Female cyclists perceived effects and experiences of the menstrual cycle on training and performance

Louise Burnie; Paul Ansdell; Georgia Allen-Baker; Elisa Pastorio; Kirsty M. Hicks; Neil Heron; Natalie Brown

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343892

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Female cyclists perceived effects and experiences of the menstrual cycle on training and performance

Louise Burnie ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: louise.burnie@northumbria.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6426-6727

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Paul Ansdell,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Georgia Allen-Baker,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Elisa Pastorio,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Kirsty M. Hicks,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Neil Heron,

Roles Formal analysis, Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Natalie Brown

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Female cyclists perceived effects and experiences of the menstrual cycle on training and performance

Louise Burnie,
Paul Ansdell,
Georgia Allen-Baker,
Elisa Pastorio,
Kirsty M. Hicks,
Neil Heron,
Natalie Brown

Published: June 2, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343892

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