ÜBER Madison Taylor
KARRIERE & STECKBRIEF
Madison Taylor is a PhD candidate working on the Female Endurance Athlete (FENDURA) Project at the Artic University of Norway (UiT). Her current research focuses on the influence of the menstrual cycle on the determinants of endurance performance, response to training and recovery. Madison is passionate about improving the understanding of women’s specific topics in sport and health research and aims to contribute to the field with high quality research methods and innovative thinking.
Vortrag Sportsymposium: ‚Understanding the effect of the menstrual cycle on athletic performance‘
Topics covered:
- Different hormonal profiles in women (i.e. menstrual cycle, hormonal contraceptive use, menstrual disturbances etc.)
- Methodological considerations when reading and interpreting the effect of the menstrual cycle on performance (i.e how to determine what is high quality research in)
- Subjective effects of the menstrual cycle (symptoms and perceived experience)
- Objective effects of the menstrual cycle on performance (discuss findings from our recent publication: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/abstract/9900/menstrual_cycle_phase_has_no_influence_on.511.aspx)
- Individual considerations (how to apply these findings to individual athletes)
