Now in a revised and expanded second edition including seven brand new chapters, this book compiles and synthesizes the latest research and clinical evidence regarding the intricate relationship between sex hormones and the physical activity level and overall health of the female endocrine system across the lifespan. Expert authors from around the world discuss in detail the impact of sex hormones on energy metabolism, cardiorespiratory system, nervous system, and musculoskeletal health, as well as environmental and psychological factors affecting exercise and sexual health. Considerations of the hormonal and physiological changes to the menstrual cycle and in menopause due to exercise receive chapters of their own. New to this edition are discussions of pregnancy, menopause, aerobic endurance training, the transgender athlete, sports performance, and the future of sports and exercise science relating to the active female. Covering a hot topic in sports medicine and science, Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women, Second Edition will be of interest to researchers, clinicians, exercise scientists, and residents and fellows in these areas. .