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. 2017 Jul;45(3):173-180.
doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000115.

Small Sample Sizes Confound Understanding of Cardiometabolic Responses to Exercise

Linda S Pescatello  1 , Lauren M L Corso, Hayley V MacDonald, Paul D Thompson, Beth A Taylor, Gregory A Panza, Amanda L Zaleski, Blair T Johnson, Ming-Hui Chen
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Small Sample Sizes Confound Understanding of Cardiometabolic Responses to Exercise

Linda S Pescatello et al. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

Considerable variability exists in the cardiometabolic disease biomarker response to exercise. We propose that a major contributor to this heterogeneity is underpowered studies due to small sample sizes. To test our hypothesis, we conducted a systematic review to identify meta-analyses/reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCT) and RCT that examined the cardiometabolic disease biomarker response to aerobic and resistance exercise.

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