Muscle strengthening in individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: a systematic review with meta-analyses

• Aline Alves de Souza ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alvss.aline@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4424-3034

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• Stephano Tomaz da Silva ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Diogo Neres Aires ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Karen de Medeiros Pondofe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2105-1096

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• Luciana Protásio de Melo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliations Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Ana Raquel Rodrigues Lindquist,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Amanda Mayra Pereira Régis, Diogo Neres Aires, Karen de Medeiros Pondofe, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9611-1076

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