Benefits of Exercise on Reproductive Health
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Women's Health Care".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 70
Special Issue Editor
2. Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Interests: endocrinology; ovulation; hormones; menstrual cycle; menopausal transition; heart rate variability; female athletes
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Dear Colleagues,
Exercise is defined as movement typically associated with positive outcomes.
We often, however, neglect to highlight the barriers that prevent individuals from being physical activity. Women, individuals who menstruate, those undergoing IVF, or those who are pregnant often face health challenges that can contribute to them not meeting the appropriate recommended physical activity guidelines. Menstrual cramps, pregnancy fatigue, and menopause symptoms may present certain barriers, yet there is also a positive role of physical activity in decreasing these symptoms while maintaining muscle mass and bone density.
In this Special Issue, dedicated to the ‘Benefits of Exercise on Reproductive Health’, we challenge exercise physiologists and other professionals to disseminate studies and quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, or systematic reviews that focus on exercise that includes an aspect of reproductive health in their research. Our goal is to explore the understudied relationship of reproductive health barriers and the benefits of exercise so as to provide women of all ages a supportive rationale to embrace movement.
Prof. Dr. Patricia K. Doyle-Baker
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- exercise benefits
- reproductive health
- menstrual and menopause symptom
- pregnancy
- physical activity barriers during menses
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