Table 62 Resistance training in combination with day treatment for adolescents with eating disorders
From: Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders
Certainty assessment | Impact | Certainty | Importance | ||||||
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№ of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |||
Body Mass Index at Discharge (assessed with: BMI calculated) | |||||||||
1 | randomised trials | serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | 36 patients participated (18 intervention and 18 control) another 8 patients were lost to follow-up. Study took place within a day treatment program and consisted of 3 day per week × 8 weeks of supervised exercise (50–60 min). In order to be included in the study the patients must have had a BMI > 14 kg/m and could NOT be “excessive exercisers” (ie < 6 h /week). Intervention patients received resistance training + 150 kcal extra to compensate for this activity. There was no difference in weight restoration between groups. Mean BMI at initiation of study ranged was greater than 17 in both groups and patients had already been hospitalized for a mean of 50.8 and 61.5 days prior to enrollment in the study. Exclusion factor - excessive exercise as part of illness. | ⨁⨁⨁◯ MODERATE | IMPORTANT |