Altered Postural Control during the Luteal Phase in Women with Premenstrual Symptoms

Vol. 81, No. 3, 2005

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Altered Postural Control during the Luteal Phase in Women with Premenstrual Symptoms
Cecilia Fridén^{a, b, d}, Dan K. Ramsey^e, Torbjörn Bäckström^c, Daniel L. Benoit^a, Tönu Saartok^a, Angelica Lindén Hirschberg^d

^aSection of Sports Medicine, Division of Surgical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;
^bStockholm University College of Physical Education and Sports, Stockholm;
^cDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå;
^dDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, and
^eDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., USA

Address of Corresponding Author

Neuroendocrinology 2005;81:150-157 (DOI: 10.1159/000086592)

Key Words

Menstrual cycle
Postural control in women with PMS
Premenstrual symptoms
Hormones and cyclicity
Premenstrual symptoms, altered postural control
Luteal phase, injury rate and psychomotor slowing
Early follicular, ovulation and mid-luteal phases

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate postural control in women with and without premenstrual symptoms (PMS) in three hormonally verified phases of the menstrual cycle. Thirty-two women were recruited to participate in the study and 25 of these women were included in the results. Menstrual cycle phases were determined by sex hormone analyses in serum and LH detection in urine. A prospective rating of PMS was used to divide the subjects into two groups: one with PMS (cyclic) and one without (non-cyclic). For measurement of postural control, subjects stood on a force platform (AMTI^®) in two-legged stance (eyes open and closed) and one-legged stance (eyes open and closed). There were no significant differences in the two-legged stance between the phases of the menstrual cycle or between groups. In one-legged stance with eyes open, there was a significant increase in postural displacement in the mid-luteal phase in the cyclic group, but no differences were detected between phases in the non-cyclic group. These findings may be related to the previously reported increased injury rate and psychomotor slowing in the luteal phase in women with PMS.

Author Contacts

Cecilia Fridén
Division of Surgical Sciences, Section of Sports Medicine
M3 Research Center, Karolinska Hospital
SE-171 76 Stockholm (Sweden)
Tel. +46 70 7415122, Fax +46 8 333183, E-Mail cecilia.friden@kirurgi.ki.se

Article Information

Received: January 13, 2005
Accepted after revision: March 24, 2005
Published online: June 28, 2005
Number of Print Pages : 8
Number of Figures : 3, Number of Tables : 2, Number of References : 42

Medline Abstract (ID 15985762)

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