A meta-analysis of resistance training in female youth : its effect on muscular strength, and shortcomings in the literature
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Eine Meta-Analyse des Krafttrainings bei weiblichen Jugendlichen : seine Wirkung auf die Muskelkraft und Mängel in der Literatur |
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Autor: | Moran, Jason; Sandercock, Gavin; Ramirez-Campillo, Rodrigo; Clark, Cain Craig Truman; Fernandes, John F.T.; Drury, Bejamin |
Erschienen in: | Sports medicine |
Veröffentlicht: | 48 (2018), 7, S. 1661–1671, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0112-1642, 1179-2035 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s40279-018-0914-4 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201809006750 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Resistance training is an effective way to enhance strength in female youth but, to date, no researcher has meta-analysed its effect on muscular strength in that population. This meta-analysis characterised female youths’ adaptability to resistance training (RT). A second objective was to highlight the limitations of the body of literature with a view to informing future research. Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science. Resistance training interventions in healthy females with a mean age between 8 and 18 years. Programmes of between 4 and 16 weeks’ duration that included a control group. The inverse-variance random effects model for meta-analyses was used because it allocates a proportionate weight to trials based on the size of their individual standard errors and facilitates analysis whilst accounting for heterogeneity across studies. Effect sizes, calculated from a measure of muscular strength, are represented by the standardised mean difference and are presented alongside 95% confidence intervals. The magnitude of the main effect was ‘small’ (0.54, 95% confidence interval: 0.23–0.85). Effect sizes were larger in older (> 15 years; ES = 0.72 [0.23–1.21] vs. 0.38 [− 0.02–0.79]), taller (> 163 cm; ES = 0.67 [0.20–1.13] vs. 0.55 [0.08–1.02]) and heavier (< 54 kg; ES = 0.67 [0.30–1.03] vs. 0.53 [− 0.00–1.06]) participants. Resistance training is effective in female youth. These findings can be used to inform the prescription of RT in female youth.