Weight LossResistance training

Clinical evidence dossier

Resistance training

Lean body mass

Evidence signal

Authoritative evidence signal

moderate

This is an authoritative evidence signal supplied by Clinical Reference. It is not a formal clinical grade, treatment recommendation, or pooled effect estimate.

Evidence snapshot

Authoritative support records
3
Supporting studies available for review
3
Randomized trials
2
Reported effects
11

Clinical conclusion

Resistance training shows a moderate positive evidence signal for improving Lean body mass across the studied comparisons.

Observed effects

Evidence composition

Non-randomized studies
1
Other designs
0
Unresolved designs
0
Magnitude-eligible effects
0

Consistency

Authoritative consistency classification

mostly_consistent

Positive
2
No effect
0
Mixed
0
Negative
1

Population and applicability

Structured population data were available for 3 of 3 supporting studies. 1 study described participants with type 2 diabetes. 3 studies described adult participants.

This population information refers to the materialized supporting studies available for review. Omitted support records remain part of the authoritative support accounting and are available through the audit experience.

View reported population descriptions

These descriptions are reported across the supporting studies; they are not a single synthesized population.

  • Adults aged 18-65 with type 2 diabetes.
  • Individuals looking for effective exercise interventions to manage diabetes.
  • Older (60±5 yrs), overweight (BMI 33±4 kg/m²) adults with prediabetes (IFG, IGT, or combined IFG/IGT)
  • Adults who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
  • Individuals seeking to manage weight post-surgery through exercise.

Limitations

  • Evidence uses heterogeneous comparison contexts: baseline_within_group, usual_care.
  • 1 supporting study has high, serious, critical, unclear, or unavailable risk-of-bias information.
  • 2 of 3 studies with duration data have follow-up of 12 weeks or less.

Supporting evidence

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