In the authors' words
“The total score for climacteric symptoms in the three groups decreased significantly before and after the interventions (p<0.05), and the scores for insomnia and sexual disorders in group A decreased significantly (p<0.01).”
What was measured
- Menopause symptoms overall Reported an improvement
- Hot flushes Reported an improvement
- Joint pain Reported an improvement
- Sleep Reported an improvement
- Mood Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Perimenopausal
- How many
- 78
- How long
- 12 weeks
- Exercise
- Resistance training, Exercise with diet
- Cited
- 10 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 36173208
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