• Impact of menstrual function on hormonal response to repeated bouts of intense exercise 

      Melin, Anna Katarina; Ritz, Christian; Faber, Jens; Skouby, Sven; Pingel, Jessica; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Sjödin, Anders; Tornberg, Åsa B (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Strenous exercise stimulates the hypothalamic-pituitary (HP) axis in order to ensure homeostasis and promote anabolism. Furthermore, exercise stimulates a transient increase in the neurotrophin brain-derived ...
    • The LEAF questionnaire: a screening tool for the identification of female athletes at risk for the female athlete triad 

      Melin, Anna; Tornberg, Åsa B.; Skouby, Sven; Faber, Jens; Ritz, Christian; Sjödin, Anders; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-21)
      BACKGROUND: Low energy availability (EA) in female athletes with or without an eating disorder (ED) increases the risk of oligomenorrhoea/functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea and impaired bone health, a syndrome ...
    • Within-day energy deficiency and reproductive function in female endurance athletes 

      Fahrenholtz, Ida Lysdahl; Sjödin, Anders; Benardot, Dan; Tornberg, Åsa; Skouby, Sven; Faber, Jens; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Melin, Anna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      We aimed to estimate and compare within-day energy balance (WDEB) in athletes with eumenorrhea and menstrual dysfunction (MD) with similar 24-hour energy availability/energy balance (EA/EB). Furthermore, to investigate ...