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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Effect of Resistance Exercise on Body Composition and Functional Capacity in Older Women with Sarcopenic Obesity-A Systematic Review with Narrative Synthesis.

Wesam A Debes, Munseef Sadaqa, Zsanett Németh, Ahmad Aldardour, Viktória Prémusz, Márta Hock

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. High-speed resistance training vs. low-speed resistance training on body composition and physical function in adults with sarcopenic obesity.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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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wesam A DebesDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pecs, 7621 Pecs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-8264-4015
Munseef SadaqaDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pecs, 7621 Pecs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-5203-8914
Zsanett NémethDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pecs, 7621 Pecs, Hungary.ORCID 0009-0003-2136-7661
Ahmad AldardourPhysical Therapy Department, Rumailah Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar.
Viktória PrémuszInstitute of Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pecs, 7621 Pecs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-4059-104X
Márta HockDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pecs, 7621 Pecs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-6068-6858
University of Pecs · HUHamad Medical Corporation · QA

Funding

Ministry for Innovation and Technology TKP-2021-EGA-10National Research, Development and Innovation Office TKP-2021-EGA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundResistance exercise has shown effectiveness in reducing various risk factors related to sarcopenic obesity (SO) compared to other types of exercise, e.g., aerobic exercise.

objectiveThis systematic review evaluates the effect of resistance exercise on body composition, muscular strength, and functional capacity among older women with sarcopenic obesity aged ≥ 60 years.

methodsThis systematic review is registered on PROSPERO (registration No. CRD42023394603) and follows the PRISMA guidelines. The following electronic databases were used to search the literature: Pedro, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science. We included only RCTs that investigated the effect of resistance exercise on body composition and functional capacity. Two independent reviewers conducted the process of study selection and data extraction.

resultsThe search strategy retrieved 687 results. One hundred and twenty-six records were deleted as duplicates. Consequently, 534 studies were excluded after the title/abstract assessment. After further detailed evaluation of twenty-seven full texts, seven RCTs were included; all the RCTs examined the isolated effect of resistance exercise in women with sarcopenic obesity. The included studies comprised 306 participants, with an average age of 64 to 72 years. We noticed a trend of improvement in the included studies among the intervention groups compared to the control groups among the different outcomes. The study protocol was inconsistent for the intervention settings, duration, and outcomes. Including a modest number of trials made it impossible to perform data meta-analysis.

conclusionsHeterogeneity among studies regarding training protocols and the outcome measures reported limited robust conclusions. Still, resistance exercise intervention can improve body composition and functional capacity among elderly women with sarcopenic obesity.

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body compositionelderlyfunctional capacityresistance exercisesarcopenic obesitysystematic reviewwomen

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PMID38256574
PMCPMC10817090
OpenAlexW4390878561

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