Table 5.
Changes in genu recurvatum during the menstrual cycle.
| Early Follicular Phase |
Late Follicular Phase |
Ovulation Phase |
Luteal Phase |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genu recurvatum [°] | |||||
| Female non-athletes (n = 19) | 7.0 ± 3.9 | 7.2 ± 3.9 | 7.3 ± 4.1 | 7.7 ± 4.1 | |
| Eumenorrhea group (n = 11) | 6.2 ± 3.9 | 6.3 ± 3.8 | 6.3 ± 3.9 | 6.6 ± 4.1 | 6.4 ± 3.9 |
| Oligomenorrhea group (n = 8) | 8.1 ± 3.9 | 8.4 ± 3.8 | 8.6 ± 4.2 | 9.3 ± 3.9 | 8.6 ± 3.9 |
| Female athletes (n = 15) | 7.7 ± 3.7 | 8.3 ± 3.7 a | 8.7 ± 3.8 b | 9.0 ± 3.8 c | |
| Eumenorrhea group (n = 8) | 6.1 ± 3.7 | 7.0 ± 4.1 | 7.4 ± 4.4 | 7.6 ± 4.3 | 7.0 ± 4.1 |
| Oligomenorrhea group (n = 7) | 9.5 ± 2.8 | 9.8 ± 2.8 | 10.2 ± 2.6 | 10.7 ± 2.4 | 10.1 ± 2.6 |
Values are presented as means ± SD. a—Statistically significant difference compared with the early follicular phase in female athletes (p = 0.050). b—Statistically significant difference compared with the early follicular phase in female athletes (p = 0.011). c—Statistically significant difference compared with the early follicular phase in female athletes (p = 0.004).