In the authors' words
“Yoga significantly improved menopausal symptoms, sleep quality, anxiety, depressive symptoms, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure among women with menopause.”
What was measured
- Menopause symptoms overall Reported an improvement
- Sleep Reported an improvement
- Mood Reported an improvement
- Body fat and weight Reported an improvement
- Blood pressure Reported an improvement
- Hot flushes No difference found
- Quality of life No difference found
About the study
- Type
- Meta-analysis
- Who took part
- Midlife women
- How many
- 2,028
- Exercise
- Yoga
- Cited
- 9 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 39467491
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Similar studies
- A meta-analysis of randomized trials found yoga improved sleep quality in women overall, but four trials in peri or postmenopausal women showed no significant improvement.
- A meta-analysis of four trials totaling 660 middle-aged women found 12 to 16 weeks of programmed exercise improved sleep quality scores but did not significantly reduce insomnia severity.
- 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.