ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2014
A review of adolescent high-intensity interval training.
Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05308758 (Effect of Game-based High-Intensity Interval Training Program on the Executive Function of Children With ADHD), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Game-based High-Intensity Interval Training Program on the Executive Function of Children With ADHD: Protocol of A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
60 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Meta-analysis of high-intensity interval training and alternative modalities for enhancing aerobic and anaerobic endurance in young athletes.Physiological reports · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of high-intensity interval training on health-related outcomes in obese adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Is low-volume high intensity interval training a time-efficient strategy for improving body composition and cardiovascular health in children and adolescents? Evidence from a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of high-intensity interval training on cognitive performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- School-based high-intensity interval training programs in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- High-Intensity Interval Training upon Cognitive and Psychological Outcomes in Youth: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) in Healthy, Overweight and Obese Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- High-Intensity Interval Training Interventions in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Eight weeks of high-intensity interval vs. sprint interval training effects on overweight and obese adolescents carried out during the cool-down period of physical education classes: randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness of high intensity and sprint interval training on metabolic biomarkers, body composition, and physical fitness in adolescents: randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- The effect of 4 weeks of high-intensity interval training and 2 weeks of detraining on cardiovascular disease risk factors in male adolescents.Experimental physiology · 2023Trial
- Effect of high-intensity interval training in adolescents with asthma: The eXercise for Asthma with Commando Joe's® (X4ACJ) trial.Journal of sport and health science · 2021Trial
- Asthma and high-intensity interval training have no effect on clustered cardiometabolic risk or arterial stiffness in adolescents.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Trial
- The effect of a one-year vigorous physical activity intervention on fitness, cognitive performance and mental health in young adolescents: the Fit to Study cluster randomised controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Trial
- Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Fitness, Fat Mass and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Children with Obesity: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Trial
- Effects of High Intensity Interval Training on Fat Mass Parameters in Adolescents.Revista espanola de salud publica · 2016Trial
- High-Intensity Interval Training for Overweight Adolescents: Program Acceptance of a Media Supported Intervention and Changes in Body Composition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Trial
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- 'Physical Activity 4 Everyone' school-based intervention to prevent decline in adolescent physical activity levels: 12 month (mid-intervention) report on a cluster randomised trial.British journal of sports medicine · 2016Trial
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Abstract
Despite the promising evidence supporting positive effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on the metabolic profile in adults, there is limited research targeting adolescents. Given the rising burden of chronic disease, it is essential to implement strategies to improve the cardiometabolic health in adolescence, as this is a key stage in the development of healthy lifestyle behaviours. This narrative review summarises evidence of the relative efficacy of HIIT regarding the metabolic health of adolescents. Methodological inconsistencies confound our ability to draw conclusions; however, there is meaningful evidence supporting HIIT as a potentially efficacious exercise modality for use in the adolescent cohort. Future research must examine the effects of various HIIT protocols to determine the optimum strategy to deliver cardiometabolic health benefits. Researchers should explicitly show between-group differences for HIIT intervention and steady-state exercise or control groups, as the magnitude of difference between HIIT and other exercise modalities is of key interest to public health. There is scope for research to examine the palatability of HIIT as an exercise modality for adolescents through investigating perceived enjoyment during and after HIIT, and consequent long-term exercise adherence.
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