In the authors' words
“OB-EG and L-EG significantly improved (p < 0.05) similarly across all functional capacity and physical fitness indices (10-76%; depending on the evaluation index), except balance and strength indices of the non-preferred limb where OB-EG showed greater improvement (reducing the existing pre-training strength/balance asymmetries) than L-EG.”
What was measured
- Fitness Reported an improvement
- Muscle strength Reported an improvement
- Balance and falls Reported an improvement
- Body fat and weight Direction not stated
- Sticking with it Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Controlled trial
- Who took part
- Other, overweight or obesity
- How many
- 72
- How long
- 12 weeks
- Exercise
- Aerobic plus resistance
- Cited
- 4 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 37104156
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