Table 7.
Table of excluded studies
| Bae 2011 [72] | Intervention not eligible: did not include resistance training in both groups. |
| Beaudreuil 2011 [28] | Intervention not eligible: did not include resistance training in both groups. |
| Beaudreuil 2015 [73] | Secondary analysis of Beaudreuil 2011. |
| Blume 2015 [74] | Intervention not eligible: both groups received the same exercise program with different progression of repetition max. |
| Boeck 2012 [75] | Intervention not eligible: passive control group. |
| Celik 2009 [76] | Intervention not eligible: compares exercises performed above and below 90° of levation. |
| Cheng 2007 [77] | Intervention not eligible: interventions includes many variables and it is therefore not possible to differentiate between which parameter causes a given effect. |
| Choi 2013 [78] | Intervention not eligible: no information regarding the control group. |
| De Mey 2012 [79] | Non-RCT. |
| Dickens 2005 [80] | Intervention not eligible: passive control group. |
| Ginn 2005 [81] | Intervention not eligible: does not include resistance training in both groups. |
| Hallgren 2014 [65] | Intervention not eligible: did not include resistance training in both groups. |
| Holmgren 2012 [36] | Intervention not eligible: did not include resistance training in both groups. |
| Jung 2012 [82] | Non-RCT. |
| Krischak 2013 [83] | Population not eligible: includes patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears. |
| Kromer 2013 [84] | Intervention not eligible: both groups received the same exercise program. The intervention group additionally received individualized physiotherapy. |
| Ludewig 2003 [85] | Intervention not eligible: passive control group. |
| Marzetti 2014 [66] | Intervention not eligible: neurocognitive training vs resistance training. |
| Morl 2011 [86] | Intervention not eligible: a comparison of exercise apparatuses. |
| Mozey 2014 [67] | Intervention not eligible: passive control group. |
| Østerås 2009 [87] | Intervention not eligible: dose response trial focusing on number of repetitions, number of sets and time spent on performing global aerobic exercises. |
Abbreviations: RCT Randomized controlled trial