underprivileged children, Parijat Academy, on the Menstrual Hygiene Day in Guwahati on May 28, 2019. - The Menstrual Hygiene Day, marked on May 28, raises awareness about the importance of managing good menstrual hygiene products and facilities for every woman and girl. A study of 394 participants found that during menstruation, women were able to think more clearly, reacted faster, and made fewer errors despite reporting that their mood and cognitive abilities felt worse than usual.
“In contrast, less optimal performance on cognitive tasks was observed in the late follicular and luteal phases ...and worse overall performance in the luteal phase,” they added in their study published in the journal To investigate further, lead author Flaminia Ronca from UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science and ISEH and colleagues recruited participants based in the United Kingdom who were 18 to 35 years old. Each one of them completed an online questionnaire where they provided information related to how often they practiced running, cycling, rowing, weight lifting, sprinting, or sports like football or rugby.
“Given that progesterone has an inhibitory effect on the cerebral cortex and estrogen stimulates it, making us react slower or faster, we wondered if injuries could be a result of a change in athletes’ timing of movements throughout the cycle," said Ronca in a press release.