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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2022

The Effect of Resistance Training in Healthy Adults on Body Fat Percentage, Fat Mass and Visceral Fat: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Michael A Wewege, Imtiaz Desai, Cameron Honey, Brandon Coorie, Matthew D Jones, Briana K Clifford, Hayley B Leake, Amanda D Hagstrom

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael A WewegeDepartment of Exercise Physiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Room 202, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3283-2149
Imtiaz DesaiDepartment of Exercise Physiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Room 202, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6972-4440
Cameron HoneyDepartment of Exercise Physiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Room 202, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Brandon CoorieDepartment of Exercise Physiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Room 202, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Matthew D JonesDepartment of Exercise Physiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Room 202, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5534-755X
Briana K CliffordDepartment of Exercise Physiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Room 202, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4392-795X
Hayley B LeakeCentre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6133-2186
Amanda D HagstromDepartment of Exercise Physiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Room 202, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia. m.hagstrom@unsw.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8036-9216
UNSW Sydney · AUUniversity of South Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundResistance training is the gold standard exercise mode for accrual of lean muscle mass, but the isolated effect of resistance training on body fat is unknown.

objectivesThis systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated resistance training for body composition outcomes in healthy adults. Our primary outcome was body fat percentage; secondary outcomes were body fat mass and visceral fat.

designSystematic review with meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: We searched five electronic databases up to January 2021. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: We included randomised trials that compared full-body resistance training for at least 4 weeks to no-exercise control in healthy adults. ANALYSIS: We assessed study quality with the TESTEX tool and conducted a random-effects meta-analysis, with a subgroup analysis based on measurement type (scan or non-scan) and sex (male or female), and a meta-regression for volume of resistance training and training components.

resultsFrom 11,981 records, we included 58 studies in the review, with 54 providing data for a meta-analysis. Mean study quality was 9/15 (range 6-15). Compared to the control, resistance training reduced body fat percentage by - 1.46% (95% confidence interval - 1.78 to - 1.14, p < 0.0001), body fat mass by - 0.55 kg (95% confidence interval - 0.75 to - 0.34, p < 0.0001) and visceral fat by a standardised mean difference of - 0.49 (95% confidence interval - 0.87 to - 0.11, p = 0.0114). Measurement type was a significant moderator in body fat percentage and body fat mass, but sex was not. Training volume and training components were not associated with effect size. Resistance training reduces body fat percentage, body fat mass and visceral fat in healthy adults. STUDY REGISTRATION: osf.io/hsk32.

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Resistance TrainingAdultBody CompositionExerciseFemaleHumansIntra-Abdominal FatMale

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PMID34536199
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