The influence of resistance training on adipokines in post-menopausal women: A brief review

Abstract

The onset of menopause elicits changes in body composition that negatively influence adipokine levels. Consequently, various health risk factors (e.g., cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, physical inactivity, obesity, arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, sarcopenia) are influenced by adipokines due to changes in body composition after menopause. Thus, improvements in body composition are considered the primary influencer of adipokines. Though several therapeutic interventions (e.g., medication, diet, meditation, exercise) are employed to target changes in body composition, resistance training appears to be more effective in positively improving body composition through changes in lean-muscle mass/fat-mass ratio. However, due to the lack of research, very little is known about adipokines' anti/inflammatory response in postmenopausal women after completing resistance training. Most resistance training studies in postmenopausal women have focused on leptin, adiponectin, and resistin, with limited research assessing other adipokines that are important in metabolic regulation and inflammatory processes. Additionally, the consistency of resistance training protocols as an intervention is not standardized or fully recognized. Therefore, the focus of this review is to establish a more comprehensive understanding of the benefits of resistance training on influencing adipokine levels based on changes to total body composition in postmenopausal women.

Keywords

Adipokines / Post-menopause / Resistance training / Body composition

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