In the authors' words
“We found that, among healthy sedentary menopausal women, yoga appears to improve menopausal quality of life; the clinical significance of our finding is uncertain because of the modest effect.”
What was measured
- Quality of life Mixed results
- Hot flushes Mixed results
- Sexual function Mixed results
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Midlife women
- How many
- 355
- How long
- 12 weeks
- Exercise
- Yoga, Other aerobic exercise
- Cited
- 62 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 24215858
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Similar studies
- A meta-analysis of 13 RCTs with 1306 women found yoga reduced total menopausal symptoms, including vasomotor and psychological symptoms, compared to no treatment, similar to other exercise.
- A Cochrane review of five trials in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women found insufficient evidence that exercise reduces hot flushes or night sweats compared with no treatment, yoga, or hormone therapy.
- A meta-analysis of 21 trials in 2884 menopausal women found structured exercise slightly improved hot flush severity but not frequency, with very low certainty evidence.
- An umbrella review and meta-analysis of yoga trials in peri- and postmenopausal women found yoga reduced hot flushes and psychological symptoms compared with controls, with quality of life rarely reported.