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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2016

Effects of Resistance Training in Youth Athletes on Muscular Fitness and Athletic Performance: A Conceptual Model for Long-Term Athlete Development.

Urs Granacher, Melanie Lesinski, Dirk Büsch, Thomas Muehlbauer, Olaf Prieske, Christian Puta, Albert Gollhofer, David G Behm

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07467525 (Acute Effects of Basketball Training on Neuromuscular Performance and Dynamic Balance in Professional Adolescent Basketball Players), which is not on this map. Cited by 136 papers, 31 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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136citing papers in PubMed, 31 pooled it
17.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07467525 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Acute Effects of Basketball Training on Neuromuscular Performance and Dynamic Balance in Professional Adolescent Basketball Players: A Sex-Based Analysis

TypeinterventionalSponsorBiruni UniversityRan2026 to 2026Enrolled34ConditionsFatigue Recovery, Basketball, Gender, Neuromuscular ControlArmsbasketball practice
3 · Its place in the literature

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136 citing papers in PubMed, 31 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 271 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Urs GranacherDivision of Training and Movement Sciences, Research Focus Cognition Sciences, University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany.
Melanie LesinskiDivision of Training and Movement Sciences, Research Focus Cognition Sciences, University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany.
Dirk BüschDepartment of Game and Combat Sports, Institute for Applied Training Science Leipzig, Germany.
Thomas MuehlbauerDivision of Training and Movement Sciences, Research Focus Cognition Sciences, University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany.
Olaf PrieskeDivision of Training and Movement Sciences, Research Focus Cognition Sciences, University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany.
Christian PutaDepartment of Sports Medicine and Health Promotion, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Jena, Germany.
Albert GollhoferDepartment of Sport and Sport Science, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg Freiburg, Germany.
David G BehmSchool of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, NL, Canada.
University of Potsdam · DEFriedrich Schiller University Jena · DEInstitut für Angewandte Trainingswissenschaft · DEMemorial University of Newfoundland · CAUniversity of Freiburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the stages of long-term athlete development (LTAD), resistance training (RT) is an important means for (i) stimulating athletic development, (ii) tolerating the demands of long-term training and competition, and (iii) inducing long-term health promoting effects that are robust over time and track into adulthood. However, there is a gap in the literature with regards to optimal RT methods during LTAD and how RT is linked to biological age. Thus, the aims of this scoping review were (i) to describe and discuss the effects of RT on muscular fitness and athletic performance in youth athletes, (ii) to introduce a conceptual model on how to appropriately implement different types of RT within LTAD stages, and (iii) to identify research gaps from the existing literature by deducing implications for future research. In general, RT produced small-to-moderate effects on muscular fitness and athletic performance in youth athletes with muscular strength showing the largest improvement. Free weight, complex, and plyometric training appear to be well-suited to improve muscular fitness and athletic performance. In addition, balance training appears to be an important preparatory (facilitating) training program during all stages of LTAD but particularly during the early stages. As youth athletes become more mature, specificity, and intensity of RT methods increase. This scoping review identified research gaps that are summarized in the following and that should be addressed in future studies: (i) to elucidate the influence of gender and biological age on the adaptive potential following RT in youth athletes (especially in females), (ii) to describe RT protocols in more detail (i.e., always report stress and strain-based parameters), and (iii) to examine neuromuscular and tendomuscular adaptations following RT in youth athletes.

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adolescentschildrenmuscle powermuscle strengthmuscular endurancephysical fitnessweight lifting

Identifiers

PMID27242538
PMCPMC4861005
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