Background: In elite athletes, training individualization is widely recommended to optimize competitive performance. Previous studies have evidenced the impact of hormonal fluctuations on different performance parameters among female athletes. While consideration of menstrual cycle (MC) phases as a parameter in training individualization strategies is necessary, systematic evidence identifying such impacts in elite athletes should be evaluated.Objective: Systematically review publications that have investigated the link between MC phases and performance in elite female athletes. The overarching aim is to identify whether a consensus across studies exists enabling evidence-based recommendations for training individualization depending on menstrual cycle phases.Methods: This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Three major scientific publication databases were searched from inception until November 3, 2020. Studies included focused on the influence of physiological or psychological parameters throughout at least one phase of the menstrual cycle of elite athletes.Results: A total of 780 search results were yielded and 26 references from a past bibliography were added manually. About 662 papers were reviewed of which 218 studies were assessed for eligibility. Of these, only seven (1%) precisely investigated the influence of a performance or physical parameter during at least one menstrual cycle phase. These seven studies included a total of 314 elite female participants (20.58 ± 1.91 years). Three used interviews, questionnaires or prospective analyses of reports. Four conducted several performance tests or included physical measures although only two performed tests during training or before/during competition. Among the seven studies, five performed hormonal testing through sampling of blood, saliva, or urine. The remaining relied on athletes’ menstruation diaries. The current evidence suggests a variable association between menstrual cycle and a few performance-related outcomes, such as endurance or power resistance, ligament stiffness, decision making skills, psychology, or competitiveness.Conclusion: Different sports performance-related parameters are affected during the menstrual cycle among elite athletes, but the parameters themselves and the magnitude and the direction of the effects are inconclusive. Additional longitudinal and prospective studies to systematically monitor on-field performance parameters are urgently required in order to enable recommendations and training individualization in female elite athletes.

International audienceTertiary amines such as EtN(iPr)2 do not reduce [PdCl2(PPh3)2] into a Pd0 complex. The latter is formed only after the addition of water (generation of HO-), as was reported by Grushin and Alper for NEt3. The mechanism of the PdII/Pd0 reduction performed in the presence of an excess amount of PPh3 is established quantitatively by means of electrochemical techniques that provide kinetic data (determination of the equilibrium and rate constants) for the disappearance of [PdCl2(PPh3)2] and the formation of [Pd0(PPh3)3]. [PdCl(OH)(PPh3)2] is formed, which allows reductive elimination between OH and the ligated PPh3 (zero-order reaction for PPh3), and this leads to a Pd0 complex. The reducing agent is ligated PPh3, which ultimately yields (O)PPh3. The rate of the overall reduction process is controlled by the amount of water that imposes the concentration of HO-