TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Carbonell-Baeza, Ana
AU  - Soriano‑Maldonado, Alberto
AU  - Gallo, Francisco Javier
AU  - López Del Amo González, María Del Puerto
AU  - Ruiz-Cabello, Pilar
AU  - Andrade, Ana
AU  - Borges-Cosic, Milkana
AU  - Peces-Rama, Antonio Rubén
AU  - Spacírova, Zuzana
AU  - Álvarez-Gallardo, Inmaculada C.
AU  - García-Monchón, Leticia
AU  - Segura Jiménez, Víctor
AU  - Estévez-López, Fernando
AU  - Camiletti-Moirón, Daniel
AU  - Martín Martín, José Jesús
AU  - Aranda Ramírez, Pilar
AU  - Delgado Fernández, Manuel
AU  - Aparicio García-Molina, Virginia
PY  - 2015
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/37249
AB  - [Background]

The high prevalence of women that do not reach the recommended level of physical activity is worrisome. A sedentary lifestyle has negative consequences on health status and increases health care costs. The main objective of this...
AB  - [Methods/Design]

The present study is a Randomized Controlled Trial.

A total of 150 eligible women will be recruited and randomly assigned to either a 16-week exercise intervention (3 sessions/week), or to usual care (control) group.

The...
AB  - [Discussion]

The intervention designed is feasible and if it proves to be clinically and cost effective, it can be easily transferred to other similar contexts. Consequently, the findings of this project might help the Health Systems to identify...
LA  - eng
PB  - Biomed Central
KW  - Cost-effectiveness
KW  - Health status
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Physical activity
KW  - Physical fitness
KW  - Primary care
TI  - Cost-effectiveness of an exercise intervention program in perimenopausal women: the Fitness League Against MENopause COst (FLAMENCO) randomized controlled trial
DO  - 10.1186/s12889-015-1868-1
ER  -