Lisa Kullik
Eduard Isenmann
Jan Schalla
Michael Kellmann
Sarah Jakowski- 1Department of Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Science, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- 2Department of Fitness and Health, IST-University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 3School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia
A Correction on
The impact of menstrual cycle phase and symptoms on sleep, recovery, and stress in elite female basketball athletes: a longitudinal study
by Kullik L, Isenmann E, Schalla J, Kellmann M and Jakowski S (2025). Front. Physiol. 16:1663657. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1663657
Text correction
In the published article, the term “severity” was mistakenly used instead of “frequency”.
This has been corrected in multiple sections of the article, as shown below.
A correction has been made to the Abstract:
“In contrast, higher daily symptom burden and greater overall symptom frequency were consistently associated with poorer sleep quality, reduced recovery, and elevated stress. Additionally, sleep behavior significantly influenced both sleep and recovery outcomes.”
A correction has been made to the section 1 Introduction:
“A higher frequency of menstrual symptoms was significantly associated with poorer sleep quality and more unfavorable sleep behaviors”.
A correction has been made to the section [2.3.1 Psychometric screening]:
“the Menstrual Symptom Index (MSi; Bruinvels et al., 2021), to assess symptom frequency systematically.”
A correction has been made to the section 3.3 Results for ava-based cycle classification:
“(e.g., number of daily symptoms, bleeding intensity, and overall frequency, as measured by the MSi)”
“The findings indicate that individual symptom frequency and menstrual complaints exert a stronger and more consistent impact on sleep and recovery stress outcomes than menstrual cycle phases”.
A correction has been made to the section 4.1 Discussion of results:
“For instance, both Brown et al. (2025) and Halson et al. (2024) found that increased symptom severity and frequency was associated with longer sleep durations and more frequent awakenings.”
“particularly for general menstrual symptom frequency and sport-specific sleep behavior.”
A correction has been made to the section 5 Conclusion:
“The present study demonstrates that individual menstrual symptom frequency exerts a stronger and more consistent influence on sleep quality and recovery-stress states in elite basketball athletes than menstrual cycle phases alone.”
The original article has been updated.
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Keywords: menstrual cycle, sleep, recovery, basketball, elite athletes
Citation: Kullik L, Isenmann E, Schalla J, Kellmann M and Jakowski S (2025) Correction: The impact of menstrual cycle phase and symptoms on sleep, recovery, and stress in elite female basketball athletes: a longitudinal study. Front. Physiol. 16:1713158. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1713158
Received: 25 September 2025; Accepted: 30 September 2025;
Published: 14 October 2025.
Edited and reviewed by:
Pierpaolo Sansone, Pegaso University, ItalyCopyright © 2025 Kullik, Isenmann, Schalla, Kellmann and Jakowski. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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