| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| EWGSOP2 | European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 |
| GLIS | Global Leadership Initiative on Sarcopenia |
| HMB | β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate |
| HMB-Ca | Calcium β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate |
| HMB-FA | Free Acid β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 |
| MQ | Muscle Quality |
| PEDro | Physiotherapy Evidence Database |
| PICOS | Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, and Study Design |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| RoB 2 | Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 Tool |
| RT | Resistance Training |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SE | Standard Error |
| SMD | Standardized Mean Difference |
| SPPB | Short Physical Performance Battery |
| WOS | Web of Science |