Exercise and Human Reproduction

1. Front Matter

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2. Overview of the Male Reproductive System

   • Luis Jiménez-Reina, Pieter Johann Maartens, Ignacio Jimena-Medina, Ashok Agarwal, Stefan S. du Plessis

   Pages 1-17

3. Overview of the Female Reproductive System

   • Juan Andrés Ramírez-González, Ricardo Vaamonde-Lemos, Joao Sabino Cunha-Filho, Alex C. Varghese, R. James Swanson

   Pages 19-46

4. Overview of Fertilization, Gestation, and Parturition

   • Sergio Oehninger, R. James Swanson, Roberto Matorras

   Pages 47-67

5. Conceptual and Terminological Foundations for the Sciences of Physical Exercise: New Perspectives

   • Marzo Edir Da Silva-Grigoletto, Juan Ramón Heredia Elvar

   Pages 69-74

6. Sports Physiology and Endocrinology (Endurance vs. Resistance Exercise)

   • Anthony C. Hackney, Mehis Viru

   Pages 75-92

7. General Adaptations to Exercise: Acute Versus Chronic and Strength Versus Endurance Training

   • Michael I. Lambert

   Pages 93-100

8. Impact of Physical Activity and Exercise on Male Reproductive Potential: Semen Alterations

   • Diana Vaamonde, Ashok Agarwal, Stefan S. du Plessis, Carolina Algar-Santacruz, Thinus Frans Kruger

   Pages 101-124

9. Hormonal Changes Associated with Physical Activity and Exercise Training

   • Anthony C. Hackney, William J. Kraemer, David R. Hooper

   Pages 125-143

10. Common Male Reproductive Tract Pathologies Associated with Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport

    • Amy R. Lane, Alberto Da Costa Stein, Vanessa Krebs Genro

    Pages 145-152

11. Consequences of the Use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids for Male Athletes’ Fertility

    • Juan Manuel García-Manso, Teresa Valverde Esteve

    Pages 153-165

12. Impact of Physical Activity and Exercise on Female Reproductive Potential

    • Rebecca J. Mallinson, Jenna C. Gibbs, Mary Jane De Souza

    Pages 167-185

13. Hormonal and Reproductive Changes Associated with Physical Activity and Exercise

    • Jenna C. Gibbs, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Mary Jane De Souza

    Pages 187-207

14. Risk Biotypes and the Female Athlete Triad

    • Kathryn E. Ackerman, Maria de Lourdes Eguiguren, Michelle Barrack

    Pages 209-228

15. Consequences of the Use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids on Female Athletes’ Fertility

    • Juan Manuel García-Manso, Teresa Valverde Esteve

    Pages 229-238

16. Impact of Intense Physical Activity on Puberty and Reproductive Potential of Young Athletes

    • Neoklis A. Georgopoulos, Nikolaos D. Roupas

    Pages 239-251

17. Physical Activity and Pregnancy

    • Sarah J. Moss, Andries Fourie van Oort, Yves Schutz

    Pages 253-285

18. Impact of Combined Oral Contraceptive Use on Exercise and Health in Female Athletes

    • Heather C. M. Allaway, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Mary Jane De Souza

    Pages 287-302

19. Oxidative Stress and Infertility: A Possible Link to Exercise

    • Pieter Johann Maartens, Jason Peng, Ashok Agarwal, Diana Vaamonde, Stefan S. du Plessis

    Pages 303-315

20. Nutritional Deficiencies and Impairment of Fertility in Athletes

    • Juan Marcelo Fernández

    Pages 317-330

Providing a comprehensive review of the interactions between exercise and human reproduction, this unique text focuses on both the positive and negative consequences of sport and physical activity on male and female fertility and infertility and the biological mechanisms and processes behind them. Beginning with a review of the structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems as well as fertilization and gestation, the discussion then turns to the physiology and endocrinology of sport and exercise, which is further elaborated in subsequent chapters on the impact of physical activity, hormonal changes, pathologies, and consequences of drug use for active men and women. Additional chapters address related topics, such as the impact of sport on young athletes and developing reproductive potential, physical activity and pregnancy, the use of oral contraceptives in athletes, oxidative stress, and the impact of nutritional deficiencies on athletes’ fertility, with a final chapter providing recommendations and therapeutic guidelines for exercise-related reproductive disorders. Covering everything from  the fundamental principles of sports physiology and human reproductive potential to the interaction between physical exercise and the endocrinology of the reproductive system, Exercise and Human Reproduction is an authoritative resource for helping clinicians understand how the reproductive system adapts to activity and exercise and offers strategies to avoidpotential harm to human reproduction.

• Anabolic steroid
• Endurance training
• Exercise
• Hormonal change
• Infertility
• Oxidative stress
• Physical activity
• Reproduction
• Reproductive system
• Risk biotype
• Semen alteration
• Sport
• Sports physiology
• Strength training
• andrology

• Department of Morphological Sciences, University of Cordoba Department of Morphological Sciences, Cordoba, Spain

  Diana Vaamonde

• Division of Medical Physiology, Stellenbosch University , Tygerberg, South Africa

  Stefan S du Plessis

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation, American Centre for Reproductive Medicin Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA

  Ashok Agarwal

Diana M. Vaamonde Martin,PhD, Department of Morphological Sciences, University of Cordoba, Reproductive Care Center, Gynemed,Cordoba, Spain

Stefan S. du Plessis, MBA, PhD (Stell),Division of Medical Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa

Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD (ABB), ELD (ACE), American Center for Reproductive Medicine and, The Andrology Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

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