Evidence Question

Does Resistance training affect Systolic blood pressure?

Related to: Cardiometabolic Risk

Short answer

Current evidence does not establish a clear direction of effect for Systolic blood pressure with Resistance training.

How the evidence connects

Each connection shows the published evidence classification for that intervention and outcome relationship.

Intervention

Resistance training

Intervention

Moderate
Neutral
Mixed

2 studies · 2 RCTs

Outcome

Systolic blood pressure

Outcome

Why do we say this?

The available studies point in different directions, so the evidence does not establish a clear overall direction.

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