In the authors' words
“Thus, in post-menopausal women, muscle performance, muscle mass and muscle composition are improved by HRT.”
What was measured
- Muscle strength Reported an improvement
- Muscle mass Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Early postmenopausal
- How many
- 80
- How long
- 52 weeks
- Exercise
- Impact and jumping, Exercise with hormone therapy
- Cited
- 169 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 11473488
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