Kathryn E. Ackerman

ORCID: 0000-0003-2626-7785 · 5 papers in corpus
other 2026
Period pain in female athletes: a call to action - time to fill the evidence gap and develop tailored management pathways
British journal of sports medicine ·doi:10.1136/bjsports-2025-110565
other 2024
Female Athlete Research Camp: A Unique Model for Conducting Research in High-Performance Female Athletes
Medicine and science in sports and exercise ·doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000003354

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of a novel research protocol for conducting research with highly trained female athletes, including characterizing menstrual cycle (MC) function, hormonal profiles and sym…

review 2021
COVID-19-Considerations for the Female Athlete
Frontiers in sports and active living ·doi:10.3389/fspor.2021.606799

The SARS CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) caused the whole sporting calendar to be paused. As we embark on the challenge of navigating through the return to play (RTP) process, there is a necessity to consider the needs of all athletes. This commenta…

other 2021
Methodological Considerations for Studies in Sport and Exercise Science with Women as Participants: A Working Guide for Standards of Practice for Research on Women
Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) ·doi:10.1007/s40279-021-01435-8

Until recently, there has been less demand for and interest in female-specific sport and exercise science data. As a result, the vast majority of high-quality sport and exercise science data have been derived from studies with men as partic…

rct 2019
Effects of Estrogen Replacement on Bone Geometry and Microarchitecture in Adolescent and Young Adult Oligoamenorrheic Athletes: A Randomized Trial
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research ·doi:10.1002/jbmr.3887

Oligoamenorrheic athletes (OAs) have lower bone mineral density (BMD) and greater impairment of bone microarchitecture, and therefore higher fracture rates compared to eumenorrheic athletes. Although improvements in areal BMD (aBMD; measure…