What the study found
This paper describes the IronFEMME study methods; it does not report the intervention's outcome findings.
Participants and protocol
The project selected 104 active women across menstrual, oral-contraceptive and postmenopausal groups to investigate iron metabolism after running and muscle-damage responses after resistance exercise.
What this cannot establish
A study protocol cannot establish the best training phase, an iron-supplement dose or a demonstrated performance benefit. Clinical iron decisions require assessment rather than inference from this design.
Publication details
- Record
- PubMed 33561085
- Publication types
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't · methods-article · Observational Study
- Indexed subjects
- Muscle, Skeletal · Iron Metabolism Disorders · Iron · Creatine Kinase · Exercise
- Source record checked
- 2026-10-18
Publication type and subject indexing describe the record; they are not a quality grade or proof of a benefit. An abstract does not replace a review of the full methods and results.
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