Key result
Review outlines specific management and treatment strategies for the female athlete triad.
Why the study?
The female athlete triad, involving low energy availability, menstrual irregularities, and bone health disruption, has evolved in diagnosis and management, prompting ongoing research into effective treatment and prevention strategies.
This review summarizes the latest advancements in recognizing, understanding, treating, and preventing the female athlete triad.
May support triad-specific management in athletes; leaves open optimal strategies pending higher-level evidence.
The passage of Title IX in 1972 resulted in a tremendous increase in the number of females participating in high school and collegiate athletics. This rise in female athletes sparked new focus areas of research in sports medicine related to woman with an important area emerging in 1980, the female athlete triad. This triad consisting of low energy availability, menstrual irregularities, and bone health disruption spans a spectrum of severity and has evolved both in diagnosis and in management throughout the years. Many health questions arise for female athletes and their health care providers, often concerning the most effective management and treatment strategies for this triad. This review examines the research and latest advancements in recognizing and understanding the female athlete triad and explores the most current recommendations for treatment and prevention.
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Chu et al. (2013) conducted a review in Female athlete triad. Management and treatment strategies was evaluated. The female athlete triad, consisting of low energy availability, menstrual irregularities, and bone health disruption, requires specific management and treatment strategies as explored in this review.
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