Women's employment in Japan has increased substantially in recent decades, however little large scale research has been done on the impact of various types of working conditions on women's health. The aim of this study was to assess the menstrual cycle and menstrual pain problems of female workers and to investigate the factors that relate to them. The questionnaire was distributed to 8,150 wom...

Menstrual cups have been reported to be an acceptable substitute for tampons. These flexible cups have also been reported to provide a sustainable solution to menstrual management, with modest cost savings and no significant health risk. The present article documents the first case of toxic shock syndrome associated with the use of a menstrual cup in a woman 37 years of age, using a menstrual c...

This paper concerns the analysis of menstrual data; in particular, methodology to identify variables that contribute to the variability of menstrual cycles both within and between women. The basis for the proposed methodology is a parameterization of the mean length of a menstrual cycle conditional upon the past cycles and covariates. This approach accommodates the length-bias and censoring com...

The present study investigates: (i) differences in menstrual characteristics of athlete and non-athlete adolescents; (ii) relationship between menstrual characteristics, anthropometric variables, athletic status and socioeconomic status. The present study was conducted among 159 unmarried adolescents (80 non-athletes and 79 athletes) of age 15 to 19 years. The study participants belong to Benga...

Citing major medical conditions that afflict female athletes — notably disordered eating, impaired bone mineral health, and menstrual cycle disruption — Harber suggests that the menstrual cycle is badly in need of investigation. She then proceeds to provide the latest scientific information and analysis of the normal menstrual cycle, common menstrual disturbances, prevalence rate, issues of con...

Amaç: Bu çalışmada menstrual siklusun sağlıklı pulpa duyarlılığına etkisi araştırıldı. Objective: In this study, effect of menstrual cycle on healthy pulp sensitivity was investigated. Materials and methods: Pulpal sensitivity was assessed with electric pulp tester (EPT). The study was performed on 13 dental students without dysmenorrhea (49 teeth). Recordings were taken on four phases of the c...

[Purpose] This study investigated changes in the thickness of the transversus abdominis muscle at various stages of the menstrual cycle. [Subjects] The subjects were 15 young healthy females with regular menstrual cycles. [Methods] A regular menstrual cycle was defined as a 28-day cycle comprising 3 phases: the menstrual phase, the follicular phase, and the luteal phase. For the purpose of the ...