Ruqaiyah, Ruqaiyah Brawijaya University - Faculty of Medicine - Midwifery Master Study Programme, Indonesia , Ratnawati, Retty Saiful Anwar General Hospital - Physiology Laboratory, Indonesia , Mustofa, Edy Saiful Anwar General Hospital - Obstetric and Ginaecology Laboratory, Indonesia

Effects of Exercise on β-Endorphin and Follicle Stimulating Hormone Levels among Female Army Officer

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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate whether chronically high-intensity exercise can change β-endorphin and FSH level among female army officer.Material and Methods: Fourty six healthy female army officer volunteered for the study. All of them gave written consent regarding their participation. The subjects were categorized in two groups: high-intensity exercise (HE, 23 subjects) and non exercise (NE, 23 subjects). The inclusion criteria were amenorrhea, no consumption of reproductive hormonal, age between 21-40 years, and not involved in diet programme, while the exclusion criteria were any factors that could interfere with normality. High intensity-exercise was performed chronically by running for between 1953-3200 meter, three times per day, 6 days per weeks, for 7 months. Serum β-endorphin was measured immunoenzymatically using an ELISA method. FSH serum was measured by chemiluminescence method.Results: Age, body weight, height and onset of menarchee were not significantly different between group (P 0.05). High-intensity exercise significantly increase the β-endorphin level compared to the control (P 0.01). The level of FSH significantly decrease in the HE group than that the NE group (P 0.01).Conclusion: In conclusion, the high-intensitiy exercise on among female army officer can increase β-endorphin and decrease follicle stimulating hormone level.

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Performance , gonadotropin , corticotropin , chronic exercise , amenorrhea

Cukurova Medical Journal

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