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Description: This scoping review aims to analyze the characteristics of resistance training programs prescribed for older adults with sarcopenic obesity. The search for studies will be carried out in the following databases: MEDLINE (via PubMed), EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, SCOPUS and LILACS. Furthermore, the gray literature will be consulted using Google Scholar and medRxiv. he identified studies (without duplicates) will be imported into the Rayyan software and evaluated/selected based on previously established eligibility criteria through reading the title and abstract (phase 1), followed by reading the full text of the selected studies in phase 1 (phase 2). In order to identify other eligible studies, the lists of references cited by selected studies in the Phase 2 will be analyzed. The data of selected studies will be rigorously analyzed and collected through filling out a characterization table. All steps will be carried out by two independent and blinded reviewers, and in case of disagreements by a third reviewer. A qualitative (narrative) synthesis will be provided, describing the descriptive characteristics of the sample (average age and sex), the diagnostic criteria for sarcopenic obesity, and the main characteristics of resistance programs (exercises selected, volume of sets, intensity of load, repetition tempo, rest interval between sets, weekly frequency, and duration of protocol). A descriptive table will group all this information together.