Trial reportAge (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2016
Effect of resistance training on muscular strength and indicators of abdominal adiposity, metabolic risk, and inflammation in postmenopausal women: controlled and randomized clinical trial of efficacy of training volume.
Trial report in Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03619070 (Fatigability and Physical Performance), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Fatigability and Physical Performance: Effects of Resistance Training Variables Manipulation
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of physical exercise on the lipid profile of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of resistance training volume on body adiposity, metabolic risk, and inflammation in postmenopausal and older females: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of combined exercise training on glucose metabolism and inflammatory markers in sedentary adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Exercise on Vascular Function and Blood Lipids in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of resistance-based training and polyphenol supplementation on physical function, metabolism, and inflammation in aging individuals.GeroScience · 2026Trial
- Effects of Chair-Based, Low-Load Elastic Band Resistance Training on Functional Fitness and Metabolic Biomarkers in Older Women.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2021Trial
- Resistance training decreases plasma levels of adipokines in postmenopausal women.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
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- Effects and mechanisms of different exercise modalities on inflammation in older adults, particularly with sarcopenia: a narrative review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Effect of high intensity interval Nordic walking and strength training on selected biomarkers of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women with abdominal obesity: a quasi-experimental studies.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Efficacy of exercise-based interventions for prediabetes: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
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- The Influence of Mat Pilates Training on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women with Single or Multiple Cardiometabolic Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Hormonal Influences on Skeletal Muscle Function in Women across Life Stages: A Systematic Review.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- The Efficacy of Strength Exercises for Reducing the Symptoms of Menopause: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Correlation of Percentage Body Fat, Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Hip Ratio with Abdominal Muscle Strength.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Dose-Response Relationship of Resistance Training on Metabolic Phenotypes, Body Composition and Lipid Profile in Menopausal Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Redox Status of Postmenopausal Women with Single or Multiple Cardiometabolic Diseases Has a Similar Response to Mat Pilates Training.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study evaluated the effect of resistance training (RT) volume on muscular strength and on indicators of abdominal adiposity, metabolic risk, and inflammation in post-menopausal women (PW). Thirty-two volunteers were randomly allocated into the following three groups: control (CT, no exercise, n = 11), low-volume RT (LV, three sets/exercise, n = 10), and high-volume RT (HV, six sets/exercise, n = 11). The LV and HV groups performed eight exercises at 70 % of one maximal repetition, three times a week, for 16 weeks. Muscular strength and indicators of abdominal adiposity, metabolic risk, and inflammation were measured at baseline and after 16 weeks. No differences were found in baseline measures between the groups. The PW showed excess weight and fat percentage (F%), large waist circumference (WC), high waist-hip ratio (WHR), and hypercholesterolemia and borderline values of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c%). Following the RT, a similar increase in muscle strength and reduction in F% from baseline were found in both trained groups. In HV, a decrease in total cholesterol, LDL-c, WC, and WHR was noted. Moreover, the HV showed a lower change (delta%) of interleukin-6 (IL-6) when compared to CT (HV = 11.2 %, P 25-75 = -7.6-28.4 % vs. CT = 99.55 %, P 25-75 = 18.5-377.0 %, p = 0.049). In LV, a decrease was noted for HbA1c%. There were positive correlations (delta%) between WHR and IL-6 and between IL-6 and TC. These results suggest that while a low-volume RT improves HbA1c%, F%, and muscular strength, a high-volume RT is necessary to improve indicators of abdominal adiposity and lipid metabolism and also prevent IL-6 increases in PW.
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