Effects of resistance training on postmenopausal women's muscle strength, muscle volume and muscle fat infiltration: A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

Sofia Thorell¹, Janne West², Hanna Lindblom³, Mats Hammar⁴, Magnus Borga⁵, Anna-Clara Spetz Holm⁴

¹Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Linköping, Region Östergötland, 58183, Linköping, Sweden. Electronic address: sofia.thorell@liu.se.

²Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.

³Unit of Physiotherapy, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.

⁴Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Linköping, Region Östergötland, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.

⁵Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden; AMRA Medical AB, Badhusgatan 5, 58222, Linköping, Sweden.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate changes in muscle volume and muscular fat infiltration in postmenopausal women after 15 weeks of resistance training compared with a control group with an unchanged low level of physical activity. We also assessed whether the intervention group increased their muscle strength. STUDY DESIGN: This study was a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial on the effe…

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