Evidence library · Sticking with it

Does impact and jumping affect sticking with it in menopause? What 7 studies found

Studies of impact and jumping in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women that measured sticking with it. 2 reported an improvement and 0 found no difference against the comparison group.

  1. Postmenopausal breast cancer survivors did a 1 year resistance plus impact program versus stretching; the resistance group showed significantly greater gains in leg and bench press strength.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 106 women · 52 weeks · 2012PostmenopausalCited 142 timesPubMed

  2. Over 12 months, early postmenopausal women doing continuous or intermittent jumping exercise maintained bone density at the spine and hip, while a control group lost significant bone density.

    Mixed resultsRandomised trial · 28 women · 52 weeks · 2020Early postmenopausalCited 12 timesPubMed

  3. Postmenopausal women with low bone mass who completed a 12-month bone-loading exercise program averaged 58.9% adherence, with lack of time cited as the main barrier.

    Direction not statedRandomised trial · 72 women · 52 weeks · 2021PostmenopausalCited 2 timesPubMed

  4. In 146 postmenopausal women followed about 3 years, forearm bone density declined less in those who exercised regularly than in irregular exercisers or controls, but only 48% complied regularly.

    Reported a worseningControlled trial · 146 women · 156 weeks · 1995PostmenopausalCited 22 timesPubMed

  5. Postmenopausal women with osteopenia did a 6-month weighted-vest and education program, with high adherence and improved quadriceps strength and hip bone density.

    Reported an improvementBefore-and-after study · 42 women · 26 weeks · 2015PostmenopausalCited 7 timesPubMed

  6. A survey of 739 Canadian women aged 40 to 60 found most peri and postmenopausal women were interested in resistance and high-intensity impact training for bone health and menopause symptoms.

    Direction not statedCross-sectional study · 739 women · 2025Midlife womenCited 1 timesPubMed

  7. A protocol describes a 9 month mHealth guided jumping and fast walking program in 120 postmenopausal women to test effects on bone density, with results not yet reported.

    Direction not statedOther · 120 women · 36 weeks · 2025PostmenopausalCited 4 timesPubMed

How to read this. Each line is one study, summarised in plain language from its PubMed abstract, with the authors' own sentence underneath on the study page. A count of studies is not a verdict: trials differ in size, length and quality, and a result in one group of women may not hold in another. Nothing here is medical advice.

Summaries are generated, then checked by machine against the abstract they came from; any summary that could not be matched word for word was left out. Our clinical lead is reviewing the summaries topic by topic, and this note will change when that is done. Corpus last refreshed 2026-11-03. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix the summary or remove the study.

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