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Osteoporosis is a major health problem in post-menopausal women (PMW). Exercise training is considered a cost-effective strategy to prevent osteoporosis in middle aged-older people. The purpose of this study is to summarize the effect of exercise on BMD among PMW. A comprehensive search of electronic databases was conducted through PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane, Science Direct, Eric, ProQuest, and Primo. BMD changes (standardized mean differences: SMD) of the lumbar spine (LS) femoral neck (FN) and/or total hip were considered as outcome measures. After subgroup categorization, statistical methods were used to combine data and compare subgroups. Seventy-five studies were included. The pooled number of participants was 5,300 (intervention group:n= 2,901, control group:n= 2,399). The pooled estimate of random effect analysis was SMD = 0.37, 95%-CI: 0.25-0.50, SMD = 0.33, 95%-CI: 0.23-0.43, and SMD = 0.40, 95%-CI: 0.28-0.51 for LS, FN, and total Hip-BMD, respectively. In the present meta-analysis, there was a significant (p |
