The benefits of physical activity on climacteric women
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2017
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Bittar, S.T.
de Macedo, J.O.R.
Pereira Neto, E.A.
da Silva, H.G.
Pfeiffer, P.A.S.
Padilha, J.A.
dos Santos, W.V.
Cirilo Sousa, M.D.S.
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Cueto-Escobedo, J.
Rodriguez-Landa, J.F.
Rodriguez-Landa, J.F.
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Source details - Title: A Multidisciplinary Look at Menopause, 2017 / Cueto-Escobedo, J., Rodriguez-Landa, J.F. (ed./s), Ch.7, pp.111-127
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As the population ages, there is a need of developing ways to prevent or revert the deleterious effects of aging, especially in climacteric women who suffer with the problems caused by hormonal changes. Exercise is a nonmedicated intervention that can be applied on that population. The benefits of physical activity can positively change body composition, increase levels of muscular strength, balance, and functional capacity. Strength training, aerobic exercise, whole body vibration, and aquatic exercises are some of the modalities that health professionals can prescript to these individuals. Although there are many studies about these exercises, a technique called blood flow restriction is emerging as an alternative to high load exercises but with the same benefits
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Copyright 2017 The Author(s). Licensee IntechOpen. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)