Table 2.

Perceptual measure and main outcomes.

Study	Motivation	Competitiveness	Sleep	Stress	Soreness	Fatigue	RPE	Perceived Endurance	Mood	Menstrual symptoms	readiness
Carmichael et al. (2021b)			↓L vs. F	↔	↔	↑ L vs. F	↔
Chaffin et al. (2011)					↔
aCockerill et al. (1992)									↑PM vs. MC (88.1%)
bCook et al. (2018)	↑ D14 vs. D7, D2
Crewther and Cook (2018)	↑ O vs. F, L	↑ O vs. F, L ↑ F vs. L
Cristina-Souza et al. (2019)							↔			↑F vs. O
De Souza et al. (1990)							↔
Graja et al. (2020)			↔	↔	↔	↔
Julian et al. (2017)							↔
Lara et al. (2020)							↔	↔
Martínez-Cantó et al. (2018)			↔				↔		↓M vs. L (vigor) 22.7%
Miskec et al. (1997)							↔
cRael et al. (2021)							↔				↑ EF vs. LF and ML (6.1%)
Sunderland and Nevill (2003)							↔

↑, significant increase/improvement; ↓, significant decrease/impairment; ↔, no significant difference.

^aSignificant low TMD score of the non-amenorrhoeic runners in PM and MC compared to amenorrhoeic runners and sedentary.

^bThe same result from motivation to train and motivation to compete.

^cP=0.011 but post-hoc reported no significant differences.