In the authors' words
“The overall effect of low- and moderate-intensity aerobic exercise interventions for sleep disorders in menopausal women had a moderate effect size (SMD = -0.52, P < 0.001), and the effect values between different intervention frequencies (I(2) = 60%), intervention duration (I(2) = 60), intervention periods (I(2) = 70), exercise forms (I(2) = 70), and practice methods (I(2) = 70) had moderate heterogeneity.”
What was measured
- Sleep Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Meta-analysis
- Who took part
- Midlife women
- Exercise
- Other aerobic exercise
- Cited
- 5 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 39627770
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