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. 2024 Jan 13;13(2):441. doi: 10.3390/jcm13020441
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PubMed Population:
#1 ((((“Sarcopenia”[Mesh]) OR (“Muscular Atrophy”[Mesh])) OR (“Muscle Weakness”[Mesh])) OR (Sarcopenia[Title/Abstract])) OR (sarcopenic[Title/Abstract])
#2 (((((“Obesity”[Mesh]) OR (“Overweight”[Mesh])) OR (obese[Title/Abstract])) OR (obesity[Title/Abstract])) OR (obestic[Title/Abstract])) OR (overweight[Title/Abstract])
#3 Intervention:((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((“Weight Lifting”[Mesh])) OR (“Resistance Training”[Mesh])) OR (Resistance Training[Title/Abstract])) OR (resistance exercise[Title/Abstract])) OR (Training, Resistance[Title/Abstract])) OR (Strength Training[Title/Abstract])) OR (Training, Strength[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight-Lifting Strengthening Program[Title/Abstract])) OR (Strengthening Program, Weight-Lifting[Title/Abstract])) OR (Strengthening Programs, Weight-Lifting[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight Lifting Strengthening Program[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight-Lifting Strengthening Programs[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight-Lifting Exercise Program[Title/Abstract])) OR (Exercise Program, Weight-Lifting[Title/Abstract])) OR (Exercise Programs, Weight-Lifting[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight Lifting Exercise Program[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight-Lifting Exercise Programs[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight-Bearing Strengthening Program[Title/Abstract])) OR (Strengthening Program, Weight-Bearing[Title/Abstract])) OR (Strengthening Programs, Weight-Bearing[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight Bearing Strengthening Program[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight-Bearing Strengthening Programs[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight-Bearing Exercise Program[Title/Abstract])) OR (Exercise Program, Weight-Bearing[Title/Abstract])) OR (Exercise Programs, Weight-Bearing[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight Bearing Exercise Program[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight-Bearing Exercise Programs[Title/Abstract])) OR (Lifting, Weight[Title/Abstract])) OR (Liftings, Weight[Title/Abstract])) OR (Weight Liftings[Title/Abstract])) OR (elastic band[Title/Abstract])) OR (body weight training[Title/Abstract])) OR (strengthening exercise[Title/Abstract])) OR (strength exercise[Title/Abstract])
#4 Gender:((((“Female”[Mesh]) OR (“Women”[Mesh])) OR (female[Title/Abstract])) OR (woman[Title/Abstract])) OR (women[Title/Abstract])
#5 Study design: ((((((((((((((((“Single-Blind Method”[Mesh]) OR (“Double-Blind Method”[Mesh])) OR (“Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic”[Mesh])) OR (Randomized Controlled Trial[Publication Type])) OR (“Intention to Treat Analysis”[Mesh])) OR (“Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic”[Mesh])) OR (“Clinical Trials as Topic”[Mesh])) OR (Clinical Trial[Publication Type])) OR (randomized controlled trial[Publication Type])) OR (random*[Title/Abstract])) OR (allocation[Title/Abstract])) OR (random allocation[Title/Abstract])) OR (placebo[Title/Abstract])) OR (single blind[Title/Abstract])) OR (double blind[Title/Abstract])) OR (randomized controlled trial*[Title/Abstract])) OR (RCT[Title/Abstract])
#6 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 AND #5
Web of Science #1 (((TS=(Sarcopenia)) OR TS=(sarcopenic)) OR TS=(Muscular Atrophy)) OR TS=(Muscle Weakness)
#2 (((TS=(obese)) OR TS=(obesity)) OR TS=(obestic)) OR TS=(overweight)
#3 (((((((((((((TS=(Weight Lifting)) OR TS=(Resistance Training)) OR TS=(resistance exercise)) OR TS=(Strength Training)) OR TS=(Weight-Lifting Strengthening Program)) OR TS=(Weight-Lifting Exercise Program)) OR TS=(Weight-Bearing Strengthening Program)) OR TS=(Weight Bearing Exercise Program)) OR TS=(Liftings, Weight)) OR TS=(Lifting, Weight)) OR TS=(elastic band)) OR TS=(body weight training)) OR TS=(strengthening exercise)) OR TS=(strength exercise)
#4 ((TS=(female)) OR TS=(woman)) OR TS=(women)
#5 ((((((((TS=(Single-Blind Method)) OR TS=(Double-Blind Method)) OR TS=(Randomized Controlled Trial)) OR TS=(Clinical Trials)) OR TS=(random allocation)) OR TS=(placebo)) OR TS=(single blind)) OR TS=(double blind)) OR TS=(RCT)
#6 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 AND #5
Cochrane #1 MeSH descriptor: [Sarcopenia] explode all trees
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Muscular Atrophy] explode all trees
#3 MeSH descriptor: [Muscle Weakness] explode all trees
#4 (Sarcopenia):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#5 (sarcopenic):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#6 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Obesity] explode all trees
#8 MeSH descriptor: [Overweight] explode all trees
#9 (obese):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#10 (obesity):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#11 (obestic):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#12 (overweight):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#13 #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR 12
#14 MeSH descriptor: [Weight Lifting] explode all trees
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Resistance Training] explode all trees
#16 (“resistance training”):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#17 (resistance exercise):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#18 (Training, Resistance):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#19 (Strength Training):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#20 (Training, Strength):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#21 (Weight-Lifting Strengthening Program):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#22 (Strengthening Program, Weight-Lifting):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#23 (Strengthening Programs, Weight-Lifting):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#24 (Weight Lifting Strengthening Program):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#25 (Weight-Lifting Strengthening Programs):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#26 (Weight-Lifting Exercise Program):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#27 (Exercise Program, Weight-Lifting):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#28 (Exercise Programs, Weight-Lifting):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#29 (Weight Lifting Exercise Program):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#30 (Weight-Lifting Exercise Programs):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#31 (Weight-Bearing Strengthening Program):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#32 (Strengthening Program, Weight-Bearing):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#33 (Strengthening Programs, Weight-Bearing):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#34 (Weight Bearing Strengthening Program):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#35 (Weight-Bearing Strengthening Programs):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#36 (Weight-Bearing Exercise Program):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#37 (Exercise Program, Weight-Bearing):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#38 (Exercise Programs, Weight-Bearing):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#39 (Weight Bearing Exercise Program):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#40 (Weight Bearing Exercise Programs):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#41 (Lifting, Weight):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#42 (Liftings, Weight):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#43 (Weight Liftings):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#44 (elastic band):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#45 (body weight training):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#46 (strengthening exercise):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#47 (strength exercise):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#48 #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #32 OR #33 OR #34 OR #35 OR #36 OR #37 OR #38 OR #39 OR #40 OR #41 OR #42 OR #43 OR #44 OR #45 OR #46 OR #47
#49 MeSH descriptor: [Female] explode all trees
#50 MeSH descriptor: [Women] explode all trees
#51 (female):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#52 (Woman):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#53 (Women):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#54 #49 OR #50 OR #51 OR #52 OR #53
#55 #6 AND #13 AND #48 AND #54
Embase #1. ‘sarcopenia’/exp OR ‘sarcopenia
#2. ‘muscle atrophy’/exp OR ‘muscle atrophy’
#3. ‘muscle weakness’/exp OR ‘muscle weakness’
#4. sarcopenia:ab,ti
#5. sarcopenic:ab,ti
#6. #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5
#7. ‘obesity’/exp OR ‘obesity’
#8. obese:ab,ti
#9. obesity:ab,ti
#10. obestic:ab,ti
#11. #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10
#12. ‘weight lifting’/exp OR ‘weight lifting’
#13. ‘resistance training’/exp OR ‘resistance training’
#14. ‘resistance training’:ab,ti
#15. ‘weight lifting’:ab,ti
#16. ‘resistance exercise’:ab,ti
#17. ‘training, resistance’:ab,ti
#18. ‘strength training’:ab,ti
#19. ‘training, strength’:ab,ti
#20. ‘weight-lifting exercise program’:ab,ti
#21. ‘weight-bearing strengthening program’:ab,ti
#22. ‘exercise programs, weight-bearing’:ab,ti
#23. ‘weight bearing exercise program’:ab,ti
#24. ‘weight-bearing exercise programs’:ab,ti
#25. ‘lifting, weight’:ab,ti
#26. ‘weight liftings’:ab,ti
#27. ‘elastic band’:ab,ti
#28. ‘body weight training’:ab,ti
#29. ‘strengthening exercise’:ab,ti
#30. ‘strength exercise’:ab,ti
#31. #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR#19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30
#32. ‘female’/exp OR ‘female’
#33. female:ab,ti
#34. woman:ab,ti
#35. women:ab,ti
#36. #32 OR #33 OR #34 OR #35
#37. ‘single blind procedure’/exp OR ‘single blind procedure’
#38. ‘double blind procedure’/exp OR ‘double blind procedure’
#39. ‘randomized controlled trial (topic)’/exp OR ‘randomized controlled trial (topic)’
#40. ‘randomized controlled trial’/exp OR ‘randomized controlled trial’
#41. ‘intention to treat analysis’/exp OR ‘intention to treat analysis’
#42. ‘controlled clinical trial (topic)’/exp OR ‘controlled clinical trial (topic)’
#43. ‘clinical trial (topic)’/exp OR ‘clinical trial (topic)’
#44. ‘clinical study’:ab,ti
#45. ‘randomized controlled trial’:ab,ti
#46. random*:ab,ti
#47. allocation:ab,ti
#48. placebo:ab,ti
#49. ‘single blind’:ab,ti
#50. ‘double blind’:ab,ti
#51. ‘randomized controlled trial*’:ab,ti
#52. rct:ab,ti
#53. #37 OR #38 OR #39 OR #40 OR #41 OR #42 OR #43 OR #44 OR #45 OR #46 OR #47 OR #48 OR #49 OR #50 OR #51 OR #52
#54. #6 AND #11 AND #31 AND #36 AND #53
Pedro # Abstract & Title: “Sarcopenic obesity”
# Therapy: Strength training
# Method: clinical trial
# When Searching: Match all search terms (AND)