The SIMAC study: A randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of resistance training and aerobic training on the fitness and body composition of Colombian adolescents

Daniel Dylan Cohen; Gavin R. Sandercock; Paul Anthony Camacho; Johanna Otero-Wandurraga; Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero; Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín; Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra; Javier Carreño; Jason Moran; Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248110

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The SIMAC study: A randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of resistance training and aerobic training on the fitness and body composition of Colombian adolescents

Daniel Dylan Cohen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: danielcohen1971@gmail.com

Affiliations Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sports Science Center (CCD), Colombian Ministry of Sport (Mindeporte), Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0899-4623

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Gavin R. Sandercock ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Essex University, Colchester, United Kingdom
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Paul Anthony Camacho ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliations Fundación Oftalmologica de Santander (FOSCAL), Bucaramanga, Colombia, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Johanna Otero-Wandurraga ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Human Movement, Universidad Autonoma de Manizales (UAM), Manizales, Colombia
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Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Data curation, Project administration

Affiliation Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Javier Carreño ,

Roles Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-6946

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Jason Moran ,

Roles Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Fundación Oftalmologica de Santander (FOSCAL), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia, Fundación Oftalmologica de Santander (FOSCAL), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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The SIMAC study: A randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of resistance training and aerobic training on the fitness and body composition of Colombian adolescents

Daniel Dylan Cohen,
Gavin R. Sandercock,
Paul Anthony Camacho,
Johanna Otero-Wandurraga,
Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero,
Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín,
Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra,
Javier Carreño,
Jason Moran,
Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Published: April 20, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248110

About the Authors

Daniel Dylan Cohen

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Gavin R. Sandercock, Paul Anthony Camacho, Johanna Otero-Wandurraga, Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero, Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín, Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: danielcohen1971@gmail.com

Affiliations Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sports Science Center (CCD), Colombian Ministry of Sport (Mindeporte), Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0899-4623

Gavin R. Sandercock

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Essex University, Colchester, United Kingdom

Paul Anthony Camacho

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliations Fundación Oftalmologica de Santander (FOSCAL), Bucaramanga, Colombia, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB), Bucaramanga, Colombia

Johanna Otero-Wandurraga

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia

Sandra Milena Pinzon Romero

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Human Movement, Universidad Autonoma de Manizales (UAM), Manizales, Colombia

Rocío del Pilar Martínez Marín

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia

Camilo Andrés Villamizar Sierra

Roles Data curation, Project administration

Affiliation Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia

Javier Carreño

Roles Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-6946

Jason Moran

Roles Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Fundación Oftalmologica de Santander (FOSCAL), Bucaramanga, Colombia

Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Masira Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia, Fundación Oftalmologica de Santander (FOSCAL), Bucaramanga, Colombia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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