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ReviewSAGE open medicine2019

Effects of training with elastic resistance versus conventional resistance on muscular strength: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jaqueline Santos Silva Lopes, Aryane Flauzino Machado, Jéssica Kirsch Micheletti, Aline Castilho de Almeida, Allysiê Priscila Cavina, Carlos Marcelo Pastre

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In one paragraph

Review in SAGE open medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT04895865 (A Comparison Between Two Repetition Prescription Approaches in Resistance Training Delivered Via Videoconferencing to Untrained Young Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 63 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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.

NCT04895865 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

A Comparison Between Two Repetition Prescription Approaches in Resistance Training Delivered Via Videoconferencing to Untrained Young Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorTel Aviv UniversityRan2021 to 2021Enrolled58ConditionsHealth BehaviorArmsRPE-based load and repetition number selection, Predetermined load and number of repetitions
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effects of resistance training on breast cancer-related arm lymphedema: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  18. The effect of resistance band exercises on motor skills in female gymnasts.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jaqueline Santos Silva LopesUniversity Center of the Araguaia Valley (UNIVAR), Barra do Garças, Brazil; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3883-883X
Aryane Flauzino MachadoDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, São Paulo State University, Presidente Prudente, Brazil.
Jéssica Kirsch MichelettiDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, São Paulo State University, Presidente Prudente, Brazil.
Aline Castilho de AlmeidaPhysiotherapy Department, Center of Biological Sciences and Health, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil.
Allysiê Priscila CavinaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, São Paulo State University, Presidente Prudente, Brazil.
Carlos Marcelo PastreDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, São Paulo State University, Presidente Prudente, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso · BRUniversidade Federal de São Carlos · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the practicality and low cost of using elastic resistance in training for different populations and its effectiveness in a range of outcomes, a comparison with conventional devices could clarify and quantify the benefits provided by both mode. To compare the effects of resistance training with elastic devices (tubes and Thera-Bands) and conventional devices (weight machines and dumbbells) on the outcome muscular strength. A search was performed in the databases PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database), and CENTRAL (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) from the earliest records up to 20 December 2017. Data were pooled into a meta-analysis and described as standardized mean difference with a 95% confidence interval (registration number: CRD42016042152). Eight studies were included. The results of the meta-analysis demonstrated no superiority between the methods analyzed for lower limb (SMD = -0.11, 95% CI -0.40, 0.19, p = 0.48) or upper limb muscular strength (SMD=0.09; 95% CI -0.18, 0.35; p = 0.52) [corrected]. Elastic resistance training is able to promote similar strength gains to conventional resistance training, in different population profiles and using diverse protocols.

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accessibilitydumbbellsphysiotherapyThera-Bandweight machine

Identifiers

PMID30815258
PMCPMC6383082
OpenAlexW2915368418

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