| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Adami 1999 | Not a RCT |
| Adams 2001 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Agre 1988 | Not a RCT |
| Alexander 2003 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Aniansson 1981 | Not a RCT |
| Annesi 2004 | Combined intervention program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Ardman 1998 | Not a RCT |
| Ballard 2004 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Barbosa 2002 | Not a RCT |
| Baum 2003b | Does not meet criteria for PRT |
| Bean 2002 | Does not meet criteria for PRT |
| Bellew 2003 | Not a RCT |
| Beniamini 1997 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Beniamini 1999 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Berg 1998 | Not a RCT |
| Bernard 1999 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Bilodeau 2000 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Binda 2003 | Does not meet for criteria for PRT |
| Binder 2002 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Boardley 2007 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Braith 2005 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Brandon 2003b | Does not meet the criteria for PRT ‐ not progressive |
| Brandon 2004 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Brill 1998 | Not a RCT |
| Brose 2003 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Brown 1990 | Not a RCT |
| Brown 1991 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Brown 2000 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Bunout 2001 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Campbell 2002 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Campbell 2004 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Cancela 2003 | Article cannot be located. |
| Candow 2004 | Combined program (with supplement) ‐ not PRT alone |
| Capodaglio 2002 | Not a RCT |
| Carter 2002 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Carter 2005 | Included participants younger than 60 |
| Carvalho 2002 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Cauza 2005 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Cauza 2005b | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Chaloupka 2000 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Chetlin 2004 | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Chiba 2006 | Not a RCT |
| Chien 2005 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Connelly 1995 | Not a RCT |
| Connelly 2000 | Not a RCT |
| Cramp 2006 | Not a RCT |
| Cress 1991 | Not a RCT |
| Cress 1999 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Daepp 2006 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Daly 2005 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| de Bruin 2007 | No relevant comparisons to the review |
| de Vito 1999 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| DeBolt 2004 | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Delagardelle 2002 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Delecluse 2004 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| DeVito 2003 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Dibble 2006 | Not a RCT |
| Dibble 2006b | Not a RCT |
| Dunstan 2002 | Not PRT alone ‐ with eating plan |
| Dunstan 2005 | Not PRT alone ‐ with eating plan |
| Dupler 1993 | Not a RCT |
| Fernandez Ramirez 99 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Ferrara 2006 | Not a RCT |
| Ferri 2003 | Not a RCT |
| Fiatarone 1990 | Not a RCT |
| Fisher 1991 | Not a RCT |
| Forte 2003 | Not a RCT |
| Frontera 1988 | Not a RCT |
| Frontera 1990 | Not a RCT |
| Galvao 2006 | Not a RCT |
| Grimby 1992 | Not a RCT |
| Gur 2002 | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Hageman 2002 | Not a RCT |
| Hakkinen 1999 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Hameed 2004 | Combined program (with hormone intervention) |
| Hartard 1996 | Not a RCT |
| Haub 2002 | Combined program (protein) ‐ not PRT alone |
| Heiwe 2005 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Henwood 2006 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT ‐ not progressive |
| Hess 2005 | Not a RCT |
| Hess 2006 | Not a RCT |
| Hirsch 2003 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Host 2007 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Huggett 2004 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Hughes 2004 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Humphries 2000 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Hung 2004 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Hunter 1995 | Not a RCT |
| Hunter 2002 | Not a RCT |
| Ibanez 2005 | Not a RCT |
| Ivey 2000 | Not a RCT |
| Johansen 2006 | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Jones 1987 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Judge 2005 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Katula 2006 | Not a RCT |
| Kerr 2001 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Kolbe‐Alexander 2006 | Not a RCT |
| Komatireddy 1997 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| La Forge 2002 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Labarque 2002 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT |
| Lambert 2002 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Lambert 2003 | Combined program (with hormone) ‐ not PRT alone |
| Lamotte 2005 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Levinger 2005 | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Lexell 1992 | Not a RCT |
| Lexell 1995 | Not a RCT (not clearly stated that patients were randomised) |
| Littbrand 2006 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Liu 2004 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT ‐ not progressive |
| Liu‐Ambrose 2004 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Loeppky 2005 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Lohman 1995 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Maddalozzo 2000 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Magnusson 1996 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Marcora 2005 | Not a RCT |
| Martin Ginis 2006 | No relevant comparisons to the review |
| McCool 1991 | Not a RCT |
| McMurdo 1994 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT |
| Mobily 2004 | Not a RCT |
| Morey 1989 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Morey 1991 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Morse 2005 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Narici 1989 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Nelson 1997 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Ochala 2005 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT |
| Ohira 2006 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT ‐ not progressive/included young participants |
| Oka 2000 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Okawa 2004 | Included younger participants (middle age) |
| Okumiya 1996 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Panton 2004 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Parsons 1992 | Not a RCT |
| Perhonen 1992 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT |
| Perkins 1961 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT |
| Perrig‐Chiello 1998 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Petrella 2000 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT |
| Phillips 2004 | Not a RCT |
| Pyka 1994 | Serious threats to internal validity ‐ participants allowed to move from exercise to control group‐Not a RCT |
| Rabelo 2004 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT ‐ not progressive |
| Ramsbottom 2004 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Reeves 2004b | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Reeves 2005 | Not a RCT |
| Reeves 2006 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Richards 1996 | Not a RCT |
| Roman 1993 | Not a RCT |
| Rooks 1997 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT |
| Salli 2006 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT ‐ not progressive |
| Sallinen 2006 | Combined program (with diet) ‐ not PRT alone |
| Sanders 1998 | Not a RCT |
| Sartorio 2001 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Sauvage 1992 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Sayers 2003 | Not a RCT |
| Schott 2006 | Combined program (with supplement) ‐ not PRT alone |
| Sharp 1997 | Not a RCT |
| Shaw 1998 | Not a RCT |
| Sherrington 1997 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT |
| Signorile 2005 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT ‐ not progressive |
| Sinaki 1996 | Participants too young (mean age <60) |
| Sipila 1994 | Not a RCT |
| Spruit 2002 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Sullivan 2001 | Not a RCT |
| Taaffe 1997 | Not a RCT |
| Teixeira 2002 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Teixeira 2003 | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Teixeira‐Salm. 2005 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Thielman 2004 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Thomas 2004 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Thomas 2005 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT ‐ The resistance was not progressively increased |
| Thompson 1988 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Timonen 2002 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Timonen 2006 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Timonen 2006b | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Treuth 1994 | Not a RCT |
| Trudelle‐Jack. 2004 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Tsuji 2000 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Vad 2002 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Vale 2003 | Article cannot be identified |
| Valkeinen 2005 | Participants too young (mean age of the control group < 60) |
| Van den Ende 2000 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Vanbiervliet 2003 | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Veloso 2003 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Verfaillie 1997 | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Villareal 2003 | Combined program (with hormone)‐not PRT alone |
| Villareal 2006b | Combined program ‐ not PRT alone |
| Vincent 2002b | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Vincent 2003 | No relevant outcomes to the review |
| Vincent 2006 | Included young participants (younger than 60 years old) |
| Woo 2007 | Training did not meet criteria for PRT. The resistance was not progressively increased |
| Yang 2006 | Does not meet the criteria for PRT |
| Zion 2003 | Not a RCT |
RCT = randomised controlled trial; PRT = progressive resistance strength training