In the authors' words
“The pairwise meta-analysis revealed that exercise had a significant positive effect on depression in postmenopausal women (SMD = -0.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] = -0.94 to -0.48; I(2) = 78%).”
What was measured
- Mood Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Meta-analysis
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal
- How many
- 2,170
- Exercise
- Other aerobic exercise, Yoga, Tai chi and qigong, Aerobic plus resistance
- Cited
- 12 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 38977980
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