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Kirsty Sale
@ElliottSale
Professor of Female Endocrinology & Exercise Physiology and Head of Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport @McrInstSport | Wife + Mum | 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇸🇬| Own views
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Mar 16, 2021
    *Happy to share these considerations with you all. They are not rules. They are based on high-quality sources, plus our combined experience. Our intention is to get the ball rolling for new researchers in this field & to ⬆️ the quality of future papers
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    Methodological Considerations for Studies in Sport and Exercise Science with Women as Participants:...
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Dec 3, 2021
    One more time for the people at the back 🔈 WE NEED MORE HIGH QUALITY STUDIES WHICH SHOW SIGNIFICANT/MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCES IN EXERCISE PERFORMANCE ALIGNED WITH MENSTRUAL CYCLE PHASES BEFORE WE CAN PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES TO FEMALE ATHLETES ON THIS TOPIC
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Feb 14, 2020
    I know that this may be an unpopular view but I feel that I have to be honest as someone who has researched in this area for 20 y. There are currently no fit for purpose evidenced based guidelines to tailor womens training or performance to different phases of the menstrual cycle
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    Telegraph Women’s Sport
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    Feb 13, 2020
    Exclusive: @ChelseaFCW become the first football club to tailor coaching sessions to their menstrual cycles. @KateLouiseRowan reports - telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/…
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Oct 4, 2023
    18 months of planning 8 steering group members 3 athlete advisors 7 international testing sites Many grey hairs!!! It’s finally time to publicly announce Feminae!! Feminae: an international multisite innovative project for female athletes
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    Feminae: an international multisite innovative project for female athletes
    Sufficient high-quality studies in sport science using women as participants are lacking, meaning that our knowledge and understanding of female athletes in relation to their ovarian hormone profiles...
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Nov 18, 2023
    🧵Female athletes please read: 1. The menstrual cycle does NOT have a dropsies phase 2. There is no high-quality evidence to say that your reaction time will be decreased in Phase 1 (when oestrogen and progesterone are low) & 4 (when oestrogen and progesterone are high)
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    Molly Hudson
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    Nov 17, 2023
    Exclusive🚨Inside Chelsea’s GK Union In phase 1 + 4 of the menstrual cycle reaction time is decreased. Women suffer the ‘dropsies’. Over 90 minutes of fascinating convo for @TimesSport @gkstuart79 + @carlytelford1 explain how they combat it + loads more thetimes.co.uk/article/85ca6a…
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Jun 30, 2020
    You wait 20 years for a @SportsMedicineJ review + meta-analysis and then two come along at once!!! Super chuffed with these. Great team work with @eimeardol @kellymcnulty @KirstyHicks88 @goodall_stuart @kthms @PaulAnsdell + Paul Swinton Watch this space...
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    Kirsty Sale
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    May 23, 2023
    I have so much respect & admiration for @EmmaPallant ‘s handling of this comment The initial comment seems to have been posted respectfully with Emmas feelings in mind but the fact remains that ‘we’ still have a social stigma about periods in sport Time to do better! Education 🔑
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Feb 25, 2022
    Myself @kellymcnulty + @clareMINAHAN have a Friday treat for you! We've developed a Menstrual Categorisation System for use in practice + research which we hope you will find useful. Its an ongoing project so keep an eye out for updated versions as we develop our ideas + practice
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    Kirsty Sale
    @ElliottSale
    Feb 5, 2021
    New paper coming 🔜 in @SportsMedicineJ Writing with these authors has genuinely been the highlight of my career. Thank you @AC_Hackney @clareMINAHAN @DrKateAckerman @lebrun_connie Xanne Janse de Jonge, Sarianna Sipila & Naama Constantini
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    Kirsty Sale
    @ElliottSale
    Sep 16, 2022
    The veil is lifting! Watch this space for several new myth busting papers coming soon, offering pragmatic advice on the menstrual cycle in relation to athletic performance based on our current knowledge, understanding, experience, and appropriate research evidence!
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Nov 18, 2023
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    Female athletes please do not fear any phase of your menstrual cycle. World records, PBs, world cup finals, etc. have been won by women across all days of the menstrual cycle We can help with cycle-related symptoms but otherwise there is no blueprint for performance across the MC
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Apr 8, 2022
    Can’t tell you how pleased I am for @Sale_ExNut for winning the VC’s award for Outstanding Researcher @ntu_research @NTUSciTech - I am 100% bias and 100% proud!!
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Sep 21, 2022
    I am looking for a new PhD student to come and join me and the team at the @McrInstSport to work in the area of female endocrinology and exercise physiology! This is a fully funded position. Please RT. PhD opportunity on @FindAPhD:
    The effects of different [supraphysiological] concentrations of oestrogen and progesterone on...
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    Kirsty Sale
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    Dec 5, 2024
    Yesterday was quite possibly the highlight of my entire academic career! For almost 30 years I’ve had the privilege of conducting and leading research focused on amplifying and accelerating the development of women’s sport;
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