Menarquia, características menstruales y sociodemográficas de mujeres atletas puertorriqueñas en los XV y XVI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe / Menarche, menstrual and sociodemographic characteristics of Puerto Rican female athletes in the XV and XVI Central American and Caribbean Games
P. R. health sci. j
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12(3): 169-73, sept. 1993.
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-176737
ABSTRACT
This investigation described maturation, menstrual and socio-demographic characteristics of 65 Puerto Rican women athletes that were interviewed during the XVI Central American and Caribbean Games (CACG), Mexico City in 1990. The results were compared with those of Puerto Rican women athletes (n = 52) at the XV CACG, Santiago Dominican Republic, 1986. The quantitative variables (age, age at initiation of training, years of training, age at menarche, birth order, and family size) were not statistically different (t-independent, p > or = 0.05). The observed frequencies for the qualitative variables (menstrual characteristics, degree of certainty in the recall of age of menarche, use of oral contraceptives, and marital status) were very similar. In conclusion:
the women at the XVI CAC in Mexico demonstrated similar maturational, menstrual and socio-demographic characteristics to the those athletes evaluated four years earlier in Santiago and based on their long history of training, both samples were representative of athletically mature athletes. The findings were very similar to those reported for olympic athletes and such data expands the available information on Puerto Rican women athletes
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Sports
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Aging
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Menarche
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Menstruation
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Caribbean
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Mexico
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Puerto Rico
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Dominican Republic
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
P. R. health sci. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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