The potential role of exercise in the alleviation of menstrual disorders and menopausal symptoms: a theoretical synthesis of recent research.
Research in the last decade has advanced our understanding of menstrual disorders and menopause. Paralleling this research has been both a popular and a scholarly interest in the correlates and consequences of aerobic exercise. The purpose of this paper is to integrate these two domains on a theoretical and, when possible, an empirical level, and to discuss the potential benefits of exercise in the treatment of menstrual disorders and menopausal symptoms - specifically, dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, hot flashes, and osteoporosis.
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Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901.
D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D008599:Menstruation Disturbances / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013315:Stress, Psychological