ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2004
The role of resistance exercise intensity on muscle fibre adaptations.
Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03779737 (Muscular Strength and Aerobic Capacity, a Symbiotic Relationship With Birth Weight and Metabolic Risk of Colombian Scholchildren), which is not on this map. Cited by 205 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Muscular Strength and Aerobic Capacity, a Symbiotic Relationship With Birth Weight and Metabolic Risk of Colombian Scholchildren: Study SIMAC
Who cites it
205 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Acute and Chronic Effects of Accentuated Eccentric Loading vs. Constant-Load Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of exercise training on frailty, cardiorespiratory fitness, and lower limb function in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of resistance training on performance in competitive badminton players: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Concurrent Strength and Endurance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Impact of Sex and Training Status.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of different exercise modalities and intensities on body composition in overweight and obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Is resistance training intensity adequately prescribed to meet the demands of returning to sport following anterior cruciate ligament repair? A systematic review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Pooled it
- The Effects of Intermittent Fasting Combined with Resistance Training on Lean Body Mass: A Systematic Review of Human Studies.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Two Methods of Prescribing Load on Maximal Strength Development: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
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- Comparison of Periodized and Non-Periodized Resistance Training on Maximal Strength: A Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- The development, retention and decay rates of strength and power in elite rugby union, rugby league and American football: a systematic review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2013Pooled it
- Acute neuromuscular and metabolic responses to a novel low-load combined isometric and isotonic resistance training protocol.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- Comparative Study of the Rehabilitation Exercise 5R System and Aerobic Exercise on Postpartum Recovery: Impacts on Muscle Function and Metabolic Health.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Trial
- Effects of 8 Weeks of Moderate- or High-Volume Strength Training on Sarcoplasmic Reticulum CaScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Trial
- Acute and chronic functional and traditional resistance training improve muscular fitness in young males via the AMPK/PGC-1α/irisin signaling pathway.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2023Trial
- Effects of whole body vibration exercise combined with weighted vest in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2022Trial
- Loaded inter-set stretch may selectively enhance muscular adaptations of the plantar flexors.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Effects of photobiomodulation on muscle strength in post-menopausal women submitted to a resistance training program.Lasers in medical science · 2020Trial
- MAPK, androgen, and glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation following high-frequency resistance exercise non-functional overreaching.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Trial
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Abstract
Although many training variables contribute to the performance, cellular and molecular adaptations to resistance exercise, relative intensity (% 1 repetition maximum [%1RM]) appears to be an important factor. This review summarises and analyses data from numerous resistance exercise training studies that have monitored percentage fibre type, fibre type cross-sectional areas, percentage cross-sectional areas, and myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform expression. In general, relative intensity appears to account for 18-35% of the variance for the hypertrophy response to resistance exercise. On the other hand, fibre type and MHC transitions were not related to the relative intensity used for training. When competitive lifters were compared, those typically utilising the heaviest loads (> or =90% 1RM), that is weightlifters and powerlifters, exhibited a preferential hypertrophy of type II fibres when compared with body builders who appear to equally hypertrophy both type I and type II fibres. These data suggest that maximal hypertrophy occurs with loads from 80-95% 1RM.
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