女运动员三联征:过去,现在和未来方向
背景
自1972年美国联邦立法通过教育法修正案第九条至今,女性参与各级别有组织的体育运动的人数急剧增加。该项法律条款的目的是为了消除所有接受联邦财政支持的教育活动中的性别歧视,其中包括学校批准的运动队[1]。在修正案第九条颁布的前一年,即1971年,美国约有310,000名女运动员,仅为女性人口的0.29%[2,3]。到2012年,参与运动的女性人数已攀升至3,373,000人,其中2.15%的美国女性人口参加了一定程度有组织的体育运动[4]。不出所料,随着女性参与运动人数的增加,与运动相关的损伤和疾病也随之增加。
在整个20世纪70年代,女性运动员自我报告和医生观察到的月经初潮改变的增加引起了研究人员的注意。1977年,Malina和Spirduso的报告指出,与非运动员相比,高中、大学和奥运会级别女运动员的月经初潮年龄推迟[5]。在20世纪80年代,有文献调查了年轻女运动员月经初潮改变、饮食失调(DE)和骨量减少之间的关系[6-8]。在越来越多的文献支持下,人们越来越关注这一问题,美国运动医学院(ACSM)于1992年召开了小组会议,并为进一步采取一致的预防和治疗方法奠定了基础[9]。在这次会议上,女运动员三联征一词首次被定义为一种综合征,包括但不局限于在参与体育运动的女孩和年轻女性中发现的饮食失调(DE)、闭经和骨质疏松。
在1992年美国运动医学院(ACSM)发表三联征定义之后,有文献立即开始表现出对该定义局限性的不满。特别值得注意的是,当时的诊断定义只包括了三联征严重的临床表现,而忽视了那些临床症状表现不太严重的运动员[10]。De Souza和Williams在2004年提出需进一步扩展三联征定义,包括饮食失调、闭经和骨质疏松的亚临床表现[11]。该提议已于2007年成功纳入ACSM Position Stand期刊,此后,三联征的诊断标准也经历几次重要的改变。首先,Position Stand期刊建立了滑动模型,该模型可呈现出运动员从患病到最佳康复状态的连续过程中,某个时间点三联征每个症状的相互关系。此外,三联征的定义被进一步扩展,低能量利用(EA)取代了饮食失调(DE),月经失调取代了闭经,低骨密度(BMD)取代了骨质疏松[12]。2014年,女运动员三联征联盟(FATC)发表了一份全面共识声明,并随后得到了ACSM的认可,该声明重申了2007年ACSM Position Stand期刊中对三联征的诊断定义,并强调了早期干预在避免长期损害方面的重要性[13]。
定义
根据美国运动医学院(ACSM)的定义,女运动员三联征是低能量利用(EA),月经失调和低骨密度的一系列异常表现[12]。这三种异常状态已经被证实是密切相关的,患者可表现出三种异常状态中的任何一种从健康到患病过程中不同程度的不同症状。重要的是,由于三种症状中每一个都可能具有亚临床表现,如果不加以处理,这些亚临床表现仍会造成严重的长期危险后果,因此运动员只要表现出三种症状中的一种症状,即可确诊为女运动员三联征[13]。
能量利用(EA)下降
该症状最初被称为“饮食失调”(DE),2007被细化为一系列“能量利用”症状,是指摄入的饮食能量减去运动的消耗能量。低能量利用可能是由于饮食摄入不足、能量消耗过多或两者兼而有之。重要的是,即使患者没有被诊断患有特异性进食障碍(ED)或饮食失调(DE)[12],他们仍可能被定义为正经历低能量利用(EA)。低能量利用(EA)的明显指标包括BMI≤17.5kg/m2或低于青少年预期体重的85%[12]。从数量上来说,低能量利用(EA)定义为能量摄入(千卡)减去由于运动能量消耗(千卡)除以无脂体重千克数(FFM),女性运动员的低能量利用(EA)被认为是每天低于45千卡/千克无脂体重[12,14]。此外,静息代谢率(RMR)降低和三碘甲状腺原氨酸(T3)低是对慢性能量缺乏的生理代偿,应被视为低能量利用(EA)的诊断指标[15,16]。
月经失调
月经失调是指从黄体期缺陷到闭经(原发性和继发性)的一系列症状[17]。原发性闭经定义为未能达到正常月经初潮。美国妇产科医师学会(ACOG)指出,15岁时没有月经初潮或乳房开始发育(TannerⅡ期乳房发育阶段)三年后仍未有月经初潮,需要进一步排查[18]。继发性闭经是指有月经初潮,而且一段时期内有规律的月经来潮,之后出现连续三个月没有月经。月经稀发类似于继发性闭经,发生在月经初潮之后,但不是月经周期完全停止,是月经周期大于35天[20]。无排卵和黄体期缺乏也可诊断为月经失调,但与闭经和月经稀发不同,它们是无症状的,因此仅根据临床病史很难诊断[17]。
低骨密度
低骨密度是三联征中第三个决定性特征,被认为是闭经和相关生理激素循环障碍的下游效应。骨密度评估的金标准是骨骼元素双能X光吸收测量法(DEXA)测量。根据扫描结果,计算Z值,将患者的骨密度与性别和年龄匹配的普通人群样本进行比较。国际临床骨密度测定学会(ISCD)对低骨密度的定义用于儿童、青少年和绝经前妇女的诊断[21]。对于儿童和成人,Z值< -1.0视为异常,Z值< -2.0诊断为低骨密度[22]。低骨密度在临床上表现为女性运动员的脊椎骨或长骨的应力性骨折。
流行病学
在过去的几十年里,人们对久坐的高中生到优秀女性耐力运动员三联征的流行特点开展了大量的研究[23-41]。然而,由于不同的研究方法和不断变化的诊断标准,这些研究中几乎所有单独和组合症状的患病率都有很大差异。例如,2007年美国运动医学院(ACSM)改变诊断标准用低能量利用(EA)代替饮食失调(DE)的改变,使得确诊率更加困难。迄今为止,尚未进行任何研究来确定女性运动员中低能量利用(EA)的患病率[24]。
目前研究一致认为,低能量利用(EA)是三联征的潜在病因。参与“瘦身”运动的运动员比参与“非瘦身”运动的运动员更大程度地受到影响便不足为奇,因为“瘦身”运动的参与者重视耐力训练及塑造健美、精瘦、低体重的体型[23,25]。迄今为止的三项研究同时调查了年轻女性运动员三联征中所有症状的患病率,发现瘦身运动员的患病率为1.5%~6.7%,而非瘦身运动员的患病率为0.0%~2.0%[25-27]。此外,在一项对186名40岁以下的优秀女运动员进行的研究中,35.6%的瘦身运动员表现出饮食失调(DE)和月经失调,而只有13.5%的非瘦运动员表现出这种症状[25]。其他多名研究者也证实了瘦身运动员和非瘦身运动员患有饮食失调(DE)和月经失调的类似疾病率趋势[26,28,29]。
三联征中任何单一症状的患病率在各项研究之间差异很大。例如,在一项对84名大学生运动员的研究中,饮食失调(DE)的患病率为7.1%,在一项对67名马来西亚优秀女运动员的研究中,患病率为89.2%。尽管如此,大多数研究认为女性运动员中的饮食失调(DE)患病率在15%~30%之间[30-36]。同样,在受试者自我报告或受调查月经史的研究中,月经失调的患病率在6%~79%之间[25,27,28,32,42]。为了提高准确性和精确度,一些研究利用激素水平测量来诊断月经失调。这种研究方法发现,女性运动员月经失调的患病率在41%~50%之间[37-39]。
尽管历史上广泛使用世界卫生组织的T值,但最近的研究已经转向使用ISCD Z值来诊断低骨密度。与仅控制性别的T值[43]不同,Z值控制年龄和性别,被认为是较年轻人群中低骨密度的更好衡量标准[44]。利用Z值的研究表明,年轻女性运动员的低骨密度患病率(定义为Z值< -1.0)在10%~25%之间[24,27,28,35],而耐力运动员的患病率往往更高,在30%~40%之间[40,41]。
诊断
低能量利用
低能量利用(EA)的筛查一般从详细的饮食规律、运动和饮食习惯开始。确定一个人的能量利用可以通过3天或7天的饮食记录、24小时的食物回忆记录或食物频率问卷[13]。虽然管理和完成相对简单,但这种方法依赖于自我报告,结果可能不准确[45]。当自我报告可疑或不可靠时,内科生理指标变得更加重要。其中包括近期体重减轻或出现特异性进食障碍(ED)或饮食失调(DE)的迹象,如心动过缓、多毛、牙列不齐、直立性低血压、腮腺炎和Russell征,由于长时间反复自我诱发呕吐而出现的指关节或手背胼胝形成[12,13,46,47]。重要的一点是,近期体重没有下降并不排除低EA的存在,研究表明,在某些条件下,身体会优先破坏生理功能以稳定体重[8,12,48-50]。
研究表明某些代谢异常与三联征有关。血清生长激素(GH) [51]、生长素释放素[52,53]、多肽YY激素 (PYY) [53]和24小时尿皮质醇[39]的浓度升高,胰岛素[54]、血糖[54]、血清三碘甲状腺原氨酸(TT3) [15,52]和胰岛素样生长因子-1 (IGF-1) [55]的水平降低与三联征人群有关。虽然这些发现并不具有特异性,但当仅靠病史和体格检查证据不足时,这些血液检测可用于帮助诊断[13]。
月经失调
继发于低能量利用(EA)的月经失调的诊断是排除标准之一[13]。当患者主诉怀疑其有月经失调临床症状时,2014年FATC共识建议使用Jameson等人编写的内分泌学教科书中的改良方法[56]。首先应进行病史询问和体格检查,以排除子宫病变、输卵管梗阻和性别分化障碍,因为这些都可导致原发性闭经。必须通过尿检排除怀孕。原发性卵巢功能不全是闭经最常见的原因之一,可以通过检测卵泡刺激素(FSH)水平来排除。高泌乳素血症和甲状腺功能异常可分别通过检测催乳素和促甲状腺激素(TSH)检测排除。下丘脑和垂体疾病的存在可以通过血清雌二醇或孕酮激发试验来评估,以量化低雌激素水平。最后,通过测量睾酮(总睾酮和游离睾酮)和脱氢表雄酮及其硫酸盐(DHEA/硫)[13]并结合清晨17-羟基孕酮测试(评估非典型21-羟化酶缺乏)和盆腔超声,可以排除高雄激素性疾病,包括多囊卵巢综合征、男性卵巢肿瘤、肾上腺肿瘤、非典型先天性肾上腺增生和库欣综合征[13,57,58]。
低骨密度
低骨密度是三联征的第三个组成部分,可使用双能X射线吸收测定法进行分析。对于小于20岁的儿童和青少年,应使用脊柱的前后位(PA)X光图像和全身少头(TBLH)图像[59]。对于年龄≥20岁的成年人,应使用腰椎的前后位(PA)X光图像和髋关节图像[60]。从这些扫描中,可以计算出Z值。对于儿童和成人,Z值 < -1.0被视为异常,Z值 <- 2.0被诊断为低骨密度[22]。在这两种情况下,应深入调查既往有无骨折和相关创伤病史。
病因和结果
低能量利用(EA)是三联征的基础病因,并产生涓滴效应,改变了月经功能、骨密度和心血管健康[11]。当EA下降到某个阈值以下,约30千卡/千克FFM/天,就会发生生理转变,能量代谢供应从高消耗的生殖功能转向维持基本生命体征[61]。结果,下丘脑释放的促性腺激素(GnRH)减少,导致循环雌激素水平急剧下降。研究表明,考虑到早期识别和治疗的重要性,EA下降至低于30千卡/千克FFM/天,5天内会导致月经失调[50,62-67]。
患有月经失调的女性运动员的肌肉骨骼健康尤其令人担忧,是因为逆转骨吸收需要高水平的雌激素来维持[68,69]。在闭经运动员中,只要雌激素水平降低,骨密度就会持续下降[70,71],导致肌肉骨骼损伤的风险不断增加[72-75]。更令人不安的是,到18岁时,女性通常已经积累了90%~95%的峰值骨密度,并将努力在整个成年期努力维持这一骨量[76-78]。在此期间未能达到峰值骨量会使这些人在整个成年期易患临床低骨密度,导致其整个成年期疼痛和潜在破坏性应力性骨折的发生率增加[79,80]。强调早期发现和干预的重要性,是由于对已发生病例的研究表明,由于低EA和月经失调导致的骨密度累积损失可能是不可逆的[70,81,82]。
近期文献提出心血管健康的有害变化(虽然它不是三大症状之一)也可能与三联征有关[11]。据推测,HPG(下丘脑-垂体-性腺)轴的中断可能会降低内皮功能,使女性运动员易患早期心脏病。雌激素是促进一氧化氮(NO)产生和血管内皮释放所必需的[83]。内皮源性NO具有血管舒张特性促进抗动脉粥样硬化作用,而闭经运动员中抑制一氧化氮释放与血管血流介导的扩张(FMD)减少、总胆固醇和低密度脂蛋白升高以及整体心血管健康下降有关[84-86]。这有必要进行额外的长期前瞻性研究。
治疗方法
非药物治疗
营养干预是针对于有症状的女运动员的一线治疗方案,因为它最直接地针对潜在病因[87]。通过改变饮食结构、运动频率和强度,或者两者兼而有之,运动员的能量状态必须首先正常化。在FATC 2014年发布的回归运动(RTP)指南中,建议患者逐渐增加体重,最好将其能量摄入增加到基线需求的20%~30%,以实现每7至10天约0.5公斤的体重增加目标[13]。另外有研究表明,体重增加1-4公斤与月经恢复有关,但是这一数字因人而异。目标能量利用(EA)为45千卡/千克 FFM/天,绝对比单纯增重更好[47,87-89]。
虽然增加EA是每个运动员的主要治疗方法,但适合个体调整低EA方式的具体建议会各不相同。对于在没有饮食失调(DE)的情况下导致低EA的原因是饮食摄入不足,转诊给运动营养师进行营养教育就可以了。如果低EA的原因是DE,运动员则应该被转诊到内科医师进行评估和咨询,或者接受心理健康专家的心理治疗,或者由咨询营养师提供专业的营养方案[12,90]。
通过非药物方法治疗低EA的目标是逆转患者的能量不足,使HPG轴和骨代谢正常化。在开始治疗的最初几天,可能在体重明显增加之前,激素代谢水平便会得到改善,骨形成将会上调[13,64]。体重增加到45千卡/千克 FFM/天的能量利用(EA)目标需要数月,但根据症状的严重程度,可能会更短[13]。运动女性体重增加与月经恢复有关[89,91-93]。但在一些病例中,在治疗开始和体重增加后超过一年才出现月经[47,92,94]。BMD的提高,继发于激素代谢水平的改善,体重增加时负重的增加,黄体生成素的合成恢复,被认为是最终发生的生理变化。然而,现有文献对是否能完全恢复适合年龄和体型的骨密度水平存在分歧[81,95,96]。
药物治疗
三联症的药物治疗仍有争议,最近的FATC共识指出,由于缺乏循证研究,无法明确推荐药物治疗[13]。尽管有这一指南,但当更保守的非药物治疗被证明无效时,相关医生通常会开出药物治疗方案。在这种情况下,尽管进行了12个月的保守治疗,但骨密度加剧恶化伴有复发性长骨骨折、长时间闭经或进食障碍(ED)的发展通常被认为有充足理由使用药物干预[13,87]。
患有进食障碍(ED)的年轻女性需要跨学科的治疗方法,特别是咨询心理健康专业人员。虽然这些病例的最初治疗方案为非药物方法,如积极的心理学和行为疗法[97],但某些处方药物可能会非常有效,特别是选择性5-羟色胺再摄取抑制剂(SSRI)的使用已被证明有助于神经性暴食症的治疗[98],同时越来越多的证据表明奥氮平可用于治疗由于神经性厌食症(AN)所引起体重变化[99-101]。
近年来用于治疗年轻女性低骨密度的药物疗法大多数都围绕着性激素的替代药品[13]。在认识到低雌激素水平及其对闭经运动员的影响后,联合口服避孕药 (COC) 疗法成为治疗方案的主流。理论上,COC疗法将人为地提高雌激素水平,降低破骨细胞骨吸收活性,最终增加骨密度[87]。然而,进一步的研究表明,虽然COC确实提高了雌激素水平,但这种治疗并未使闭经运动员的骨密度得到持续改善[102-106]。一般认为,COC药物在肝脏中的首过代谢降低了肝脏的IGF-1 生成[107-109]。总的来说,COC疗法确实减缓了破骨细胞的骨吸收,但其对骨的营养激素水平的负面影响占主导地位[103,105]。
最近Misra等人对患有神经性厌食症的青春期女孩们进行的一项RCT评估中,使用了雌二醇(100毫克17-B-雌二醇)透皮贴剂和周期口服孕激素(甲羟孕酮2.5毫克/天,10天/月)[110]。在为期18个月的试验中,研究中包括的三个测量时间点均报告了腰椎骨密度的增加。此外,在 18 个月的试验中,IGF-1 的变化显示透皮雌二醇组和安慰剂组之间没有显着差异[110]。一般认为,雌二醇非口服给药绕过了首通代谢,避免了肝脏IGF-1分泌的减少,并最终产生了增加骨密度的期望效果[109-112]。
此外,一些通常用于治疗老年和绝经后女性低骨密度的药物已用于年轻女运动员[113,114]。双膦酸盐(一种削弱破骨细胞功能和减缓骨吸收的化合物)已被考虑使用[115]。然而,它们具有非常长的半衰期和显著的致畸性[116,117]。鉴于此副作用,一般建议双膦酸盐只能作为最后治疗手段,并且要格外小心[13,118]。重组甲状旁腺激素(rPTH)正被研究用于年轻闭经运动员,但尚未有关于其安全性和有效性的公开研究[114,118,119]。
回归运动
尽管对危险因素、诊断和治疗进行了持续研究,但直到最近才有关于运动员康复和回归运动(RTP)的标准化指南。为了解决此问题,2014年FATC共识概述了基于分数的累积风险评估计算和相应的RTP风险分层标准,以方便医生使用和患者管理的标准化[13]。累积风险评估工作表根据严重程度递增的等级将六个风险因素的临床表现进行分级。综合评分后将患者分为三类:完全康复、暂时/有限康复,训练和比赛受限。到目前为止,还没有研究来评估所提议RTP方案的有效性。
做出RTP决策时,可采用参与患者治疗的多学科医疗专业团队意见,同时其他相关方(如父母和教练)的意见也十分有价值。然而,最重要的是运动员的医生将对RTP做出最终决定[120-122]。由于目前缺乏证据来验证所提议的RTP评估和指南,以及每个运动员情况各不相同,RTP决策更多地被视为一门艺术,而不是科学。医生必须结合患者过去的病史、实验室检查、所从事的运动以及可能存在的任何利益冲突,考虑各方面的意见[123]。在做出如此艰难的决定时,患者当前和未来的健康状况在任何情况下都必须优先于外部压力和环境。
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张向鑫
苏州市立医院本部骨关节外科副主任,主任医师,医学博士,南京医科大学硕士生导师。中国(江苏)第16期援圭亚那医疗队队员。江苏省333高层次人才培养工程培养对象,苏州市第七批姑苏卫生分层培养重点人才。(更新时间:2021/8/24)
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Cite this article as: Ranson WA, Patterson DC, Colvin AC. Female athlete triad: past, present, and future directions. Ann Joint 2018;3:4.