Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women: Scientific and Clinical Aspects

Ch1: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis and Oral Contraceptives: Regulation and Function.- Ch2: Sex Hormones and Their Impact on the Ventilatory Responses to Exercise and the Environment.- Ch3: Sex Hormones and Substrate Metabolism During Endurance Exercise.- Ch4: Sex Hormone Effects on the Nervous System and their Impact on Muscle Strength and Motor Performance in Women.- Ch5: Estrogen and Menopause: Muscle Damage, Repair and Function in Females.- Ch6: Nutritional Strategies and Sex Hormone Interactions Within Women.- Ch7: The Effect of Sex Hormones on Ligament Structure, Joint Stability and ACL Injury Risk.- Ch8: Sex Hormones and Physical Activity in Women: An Evolutionary Framework.- Ch9: Sex Hormones and Environmental Factors Affecting Exercise.- Ch10: Exercise, Depression - Anxiety Disorders and Sex Hormones.- Ch11: Stress Reactivity and Exercise in Women.- Ch12: Sex Hormones, Cancer & Exercise Training in Women.- Ch13: The Effects of Acute Exercise on Physiological Sexual Arousal in Women.- Ch14: Sex Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, and Resistance Exercise.- Ch15: Effects of Sex Hormones and Exercise on Adipose Tissue.- Ch16: Exercise in Menopausal Women.