Postmenopausal women's experiences of a resistance training intervention against vasomotor symptoms: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Resistance training may be an effective intervention to improve menopausal symptoms and increase women's quality of life. However, most postmenopausal women do not perform regular resistance training. The purpose of this study was to explore postmenopausal women's experiences of participation in a resistance-training intervention to find barriers and motivators for the training.

Methods

Fifteen postmenopausal women with low physical activity, who participated in a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a resistance-training program on vasomotor symptoms and health-related outcomes, were consecutively recruited to this qualitative study. After completion of the 15-week resistance-training program, they took part in individual semi-structured intervi

SUBMITTER: Berin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9338607 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature