Trial reportAge (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2014
Effects of single vs. multiple-set short-term strength training in elderly women.
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- Effects of Resistance Training Volume on Physical Function, Lean Body Mass and Lower-Body Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of 151 Randomised Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of resistance training programs on lean body mass in postmenopausal and elderly women: a meta-analysis of observational studies.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Pooled it
- The Effect of Resistance Training in Women on Dynamic Strength and Muscular Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Dose-Response Relationships of Resistance Training in Healthy Old Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015Pooled it
- Resistance training alters body composition in middle-aged women depending on menopause - A 20-week control trial.BMC women's health · 2023Trial
- Effects of elastic band resistance training and nutritional supplementation on muscle quality and circulating muscle growth and degradation factors of institutionalized elderly women: the Vienna Active Ageing Study (VAAS).European journal of applied physiology · 2016Trial
- Single-set versus three-set resistance training in the management of women with patellofemoral pain: A randomized clinical trial.Brazilian journal of physical therapyTrial
- Muscle quality responses to short-term resistance training volume in older adults: an exploratory clinical trial.Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
- Effects of resistance training on heat shock response (HSR), HSP70 expression, oxidative stress, inflammation, and metabolism in middle-aged people.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2024Article
- Does skeletal muscle morphology or functional performance better explain variance in fast gait speed in older adults?Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Strength Training Volume to Increase Muscle Mass Responsiveness in Older Individuals: Weekly Sets Based Approach.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- The Importance of Resistance Exercise Training to Combat Neuromuscular Aging.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Review
- Comment on: Volume for Muscle Hypertrophy and Health Outcomes: The Most Effective Variable in Resistance Training.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Article
- Effects of a 12-Week Modified German Volume Training Program on Muscle Strength and Hypertrophy-A Pilot Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- A comparison of low volume 'high-intensity-training' and high volume traditional resistance training methods on muscular performance, body composition, and subjective assessments of training.Biology of sport · 2016Article
- The effects of strength training on cognitive performance in elderly women.Clinical interventions in aging · 2016Article
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- Ultrasound imaging in women's arm flexor muscles: intra-rater reliability of muscle thickness and echo intensity.Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
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Abstract
The strength training has been shown to be effective for attenuating the age-related physiological decline. However, the adequate volume of strength training volume adequate to promote improvements, mainly during the initial period of training, still remains controversial. Thus, the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a short-term strength training program with single or multiple sets in elderly women. Maximal dynamic (1-RM) and isometric strength, muscle activation, muscle thickness (MT), and muscle quality (MQ = 1-RM and MT quadriceps quotient) of the knee extensors were assessed. Subjects were randomly assigned into one of two groups: single set (SS; n = 14) that performed one set per exercise or multiple sets (MS; n = 13) that performed three-sets per exercise, twice weekly for 6 weeks. Following training, there were significant increases (p ≤ 0.05) in knee extension 1-RM (16.1 ± 12 % for SS group and 21.7 ± 7.7 % for MS group), in all MT (p ≤ 0.05; vastus lateralis, rectus femoris, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius), and in MQ (p ≤ 0.05); 15.0 ± 12.2 % for SS group and 12.6 ± 7.2 % for MS group), with no differences between groups. These results suggest that during the initial stages of strength training, single- and multiple-set training demonstrate similar capacity for increasing dynamic strength, MT, and MQ of the knee extensors in elderly women.
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