In the authors' words
“After 12 weeks of intervention, the GFD + E group showed significant improvement in urogenital symptoms and scored higher on the 'vigour' subscale of the POMS.”
What was measured
- Menopause symptoms overall Reported an improvement
- Mood Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Midlife women, other condition
- How many
- 28
- How long
- 12 weeks
- Exercise
- Resistance training, Exercise with diet
- Cited
- 2 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 37430986
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