Timothy W Tourville1, Sandra J Shultz2, Pamela M Vacek3, Emily J Knudsen4, Ira M Bernstein5, Kelly J Tourville1, Daniel M Hardy6, Robert J Johnson5, James R Slauterbeck5, Bruce D Beynnon7. 1. Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, University of Vermont, Burlington; 2. Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; 3. Medical Biostatistics Unit, University of Vermont, Burlington; 4. Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; 5. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington; 6. Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock; 7. Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Vermont, Burlington.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Women are 2 to 8 times more likely to sustain an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury than men, and previous studies indicated an increased risk for injury during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle (MC). However, investigations of risk rely on retrospective classification of MC phase, and no tools for this have been validated. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of an algorithm for retrospectively classifying MC phase at the time of a mock injury based on MC history and salivary progesterone (P4) concentration. DESIGN: Descriptive laboratory study. SETTING: Research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-one healthy female collegiate athletes (age range, 18-24 years) provided serum or saliva (or both) samples at 8 visits over 1 complete MC. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Self-reported MC information was obtained on a randomized date (1-45 days) after mock injury, which is the typical timeframe in which researchers have access to ACL-injured study participants. The MC phase was classified using the algorithm as applied in a stand-alone computational fashion and also by 4 clinical experts using the algorithm and additional subjective hormonal history information to help inform their decision. To assess algorithm accuracy, phase classifications were compared with the actual MC phase at the time of mock injury (ascertained using urinary luteinizing hormone tests and serial serum P4 samples). Clinical expert and computed classifications were compared using κ statistics. RESULTS: Fourteen participants (45%) experienced anovulatory cycles. The algorithm correctly classified MC phase for 23 participants (74%): 22 (76%) of 29 who were preovulatory/anovulatory and 1 (50%) of 2 who were postovulatory. Agreement between expert and algorithm classifications ranged from 80.6% (κ = 0.50) to 93% (κ = 0.83). Classifications based on same-day saliva sample and optimal P4 threshold were the same as those based on MC history alone (87.1% correct). Algorithm accuracy varied during the MC but at no time were both sensitivity and specificity levels acceptable. CONCLUSIONS: These findings raise concerns about the accuracy of previous retrospective MC-phase classification systems, particularly in a population with a high occurrence of anovulatory cycles.
CONTEXT: Women are 2 to 8 times more likely to sustain an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury than men, and previous studies indicated an increased risk for injury during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle (MC). However, investigations of risk rely on retrospective classification of MC phase, and no tools for this have been validated. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of an algorithm for retrospectively classifying MC phase at the time of a mock injury based on MC history and salivary progesterone (P4) concentration. DESIGN: Descriptive laboratory study. SETTING: Research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-one healthy female collegiate athletes (age range, 18-24 years) provided serum or saliva (or both) samples at 8 visits over 1 complete MC. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Self-reported MC information was obtained on a randomized date (1-45 days) after mock injury, which is the typical timeframe in which researchers have access to ACL-injured study participants. The MC phase was classified using the algorithm as applied in a stand-alone computational fashion and also by 4 clinical experts using the algorithm and additional subjective hormonal history information to help inform their decision. To assess algorithm accuracy, phase classifications were compared with the actual MC phase at the time of mock injury (ascertained using urinary luteinizing hormone tests and serial serum P4 samples). Clinical expert and computed classifications were compared using κ statistics. RESULTS: Fourteen participants (45%) experienced anovulatory cycles. The algorithm correctly classified MC phase for 23 participants (74%): 22 (76%) of 29 who were preovulatory/anovulatory and 1 (50%) of 2 who were postovulatory. Agreement between expert and algorithm classifications ranged from 80.6% (κ = 0.50) to 93% (κ = 0.83). Classifications based on same-day saliva sample and optimal P4 threshold were the same as those based on MC history alone (87.1% correct). Algorithm accuracy varied during the MC but at no time were both sensitivity and specificity levels acceptable. CONCLUSIONS: These findings raise concerns about the accuracy of previous retrospective MC-phase classification systems, particularly in a population with a high occurrence of anovulatory cycles.
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