Effects of physical exercise on health-related quality of life and blood lipids in perimenopausal women

Abstract

Physical exercise can substantially reduce menopausal symptoms and improve blood lipid status and body weight.

Menopause and exercise

“…38 The North American Menopause Society and the UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend aerobic exercise and regular exercise as an intervention for treating mild to moderate menopausal symptoms in perimenopausal women. 39 The top three menopauserelated symptoms in Chinese women include fatigue, irritability, and arthralgia. 39 In a 12-week randomized, controlled trial of brisk walking for 30 minutes at least three times a week, women who exercised reported decreased paresthesia, insomnia, irritability, arthralgia, and fatigue.…”

“…39 The top three menopauserelated symptoms in Chinese women include fatigue, irritability, and arthralgia. 39 In a 12-week randomized, controlled trial of brisk walking for 30 minutes at least three times a week, women who exercised reported decreased paresthesia, insomnia, irritability, arthralgia, and fatigue. In addition, weight, BMI, waist circumference, triglycerides, and total cholesterol were significantly improved in the exercise intervention group.…”

“…In addition, weight, BMI, waist circumference, triglycerides, and total cholesterol were significantly improved in the exercise intervention group. 39 The Menopause-Specific Quality of Life questionnaire divides menopausal symptoms into physical, vasomotor, psychosocial, and sexual symptoms. 40 In a crosssectional observational study of perimenopausal Korean women, Kim et al 41 demonstrated that moderate levels of physical activity were associated with reduced psychosocial and physical menopausal symptoms, suggesting that physical activity may improve some of the symptoms of menopause, thereby increasing the quality of life in menopausal women.…”

Effects of walking on body composition in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Seven of the studies were published in journals, [21][22][23][24][25][26][27] whereas one was a dissertation. 28 None of the studies fulfilled all the high-quality requirements.…”

“…Several recent studies have shown the effects of walking on body weight and body composition in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] ; however, to our knowledge, there has not been a systematic evaluation of the effects of walking on body weight and fat distribution in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. A meta-analysis is an approach in which individual study outcomes are quantitatively combined to arrive at overall conclusions regarding a body of research.…”