Effects of sports therapy on improvement of menopausal symptoms, psychological status, and body morphology in perimenopausal women.

Objective: The aim of this study was to increase the treatment rate of perimenopausal women by providing evidence-based nonpharmaceutical treatments through developing scientific evidence-based sports therapy and verifying its effectiveness.

Methods: In a cross-over design, a total of 33 women were assigned to two different sequences of intervention: sports therapy and telephone intervention (n = 17) or telephone intervention and sports therapy (n = 16). A self-reported clinical symptom survey was conducted before and after the experimental and control periods using the following measures: the Menopause Rating Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire 9, and Patient Health Questionnaire 15.