Recommendations for the design of randomized controlled trials in strength and conditioning. Common design and data interpretation.

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.

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.

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Effects of Resisted Sprint Training and Sprint Performance and Related Physical Capacities: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026
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2. Effects of Physical Training Interventions on Golf Shot Performance: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026
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3. The Effect of Music Therapy on Psychological Outcomes for Neurological Conditions: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
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4. Gaining more from doing less? The effects of a one-week deload period during supervised resistance training on muscular adaptations.PeerJ · 2024
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5. Effects of exchange vs. controlled diet on biochemical, body composition and functional parameters in elite female soccer players.PloS one · 2023
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6. Effects of Knee Sleeve Density on Theoretical Neuromuscular Capacities Derived from the Force-Velocity-Power Profile in the Back Squat.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026
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7. Nutrition as a missing piece in the development of youth male soccer players: a scoping review and future directions.Biology of sport · 2026
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8. Current Guidelines for the Implementation of Flywheel Resistance Training Technology in Sports: A Consensus Statement.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024
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9. Training load comparison between small, medium, and large-sided games in professional football.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023
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10. External and internal training load comparison between sided-game drills in professional soccer.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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