Effects of Resistance Training on Physical Fitness in Healthy Children and Adolescents: An Umbrella Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past decades, an exponential growth has occurred with regards to the number of scientific publications including meta-analyses on youth resistance training (RT). Accordingly, it is timely to summarize findings from meta-analyses in the form of an umbrella review.

Objectives

To systematically review and summarise the findings of published meta-analyses that investigated the effects of RT on physical fitness in children and adolescents.

Design

Systematic umbrella review of meta-analyses.

Data sources

Meta-analyses were identified using systematic literature searches in the databases PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library.

Eligibility criteria for selecting meta-analyses

Meta-analyses that examined the effects of RT on physical fit

SUBMITTER: Lesinski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7575465 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature