The guideline group recommends that women with POI should be encouraged to adopt a healthy lifestyle (including healthy diet, physical activity, avoiding smoking, and maintaining normal body weight) to aid muscle health. | GPP |
HCPs may consider prescribing resistance exercise for women with POI and impaired muscle parameters as resistance exercise increases muscle mass, strength and performance in other populations, although specific evidence in women with POI is lacking. |
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It is suggested that HCPs inform women with POI that HRT prescribed for other indications may also benefit muscle health. |
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The effect of other interventions, including testosterone therapy, on muscle health in women with POI is uncertain and therefore they should not be offered. |
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