ReviewInternational journal of sports medicine2023
Detrimental Changes in Health during Menopause: The Role of Physical Activity.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Study-level age patterns in cardiometabolic response to high-intensity interval training among adults with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of physical activity on depressive and anxiety symptoms of women in the menopausal transition and menopause: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Menopausal transitional and postmenopausal women's voices: "what influences their adherence to self-management": a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Shorter Set Configurations Attenuate Performance Loss and Lactatemia During Resistance Training in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Crossover Trial (CARE Project).Journal of strength and conditioning research · 2026Trial
- Set configuration influences cardiovascular responses to resistance exercise in postmenopausal females in a randomized crossover trial from the CARE project.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effect of exercise alone and in combination with time-restricted eating on cardiometabolic health in menopausal women.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Trial
- Obscured Rhythms: Using Rhythmanalysis to Understand How Symptoms Associated With Menopause Shape Everyday Experiences of Physical Activity.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
- Exercise and Brain Health in Postmenopausal Women: A Review of Cognitive Benefits, Mechanisms, and Neurodegeneration Prevention.NeuroSci · 2026Review
- Trends in leisure-time physical activity participation by sex and age in Brazil: insights from Vigitel 2013-2023.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Exploring the relationship between reproductive aging, arterial stiffness, and cardiorespiratory fitness in women after menopause.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- The relationship between weight locus of control, eating behaviors, and anthropometric measurements in menopausal women aged 45-55: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Congenital vs adult-onset estrogen deficiency in female mice: physiological effects and implications for therapy.The Journal of endocrinology · 2026Article
- Moving through menopause: a mixed methods study of UK women's experiences of being physically active during the menopause life stage.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Precision medicine and personalized nursing in cardiovascular disease: clinical applications and frontier developments.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Outcome evaluation of osteoporosis patient education: an observational study comparing an intervention group and matched control group.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026Observational
- Joint association of different insulin resistance-related indices and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with risk of cardiometabolic disease and multimorbidity: insights from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- Effects of Barefoot Walking on Menopausal Symptoms, Sleep Quality, Stress, and Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Women Experiencing Menopausal Symptoms.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Middle-aged Korean women's experiences of physical activity during the transition to menopause: a grounded theory approach.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Aerobic capacity and cardiopulmonary variables are not different between premenopausal, late premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal women.Physiological reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Midlife women experience changes in cardiometabolic, physical, and psychosocial health during menopause that negatively impacts their overall quality of life. Factors that contribute to these increases in cardiometabolic risk include weight gain as well as increases in fat mass (particularly abdominal adiposity), insulin resistance, and vascular dysfunction. Other deleterious changes in physical health (e. g. reduced sleep health, bone density, and balance) as well as changes in psychosocial health (e. g. mood, anxiety, and depression) often coincide and are linked to these increases in cardiometabolic risk. Physical activity and exercise are important lifestyle components that have been demonstrated to improve cardiometabolic, physical, and psychosocial health, yet physical activity and exercise is known to decline during perimenopause and into the postmenopausal years. In this narrative review, we summarize these changes in overall health during menopause as well as how declining physical activity contributes to these changes. Additionally, we discuss how incorporating physical activity and exercise during menopause can potentially ameliorate health declines. We conclude that there exists a significant, positive impact of physical activity on cardiometabolic, physical, and psychological health among midlife women, particularly if undertaken during the perimenopausal and postmenopausal years.
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