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TRAINING FOR THE FEMALE

ATHLETE, CHILDREN,
AND SPECIAL
POPULATIONS
DR. MAHRUKH (PT)
DPT,MSAPT (DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES)
MAHRUKH.SIDDIQUI@JUW.EDU.PK
OBJECTIVES

• FACTORS IMPORTANT TO WOMEN INVOLVED IN VIGOROUS TRAINING


• SPORTS CONDITIONING FOR CHILDREN
• COMPETITIVE TRAINING FOR DIABETICS
• TRAINING FOR ASTHMATICS
• EPILEPSY AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.
EXERCISE AND
MENSTRUAL DISORDERS
• AMENORRHEA
• CESSATION OF MENSTRUATION
• DUE TO MULTIPLE FACTORS
• AMOUNT OF TRAINING
• PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS
• BODY COMPOSITION
EXERCISE AND
MENSTRUAL DISORDERS
• DYSMENORRHEA
• PAINFUL MENSTRUATION
• MAY LIMIT TRAINING DUE TO DISCOMFORT
• NO OTHER REASON TO LIMIT TRAINING DURING MENSTRUATION
THE FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD

•AMENORRHEA
•EATING DISORDERS
•BONE MINERAL LOSS
INCIDENCE OF AMENORRHEA
IN ATHLETES
THE FEMALE ATHLETE AND EATING
DISORDERS
•ANOREXIA NERVOSA
•STATE OF STARVATION TO REDUCE BODY
WEIGHT
•BULIMIA
•PATTERN OF OVEREATING (BINGING) FOLLOWED
BY VOMITING (PURGING)
WARNING SIGNS FOR
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
WARNING SIGNS FOR BULIMIA
BONE MINERAL DISORDERS
• OSTEOPOROSIS
• MAJOR CAUSES:
• ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY DUE TO AMENORRHEA
• INADEQUATE CALCIUM INTAKE DUE TO EATING DISORDERS
TRAINING DURING PREGNANCY
• SHORT-TERM, LOW-INTENSITY EXERCISE APPEARS TO BE SAFE DURING
PREGNANCY
• AQUATIC EXERCISE MAY BE A GOOD CHOICE
• LONG-DURATION, HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE SHOULD BE AVOIDED
SPORTS CONDITIONING
FOR CHILDREN
• CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEM
• IMPROVEMENTS IN VO SIMILAR TO THAT OF ADULTS
2MAX

• NO RISK OF PERMANENT CARDIOVASCULAR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF TRAINING


• MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
• TRAINING MAY OPTIMIZE GROWTH IN CHILDREN
• CONCERNS OF DAMAGE TO CARTILAGE
• ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND EPIPHYSEAL GROWTH PLATE
LOCATION OF THE EPIPHYSEAL
(GROWTH) PLATE
COMPETITIVE TRAINING
FOR DIABETICS
• DIABETICS WHO ARE FREE FROM COMPLICATIONS
• SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED IN TYPE OR QUANTITY OF EXERCISE
• SAFE PARTICIPATION DEPENDS ON ABILITY TO AVOID HYPOGLYCEMIA
TRAINING FOR ASTHMATICS
• ASTHMATICS MAY SAFELY PARTICIPATE IN ALL SPORTS WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF SCUBA DIVING
• PROVIDED THAT EXERCISE-INDUCED BRONCHOSPASM IS CONTROLLED
• SCUBA DIVING MAY BE SAFE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NORMAL AIRWAYS AT
REST AND DO NOT EXHIBIT EXERCISE-INDUCED BRONCHOSPASM
EPILEPSY AND
PHYSICAL TRAINING
• MIXED OPINIONS ON WHETHER EXERCISE INDUCES SEIZURES
• CONCERN ABOUT INJURY
• BLOW TO HEAD CAUSING A SEIZURE
• INJURY DURING A SEIZURE
• PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE SHOULD BE DETERMINED ON A CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS
• DEPENDING ON TYPE OF EPILEPSY AND SPORT CONSIDERED
REFERENCE:
• THEORY AND APPLICATION TO FITNESS AND PERFORMANCE BY SCOTT
K. POWERS & EDWARD T. HOWLEY, , 6TH EDITION.

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