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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2018

How to Construct, Conduct and Analyze an Exercise Training Study?

Anne Hecksteden, Oliver Faude, Tim Meyer, Lars Donath

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06094413 (The Effects of an 8-week Multicomponent Training Program on Quality of Life, Fear of Falling, &Amp; Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 88 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06094413 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of an 8-week Multicomponent Training Program on Quality of Life, Fear of Falling, &Amp; Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorGeisinger ClinicRan2024 to 2024Enrolled20ConditionsSarcopeniaArmsMulticomponent Training Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed, 20 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Standard Deviation of Individual Response for VOSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024
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  3. Effects of resistance training on quality of life, fatigue, physical function, and muscular strength during chemotherapy treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  12. The Effect of Resistance Training on the Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients with Sarcopenia: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  14. Risk of bias and reporting practices in studies comparing VOJournal of sport and health science · 2022
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28 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anne HeckstedenInstitute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Oliver FaudeDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Tim MeyerInstitute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Lars DonathDepartment of Intervention Research in Exercise Training, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can be regarded as gold standard in investigating dose-response and causal relationships in exercise science. Recommendations for exercise training routines and efficacy analyses of certain training regimen require valid data derived from robust RCTs. Moreover, meta-analyses rely on RCTs and both RCTs and meta-analyses are considered the highest level of scientific evidence. Beyond general study design a variety of methodological aspects and notable pitfalls has to be considered. Therefore, exercise training studies should be carefully constructed focusing on the consistency of the whole design "package" from an explicit hypothesis or research question over study design and methodology to data analysis and interpretation. The present scoping review covers all main aspects of planning, conducting, and analyzing exercise based RCTs. We aim to focus on relevant aspects regarding study design, statistical power, training planning and documentation as well as traditional and recent statistical approaches. We intend to provide a comprehensive hands-on paper for conceptualizing future exercise training studies and hope to stimulate and encourage researchers to conduct sound and valid RCTs in the field of exercise training.

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Identifiers

PMID30140237
PMCPMC6094975

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