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Pooling 12 randomised trials in 1,050 women in the menopausal transition, conventional and mind-body exercise improved menopausal symptoms, health-related quality of life, anxiety and depressive symptoms compared with control conditions. Exploratory analyses hinted the size of the benefit depends on which type of exercise is used.
What it shows: Meta-analysis of 12 RCTs (1,050 women) published between 2020 and 2025; pooled effects for symptoms and quality of life had very wide confidence intervals that only just excluded no effect, the individual trials were small and varied in exercise type, and subgroup comparisons by modality were exploratory only.Review · Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol