Exercise for health for early postmenopausal women: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 753-778

  Asikainen, Tuula Maria ^a,b   Kukkonen Harjula, Katriina ^a   Miilunpalo, Seppo ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SITTING; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 6044258975     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200434110-00004     Document Type: Review

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