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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Women (Basel). 2021 Sep 14;1(3):143–168. doi: 10.3390/women1030014

Table 6.

Summary of impact of participant exposure, study duration, and adherence on functional fitness (FF) in older women.

Study and Duration PS # Sets # Reps (Midpoint of Range) # Exercises Participant Exposure Score (Reps x Sets x Exercises) Total Sessions (Times/Wk x Total # Weeks) Total Minutes (# Sessions x Minutes/Session) Adherence <TUG time >30 s Chair Stands >Walking or Gait Speed Other FF Measure
Medium-length studies (≥12 to <24 wks)
Aguiar [21] 7 2 12.5 8 200 36 2160 ? x <floor get up time
Barbalho [22] 4 3.75 10 8 240 24 ? 95% x
Carrasco-Poyatos [25] 3 1 8 8 60 36 2160 ? Pilates > RT and CTL RT > static balance
Coelho-Junior [27] 6 2 13.5 9 364.5 44 ? 89% x >CM jump; balance
Correa [28] 5 3 ? 3 lower body ? 36 ? >in rapid strength only <CM jump in rapid strength only
Daly [30] 4 3 9 7 189 48 2880 89% Both grps > stair ascent
de Resende-Netro [31] 5 2 9 8 144 36 1620 ? >Only in functional training
Francis [35] 4 3.5 12 9 378 36 1908 82–86% >Gait speed in PRO + RT
Kim [38] 4 1 8 varying ? 24 ? 70–80% >in all int grps
Liao [40] 4 3 10 8 240 36 1980 ? <TUG score >chair rise >gait speed
Mori [41] 4 2.5 10 7 175 48 ? 87–90% >gait speed in EX + PRO vs. PRO alone
Nabuco [42] 5 3 10 8 240 36 ? ? <10 m walk test time
Radaelli [47] 3 2 14.5 10 L: 145
H: 435
26 L: 585
H: 1430
Radaelli [48] 5 2 10 7 L: 70
H: 210
24 L: 720
H: 1200
≥85% Both grps > VJ
Ramirez-Campillo [49] 4 3 8 8 192 36 ? ? High spd < TUG vs. lo spd High spd > gait speed and ball throw vs. low spd
Ramirez-Campillo [50] 4 3 8 8 2x = 192
3x = 128
2x = 24
3x = 36
2x = 1440
3x = 2160
? Both < TUG score Both > chair rise score Both > 10m walk
Souza [53] 4 2 12 varied 72 28 462 >80% Trad RT > walk speed vs. elastic band
Tiggeman [57] 4 2 12 6 144 24 ? ? <TUG score >chair rise score >distance on 6 min walk test; >stair climb

CM = countermovement; CON or CTL = control group; FF = functional fitness; H = high volume; L = low volume; NS = non-significant changes; PRO = protein; PS = PEDRO Score; RT = resistance training; TUG = timed up and go.

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