The practice of aerobic physical exercises in improving the health of postmenopausal women

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i10.7973

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Menopause; Symptoms bothersome; Physical exercise.

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This article aimed to evaluate the benefits of physical exercise practice systematized in women suffering with the bothersome symptoms of menopause in the city of Castanhal-PA (BR), comparing data from physically active postmenopausal women with women also menopausal however sedentary, by applying the questionnaire Menopause Rating Scale (MRS - Menopause Rating Scale), the Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). This study was descriptive and cross-sectional nature, which evaluated 33 menopausal women, 17 physically active and 16 sedentary. MRS assessed the participants into three areas: somato-vegetative symptoms, psychological symptoms and urogenital symptoms and physically active had a lower severity in all areas. According to the BMI, it was observed that 38% were sedentary obese grade I and 6% with class II obesity while only 6% of physically active with class I obesity and obesity in no condition grade II. For WC, all study participants 29% of physically active presented no risk, moreover only 6% of sedentary proved without risk for diseases associated with obesity. In the present study regular aerobic exercise intensity controlled positively influenced the quality of life and the intensity of climacteric symptoms.

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SILVA, M. T. .; FECURY, A. A.; DENDASCK, C. V.; DIAS, C. A. G. de M. .; ARAÚJO, M. H. M. de; FECURY, J. R. A. .; MORAES, J. S.; MOREIRA, E. C. de M.; GOMES, C. A. C. .; SOUZA, K. O. da; SILVA, I. R. da; OLIVEIRA, E. de . The practice of aerobic physical exercises in improving the health of postmenopausal women. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 10, p. e409107973, 2020. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v9i10.7973. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/7973. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

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Copyright (c) 2020 Matheus Tavares Silva; Amanda Alves Fecury; Carla Viana Dendasck; Claudio Alberto Gellis de Mattos Dias; Maria Helena Mendonça de Araújo; João Ricardo Alves Fecury; Jones Souza Moraes; Elisângela Claudia de Medeiros Moreira; Cícero Augusto Chaves Gomes; Keulle Oliveira da Souza; Iracely Rodrigues da Silva; Euzébio de Oliveira

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