The purpose of this research was to identify the relationship between task performance and menstrual cycle. The difference of performance on menstrual cycle phase was investigated. The task was the mental arithmetic task which involved the non-sequential and higher order cognitive processes. The duration of the experiment was twenty minutes. Two-way analysis of variance by repeated-measures des...

the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of menstrual cycle on substrate metabolism, energy expenditure and performance during exhaustive incremental exercise in female students. for this purpose, 15 female students (mean age 21.17 ± 1.47 years, bmi 20.55 ± 1.71 kg/m2) participated voluntarily in this study. the design was adjusted in three stages: bleeding, follicular and the lat...

Women have periodic physiologic change of menstruation. There is a possibility to be influenced the physical and mentally in the female. It is necessary to support a comfortable life and work for female. The relationship between workload and stress that was taken the menstrual cycle into consideration had been examined on mental tasks in this research. Menstrual phase, follicular phase and prem...

Various studies have shown fluctuations in task performance during the menstrual cycle. The aim of this study was to see the effects of the menstrual cycle on performing fine motor and spatial tasks of different level of complexity in twenty students aged 18 to 21 years, with regular menstrual cycle (28 to 30 days). The students performed O'Connor Finger Dexterity Test and mental rotation test ...

Vahabi S1, Ghafarzade M2, Lorzade N2, Moradkhani MR1, Frazan B1, Geranghadr P3 1. Assistant professor, Department of anesthesiology, Faculty of medicine, Lorestan University of medical sciences 2. Assistant professor, Department of gynecology, Faculty of medicine, Lorestan University of medical sciences 3. General practitioner Abstract Background: Postoperative nausea, vomiting (P...

OBJECTIVE Major depression is associated to altered hypothalamic-pituitary function. Stress is linked to elevated cortisol as well as menstrual cycle disturbance; however, there is no known relationship between depression and menstrual cycle disruption. The aim of this study was to investigate changes of growth hormone (GH) secretion during the menstrual cycle in normal and depressed women. D...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the variability of three-dimensional automatic counts of ovarian follicles measuring 2-6 to 2-10 mm during the menstrual cycle and to determine if this test can be applied outside the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. METHODS in a prospective observational study, serial transvaginal ultrasound scans were performed from April 20, 2013, to October 30, 2014, on...

BACKGROUND It has been shown that female workers exposed to ethylene glycol ethers (EGEs) in the semiconductor industry have higher risks of spontaneous abortion, subfertility, and menstrual disturbances, and prolonged waiting time to pregnancy. AIMS To examine whether EGEs or other chemicals are associated with long menstrual cycles in female workers in the semiconductor manufacturing indust...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of insulin sensitizing agents on hormonal and metabolic parameters as well as menstrual patterns in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS One hundred and twenty-three patients with PCOS were included. Metformin was administered to patients at 1,500 mg or 1,700 mg daily for 3 months. If the patients had no improvement...