Correlation between physical activity and menstrual cycle disorders: A literature review

One of physiology elements of female’s reproduction is menstruation. It is an important consideration for optimizing the performance and maintaining the health of females. The menstrual cycle can be said normal if the interval between 21-35 days. Physical activity is said as one of the several factors that cause menstrual cycle disorders. Therefore, this literature review study aims to determine the correlation between physical activity and irregular menstrual cycle based on secondary data or previous research journal articles. The articles collected for this literature review according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The search engine used was PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. The result of the literature review showed 10 journals. Eight articles stated there were significant relation between physical activity and the menstrual cycle disorder, however 2 articles presented no significant between them. The conclusion of this study is physical activity can have correlation with the menstrual cycle disorders. The different result can be found according to the level of the physical activity and the level of the reproduction endocrine, which all those needs further investigation.