The impact of physical activity and exercise interventions on symptoms for women experiencing menopause: overview of reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women experiencing problematic menopausal symptoms report lower health-related quality of life and greater healthcare use than women without symptoms. Not all women want to or are able to take hormone replacement therapy. Strengthening the evidence for menopause symptom-management options, including physical activity, improves agency for women.

Aim

This overview assesses effectiveness of physical activity and exercise interventions targeting women experiencing menopause symptoms.

Methods

Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Social Science Citation Index were searched (June 2023) for systematic reviews of physical activity and exercise interventions targeting women experiencing menopause. Reviews were assessed usin

SUBMITTER: Money A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11245773 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature