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SynthesisBritish journal of sports medicine2023

Effect of resistance exercise dose components for tendinopathy management: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Anastasia Vladimirovna Pavlova, Joanna S C Shim, Rachel Moss, Colin Maclean, David Brandie, Laura Mitchell, Leon Greig, Eva Parkinson, Lyndsay Alexander, Victoria Tzortziou Brown and 3 more

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Synthesis in British journal of sports medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Exercise for patellar tendinopathy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Anastasia Vladimirovna PavlovaSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK a.pavlova1@rgu.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1633-3411
Joanna S C ShimSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9438-9640
Rachel MossSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4634-2367
Colin MacleanLibrary Services, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4399-8750
David BrandiePhysiotherapy, Sportscotland Institute of Sport, Stirling, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3624-4130
Laura MitchellPhysiotherapy, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK.
Leon GreigSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0332-943X
Eva ParkinsonSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4298-4285
Lyndsay AlexanderSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-9150
Victoria Tzortziou BrownQueen Mary University of London, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9819-6395
Dylan MorrisseySports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-3644
Kay CooperSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9958-2511
Paul A SwintonSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9663-0696
Robert Gordon University · GBQueen Mary University of London · GBEnglish Institute of Sport · GBNHS Grampian · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate potential moderating effects of resistance exercise dose components including intensity, volume and frequency, for the management of common tendinopathies.

designSystematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regressions. DATA SOURCES: Including but not limited to: MEDLINE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, ClinicalTrials.gov and ISRCTN Registry. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Randomised and non-randomised controlled trials investigating resistance exercise as the dominant treatment class, reporting sufficient information regarding ≥2 components of exercise dose.

resultsA total of 110 studies were included in meta-analyses (148 treatment arms (TAs), 3953 participants), reporting on five tendinopathy locations (rotator cuff: 48 TAs; Achilles: 43 TAs; lateral elbow: 29 TAs; patellar: 24 TAs; gluteal: 4 TAs). Meta-regressions provided consistent evidence of greater pooled mean effect sizes for higher intensity therapies comprising additional external resistance compared with body mass only (large effect size domains: SUMMARY/

conclusionResistance exercise dose is poorly reported within tendinopathy management literature. However, this large meta-analysis identified some consistent patterns indicating greater efficacy on average with therapies prescribing higher intensities (through inclusion of additional loads) and lower frequencies, potentially creating stronger stimuli and facilitating adequate recovery.

Indexed as

Resistance TrainingTendinopathyExercise TherapyHumansPatellaRotator CuffExercise TherapySystematic reviewTendinopathy

Identifiers

PMID37169370
PMCPMC10579176
OpenAlexW4376134416

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