Effects of short-term, medium-term and long-term resistance exercise training on cardiometabolic health outcomes in adults: systematic review with meta-analysis.

Ruth Ashton, Garry A Tew, Jonathan J. Aning, Stephen Gilbert, Liane Lewis, John M. Saxton

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Abstract

To examine the effects of short-term, medium-term and long-term resistance exercise training (RET) on measures of cardiometabolic health in adults.Intervention systematic review.MEDLINE and Cochrane Library databases were searched from inception to February 2018. The search strategy included the following keywords: resistance exercise, strength training and randomised controlled trial.Randomised controlled trials published in English comparing RET≥2 weeks in duration with a non-exercising control or usual care group. Participants were non-athletic and aged ≥18 years.A total of 173 trials were included. Medium-term and long-term RET reduced systolic blood pressure (-4.02 (95% CI -5.92 to -2.11) mm Hg, p
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages9
JournalBritish Journal of Sports Medicine
Volume54
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes

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