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. 2017 Sep 15;8:713. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00713

Table 1.

List of included studies on the effect of resistance exercise on mitochondrial adaptations in healthy subjects.

Reference Duration and frequency Mitochondrial endpoints Comments
Biogenesis Content Function
HIGH-LOAD RESISTANCE EXERCISE—ACUTE STUDIES
Wilkinson et al., 2008* Single bout Unaccustomed-RE ↑ N/A N/A Dietary status: fed (protein, carbohydrate, fat)
Accustomed-RE: ↔
Donges et al., 2012 Single bout N/A N/A Dietary status: fed (protein)
HIGH-LOAD RESISTANCE TRAINING—CHRONIC STUDIES
MacDougall et al., 1979 24 weeks, 3 days week−1 N/A N/A
Luthi et al., 1986 6 weeks, 3 days week−1 N/A N/A
Tesch et al., 1990 12 weeks, 3 days week−1 N/A N/A Non-exercise control group included
Wang et al., 1993 18 weeks, 2 days week−1 N/A N/A
Ploutz et al., 1994 9 weeks, 2 days week−1 N/A N/A
Chilibeck et al., 1999 12 weeks, 3 days week−1 N/A N/A Non-exercise control group included
Green et al., 1999 12 weeks, 3 days week−1 N/A N/A
Bell et al., 2000 12 weeks, 3 days week−1 N/A N/A Non-exercise control group included
Tang et al., 2006 12 weeks, 5 days week−1 N/A N/A
Wilkinson et al., 2008* 10 weeks, 2-3 days week−1 N/A N/A
Pesta et al., 2011 10 weeks, 3 days week−1 N/A HRR: permeabilized myofibers
Salvadego et al., 2013 Cross-sectional design N/A RE-trained vs. untrained: ↔ RE-trained vs. untrained: ↑ HRR: permeabilized myofibers
Kon et al., 2014 8 weeks, 2 days week−1 N/A N/A
Irving et al., 2015 8 weeks, 4 days week−1 N/A Young: ↔ Young: ↔ Non-exercise control group included
Aging: ↔ Aging: ↔ HRR: isolated mitochondria
Porter et al., 2015 12 weeks, 2 days week−1 N/A HRR: permeabilized myofibers
Robinson et al., 2017 12 weeks, 4 days week−1 Young: ↔ Young: ↑ Young: ↔ Non-exercise control group included
Aging: ↑ Aging: ↑ Aging: ↔ HRR: isolated mitochondria
Individual mitochondrial protein content evaluated by proteomics
LOW-LOAD RESISTANCE EXERCISE—ACUTE STUDIES
Burd et al., 2012 Single bout N/A N/A Dietary status: fed (protein)

RE, resistance exercise; HRR, high resolution respirometry;

*

same paper.