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SynthesisFrontiers in endocrinology2023

The effects of exercise training on body composition in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mousa Khalafi, Aref Habibi Maleki, Mohammad Hossein Sakhaei, Sara K Rosenkranz, Mohammad Javad Pourvaghar, Mahsa Ehsanifar, Hadis Bayat, Mallikarjuna Korivi, Yubo Liu

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Synthesis in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Mousa KhalafiDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran.
Aref Habibi MalekiDepartment of Exercise Physiology and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein SakhaeiDepartment of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Guilan, Iran.
Sara K RosenkranzDepartment of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States.
Mohammad Javad PourvagharDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran.
Mahsa EhsanifarDepartment of Exercise Physiology and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Hadis BayatDepartment of Exercise Physiology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Mallikarjuna KoriviInstitute of Human Movement and Sports Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China.
Yubo LiuInstitute of Human Movement and Sports Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the effect of exercise training on body composition outcomes in postmenopausal women. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Medline were searched to identify the randomized controlled trials which evaluated effect of exercise training versus control in postmenopausal women. Standardized mean differences (SMD), weighted mean differences (WMD) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated using random effects model. Results: One hundred and one studies involving 5,697 postmenopausal women were included in the meta-analysis. Results indicated that exercise training effectively increased muscle mass/ volume, muscle and fiber cross-sectional area and fat-free mass, and decreased fat mass, body fat percentage, waist circumference and visceral fat. Furthermore, subgroup analyses results revealed that aerobic and combined training had greater beneficial effects on fat mass outcomes, whereas resistance and combined training had greater beneficial effects on muscle mass outcomes. Discussion: Overall, our results revealed that exercise training is effective for improving body composition in postmenopausal women. To be specific, aerobic training is effective on fat loss, whereas resistance training is effective on muscle gain. However, combination of aerobic and resistance trainings may be considered a viable strategy to improve body composition in postmenopausal women. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42021283425.

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Body CompositionPostmenopauseExerciseFemaleHumansIntra-Abdominal FatMusclesbody compositionexercise trainingfat massmenopausemuscle mass

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PMID37388207
PMCPMC10306117

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