Body composition and fatty tissue distribution in women with various menstrual status.

Background: Menopause, also referred to as climacterium, is a period of multiple changes in the structure and functions of a woman organism.

Objective: Determination of differences in body composition and fatty tissue distribution in women from groups discriminated based on their menstrual status.

Material And Methods: The survey covered 312 women aged 38-75 years.

Effects of Attentional Focusing Strategies on Muscular Power in Older Women.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different foci of attention on parameters related to maximum muscular power in older women. Using a counterbalanced within-participant design, 23 physically active young-old women (age 59-69) completed a maximum effort cycle ergometer test following three types of verbal instructions. The external instruction (EXF) was designed to focus attention on moving the pedals as fast as possible, internal instruction (INF) directed attention toward moving the legs as fast as possible, and a control condition (CON) was created in which participants were instructed to perform the task to the best of their abilities.