ReviewJournal of sport and health science2026
Effects of resisted movement training on change-of-direction speed in recreationally active and trained individuals: A systematic review with network meta-analysis and meta-regression.
Review in Journal of sport and health science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
12 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe ability to change directions quickly is critical for performance and injury prevention in multidirectional sports, yet the influence of resisted movement training (R-MT) on change-of-direction (COD) speed remains uncertain. Therefore, we aimed to examine the effectiveness of various R-MT methods on COD speed in individuals ranging from recreational to international level and to determine the relationship between test angle and COD adaptations.
methodsWe systematically searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL, Scopus, and Google Scholar from inception to August 2025. Random-effects pairwise meta-analyses and a Bayesian network meta-analysis (NMA) synthesized effects of vertically resisted plyometric and sprint training (e.g., wearing of weighted vests), horizontally resisted sprint training (e.g., sleds), and combined modalities. Probabilistic rankings were determined using the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA). Meta-regression assessed the moderating role of the COD test angle (0°-180°).
resultsTwenty-four studies (n = 744) met the pre-specified inclusion criteria. R-MT improved COD speed (Hedges'g = -0.28, 95% confidence interval (95%CI): -0.40 to -0.16) compared to active controls. Within-exercise comparisons showed R-MT outperformed unresisted modalities (g = -0.22, 95%CI: -0.41 to -0.03). NMA ranked vertically resisted plyometric training highest (SUCRA = 93.0%), followed by vertically resisted sprint training (SUCRA = 80.7%). Furthermore, meta-regression revealed no specific effects related to the turning angle applied during COD tests, suggesting that training adaptations generalize across the 0°-180° range.
conclusionOverall, R-MT has the potential to meaningfully enhance COD speed in recreationally active and trained individuals, with vertically resisted plyometric training showing the greatest probability for COD improvements. Training-induced adaptations seem to be independent of the magnitude of the turning angle during COD tests.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.