EFFICACY OF ENDURANCE VERSUS STRENGTH EXERCISE TO INCREASE THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF OBESE PEOPLE AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC NARRATIVE REVIEW

Authors

  • Thiago de Andrade Author
  • Taina C. P. Lopes Author
  • Ellen K. S. Souza Author
  • Paulo V. B. P. de Sá Author
  • Roberta L. Gonçalves Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56238/levv16n54-053

Keywords:

Functional Capacity, Bariatric Surgery, Exercise, Obesity

Abstract

Introduction: Obesity has emerged as a global health concern, forcing researchers, policymakers, and healthcare professionals to join forces to combat this multifaceted epidemic. Increasing your level of physical activity is part of your treatment. However, it is not clear which exercise is most suitable.

Objective: Synthesize evidence on which type of exercise is most effective on the functional capacity of obese people after bariatric surgery.

Methods: Systematic review of randomized clinical trials published in English, Spanish and Portuguese. We searched from April 23 to June 10, 2023 in the MedLine databases via PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), gray literature and the Cochrane Library. We analyzed risk of bias with the Revised Cochrane tool (Rob 2) and certainty of evidence and strength of recommendation with the Recommendation Rating Assessment, Development and Evaluation system.

Results: Of the 10,436 publications identified, we included 6 studies, with a population of 175 obese people, mostly women, aged between 18 and 65 years undergoing gastric bypass. The studies were published from 2011 to 2018 in Brazil, Canada, USA, Iran and the United Kingdom. Our synthesis and analysis demonstrated, with a low level of confidence, that resistance exercises, isolated or combined with strength exercises, were more effective in the functional capacity of obese people after bariatric surgery.

Conclusion: With a weak recommendation and low level of evidence, we recommend that resistance exercises be used for functional capacity in obese patients after bariatric surgery.

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2025-11-13

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DE ANDRADE, Thiago; LOPES, Taina C. P.; SOUZA, Ellen K. S.; DE SÁ, Paulo V. B. P.; GONÇALVES, Roberta L. EFFICACY OF ENDURANCE VERSUS STRENGTH EXERCISE TO INCREASE THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF OBESE PEOPLE AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC NARRATIVE REVIEW. LUMEN ET VIRTUS, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 54, p. e9912, 2025. DOI: 10.56238/levv16n54-053. Disponível em: https://periodicos.newsciencepubl.com/LEV/article/view/9912. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.