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Trial reportJournal of sports science & medicine2021

Effects of Chair-Based, Low-Load Elastic Band Resistance Training on Functional Fitness and Metabolic Biomarkers in Older Women.

Marko D M Stojanović, Mladen J Mikić, Zoran Milošević, Jovan Vuković, Tatjana Jezdimirović, Vlatko Vučetić

Open access · bronzeAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of sports science & medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Effects of two versus three weekly sessions of low-load elastic band resistance training on functional fitness and metabolic biomarkers in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2026
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  17. Examining Elastic Band Properties for Exercise Prescription: AGUEDA Equations.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2025
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  20. Skeletal muscle dysfunction with advancing age.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marko D M StojanovićUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Mladen J MikićUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Zoran MiloševićUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Jovan VukovićUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Tatjana JezdimirovićUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Vlatko VučetićFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
University of Novi Sad · RSUniversity of Zagreb · HR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strength training can improve myriad health parameters in elderly cohorts. Although potentially more appropriate for the elderly, low-load resistance training protocols have been less investigated. We aimed to examine the effects of 12 weeks of chair-based, low-load resistance training with elastic band (EBT) on functional fitness and metabolic biomarkers in older women. One hundred sixty-eight women were allocated randomly to an elastic band resistance training (EBT, n = 86, 75.7 ± 8.9 years, 71.3 ± 12.2 kg) or a control group (CON, n = 82, 74.5 ± 8.2years, 70.6 ± 12.0 kg). RT protocol consisted of periodized chair-based, low-load whole-body resistance exercises (2 sets, 12-15 repetitions, 40-60% of one repetition maximum-1RM) using an elastic band, twice weekly for 12 weeks. The resistance training program was generally designed to maintain internal load over time, provided with increasing intensity using various elastic bands (Thera-Band). Functional fitness (30-s Chair Stand,30-s Arm Curl, 2-min Step Test, Chair Sit-and-Reach, Back Scratch, 8-Foot Up-and-Go, Handgrip Strength) and metabolic markers (Fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high (HDL) and low (LDL) density lipoprotein) were measured before and after the training period. To detect pre/post intervention changes and between group- differences 2x2 repeated measures ANOVA was applied. Significant improvements over time for all fitness variables for EBT comparing to CON were obtained (F = 12.78,

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Physical Functional PerformanceSitting PositionAgedAnalysis of VarianceBiomarkersBlood GlucoseCholesterolFastingFemaleHand StrengthHumansLipoproteins, LDLPhysical FitnessResistance TrainingSerbiaSingle-Blind MethodBiomarkersBlood GlucoseCholesterolLipoproteins, LDLTriglyceridesAginglipoproteinslow-intensity strength trainingphysical function

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PMID33707996
PMCPMC7919366
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