摘要：Recognizing the positive sides of exercising on a regular basis, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) encourages girls and women to engage in various sport activities to preserve and improve their health. However, in 1992 in sports that emphasize a slim body figure, an association of symptoms including amenorrhea, eating disorders and osteoporosis was recognized. Later it was defined as the Female athlete triad. Although there is a large amount of articles on this subject, a relatively small number of articles bring results on the new points of view of certain parts of the Female athlete triad. That is why the goal of this article is to introduce new guidelines from the American College of Sports and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) which changed the concept of the Female athlete triad. The current comprehension of the Female athlete triad is presented as related notions of available energy, menstrual cycle and bone mineral density which clinically manifest from mild disorders to severe conditions such as eating disorder, amenorrhea and osteoporosis. The main trigger of the Triad is considered to be irregular adjustment of eating habits due to the length and intensity of the physical activity, not only in professional athletes but also in amateurs. In this article we also discuss the epidemiology, clinical picture, diagnostic methods and therapy options of the Female athlete triad and all of its components. Finally, the possibility that a similar association of disorders exists in male athletes will also be discussed.
关键词：available energy; menstrual disorder; bone mineral density; eating disorders
