Chronic Effects of Resistance Training in Breast Cancer Survivors

Table 4

Muscle strength gain d effect size.

Studies	Condition	RT; (ES d)	ES; magnitude	Control; (ES d)	ES; magnitude
		Lower body strength
Ahmed et al. [52]	—	1,71	Large	0,44	Small
Brown et al. [40]	Lymphedema	0,77	Medium	0,05	Trivial
Brown et al. [40]	Nonlymphedema	0,88	Large	0,21	Small
Hagstrom et al. [53]	—	0,92	Large	0,09	Trivial
Schmitz et al. [42]	—	0,77	Medium	0,05	Trivial
Schmitz et al. [55]	—	0,88	Large	0,21	Small
Speck et al. [56]	Lymphedema	0,76	Medium	0,02	Trivial
Speck et al. [56]	Nonlymphedema	1,00	Large	0,25	Small
		Upper body strength
Ahmed et al. [52]	—	0,69	Medium	0,15	Trivial
Brown et al. [40]	Lymphedema	0,59	Medium	0,00	Trivial
Brown et al. [40]	Nonlymphedema	1,04	Large	0,17	Trivial
Hagstrom et al. [53]	Treated arm	0,88	Large	−0,13	Trivial
Hagstrom et al. [53]	Nontreated arm	0,95	Large	−1,11	Large
Schmitz et al. [42]	—	0,59	Medium	0,00	Trivial
Schmitz et al. [55]	—	1,04	Large	0,17	Trivial
Speck et al. [56]	Lymphedema	0,58	Medium	−0,01	Trivial
Speck et al. [56]	Nonlymphedema	1,10	Large	0,27	Small

RT: resistance training; ES: effect size. Leg press (1 RM). Bench press (1 RM). Unilateral isometric chest press.