In the authors' words
“Our data show that despite similar exercise intensities, age plays a significant role in the maximal cardiorespiratory response to exercise training regardless of training volume in women who have completed menopause.”
What was measured
- Fitness Mixed results
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal
- How many
- 251
- How long
- 26 weeks
- Exercise
- Other aerobic exercise
- Cited
- 12 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 20397024
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- A meta-analysis of 15 RCTs with 1,110 middle-aged women found aerobic exercise reduced waist circumference and blood glucose and increased VO2 max.
- A meta-analysis of seven trials in postmenopausal women found combined aerobic exercise and hormone therapy lowered systolic blood pressure more than aerobic exercise alone, but exercise alone improved fitness more.