Isoinertial Strength Training in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

he maintenance of skeletal muscle and its ability to generate greater nerve stimuli are favoured by the use of isoinertial equipment, since these allow greater tendon and The maintenance of skeletal muscle and its ability to generate greater nerve stimuli are favoured by the use of isoinertial equipment, since these allow greater tendon and neuromuscular performance together with better metabolic dynamics in the face of loss of lean mass (sarcopenia) and muscle strength (dynapenia) in older adults, due to multifactorial effects such as: increase in catabolic cytokines that cause protein degradation, atrophy, hormonal disorders, increase or decrease in fat mass. The purpose of this study was to establish the neuromuscular effects of isoinertial strength training by older adults. A review of the scientific literature on the effects of isoinertial training on neuromuscular performance in older adults is presented through a data base search (PubMed/MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, ProQuest). The isoinertial training mechanism generates positive changes in motor unit recruitment, strength and power levels, maintaining neuromuscular and tendon function in older adults.