Why the study?
Post-menopausal women have impaired cardiorespiratory responses to exercise, and while exercise training may counterbalance these impairments, its time-dependent effects remain unclear.
Does rowing exercise training improve cardiorespiratory performance and heart rate recovery in post-menopausal women?
Population
Female participants (EXP n = 23, 66 ± 5 years old; CON n = 10, 64 ± 4 years old)
Comparison
Rowing exercise training vs control group
Design
Randomized trial
Follow-up
10 weeks
Authors
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Supports rowing exercise for improving cardiorespiratory fitness and HR recovery in postmenopausal women; extends RCT evidence to this modality.
Does rowing exercise training improve cardiorespiratory performance and heart rate recovery in post-menopausal women?
A ten-week indoor rowing training program is a feasible and effective method to improve cardiorespiratory performance and vagal reactivation in post-menopausal women.
Araujo et al. (2023) studied this question.
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