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. 2015 Sep 30;17(11):87. doi: 10.1007/s11906-015-0600-y

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Fig. 1 — Flow diagram detailing the systematic search for potentially relevant reports (k) and the selection process of included meta-analyses (l) and exercise trials (n). CINAHL cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature. EMBASE–Excerpta Medica dataBASE. PEDro physiotherapy evidence database. RCTs—Randomized controlled trials. RE—Resistance exercise. a Indicates the databases that were searched in our previous systematic review to locate relevant meta-analyses; the complete search strategy is available from reference [4••]. b Indicates the databases that were searched to locate potentially relevant exercise studies published since the ACSM position stand [6]; PubMed also includes the electronic database MEDLINE. Adapted from references [4••, 5••, 43••]