short-term exercise approaches on menopausal symptoms, psychological health, and quality of life in postmenopausal women短期锻炼方法更年期症状、心理健康和绝经后妇女的生活质量.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Obstetrics and Gynecology International Volume 2010, Article ID 274261, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2010/274261 Clinical Study Short-Term Exercise Approaches on Menopausal Symptoms, Psychological Health, and Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women ¨ ˘ 1 2 3 4 ¨ ¨ 3 Ays¸egul Agıl, Faruk Abıke, Arzu Das¸kapan, Rıdvan Alaca, and Handan Tuzun 1 Department of Physiotherapy, Bayındır Hospital, 06200 Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, Bayındır Hospital, Sogutozu, 06200 Ankara, Turkey 3 Department of Physical Therapy, Bas¸kent University Medical Faculty, 06710 Ankara, Turkey 4 Department of Physical Therapy, Bayındır Hospital, 06200 Ankara, Turkey Correspondence should be addressed to Faruk Abıke, farukabike@ Received 23 March 2010; Accepted 13 July 2010 ´ ´ Academic Editor: Faustino R. Perez-Lopez ¨ ˘ Copyright © 2010 Ays¸egul Agıl et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. This study was designed to determine the effects of different short-term exercise programs on menopausal symptoms, psychological health, and quality of life in postmenopausal women. Material and Methods. Forty-two women were chosen from volunteering postmenopausal women presenting to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Bayındır Hospital between March and December 2009. The women aged 45–60 years and experiencing menopause naturally were included in th