Production of knowledge on myocardial, exercise andmenopause. Analysis of methodological approaches

ABSTRACT

Considering the importance of histological studies for the analysis of myocardial cell morphology and theeffects produced by this muscle exercise in postmenopausal women, a literature review was carried out toanalyze selected articles in PubMed, Medline, SciELO and Science Direct. 2001-2011 databases and to identifythe study design relating to morphological infarction, exercise and menopause published over the last 10 years.Materials and Methods:After the selection according to the proposed inclusion criteria, the journals andarticles were analyzed regarding the title, year of publication, country of origin, type of methodology, type ofauthorship and research subjects.Results:We foundthirty-four articles related to myocardium, menopauseand exercise from 2001-2011. In two of them the myocardium morphologically was evaluated, and in one ofthem there was a morphological and stereological cardiac muscle analysis.Conclusion: The main characteristicsof the publications are multiple authorship, publications in journals from different areas, literature review andexperimental study as methodology, and all studies showed quantitative data analysis.