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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN54690027
ISRCTN54690027
Completed
Not Applicable

Effect of physical activity on menopausal symptoms: a randomised clinical trial

The Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (UKK) Institute for Health Promotion Research (Finland)0 sites200 target enrollmentDecember 17, 2008

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Menopausal symptoms
Sponsor
The Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (UKK) Institute for Health Promotion Research (Finland)
Enrollment
200
Status
Completed
Last Updated
9 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
December 17, 2008
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
9 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Female

Investigators

Sponsor
The Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (UKK) Institute for Health Promotion Research (Finland)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Symptomatic (severe or very severe or moderate daily hot flushes) women
  • 2\. Aged 40 \- 60 years
  • 3\. No current use of oestrogen hormone treatment (HT, without or with progesterone) or any other treatment or withdrawal (wash\-out period 3 months)
  • 4\. Sedentary (physical exercise less than twice weekly)
  • 5\. Six to 36 months from last menstruation (peri\-menopausal)
  • 6\. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) elevated (at least 30 IU/l)

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Physically active women (greater than two times/week, at least 30 minutes)
  • 2\. Body mass index (BMI) greater than 35 kg/m^2
  • 3\. Coronary heart disease, orthopaedic or other diseases preventing from exercising

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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