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A muted editorial cover: 'They crossed back over the line' — a 16-week three-arm randomized controlled trial in Brazil comparing continuous treadmill training, intermittent treadmill training, and no exercise in 69 sexually active women with PCOS, finding that both training groups started below the 26.55 clinical threshold for sexual dysfunction and finished above it while the untrained group drifted down. Clay-blue, sage, and cream palette with two rising tracks and one falling track over a dashed threshold line.

August 18, 2026 4 min read

Can exercise improve sexual function with PCOS? After 16 weeks, both aerobic training groups crossed back above the clinical threshold

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