Assessment superseded
The Perceived Point of Moderate Muscular Discomfort vs the Point of Technical Failure in the Ageing Population- a Pilot Study.
Trial registry update: COMPLETED. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
OBSERVATIONALMinor significance
What this changes
The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.
Source date: Aug 27, 2026 · Discovered: Sep 18, 2026 · Assessed: — · Research update
What it does not prove
- The study is a pilot with no reported sample size or effect sizes, so it provides no quantified evidence of whether moderate discomfort achieves comparable muscle activation to failure training.
- Observational design with no control group means the study cannot establish whether either approach actually produces training adaptations or functional improvements.
- Results from bodyweight exercises (squats and push-ups) cannot be generalized to other resistance training modalities or intensities.
Extracted from supplied source material; model confidence is not a measured probability of correctness.
Study details
- Design
- Observational
- Sample size
- —
- Duration
- —
- Population
- Ageing population (specific age range not defined in source)
- Primary outcome
- Numerical difference in repetitions between point of perceived moderate discomfort and point of technical failure during resistance exercises
- Effect size
- —
- Significance
- Not reported
- Journal
- Lancaster University
- Published
- Aug 27, 2026
Sources
Primary source
- Lancaster University ↗Clinical trial
Recorded source passages
Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 1. This is not a claim of full-text review.
This is an investigation into the differences in muscle activation and numerical difference in reps between the feeling of moderate discomfort and technical failure during a set of bodyweight resistance exercise.
Using bodyweight exercises (a squat pattern and a push up pattern) the investigators will see how many repetitions after the point of perceived moderate discomfort is stated at which the point of failure is. the investigators will also measure muscle activation in the quadriceps and triceps with EMG (a device that can detect the muscles' electrical activity/ how hard it is working) to see at which point the muscle is working the hardest.
Source versions
Assessment history
9/25/2026 · SUPERSEDED: Source updated; assessment withdrawn pending review.
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