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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2017

High-Intensity Interval Training Interventions in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.

William T B Eddolls, Melitta A McNarry, Gareth Stratton, Charles O N Winn, Kelly A Mackintosh

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 22 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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120citing papers in PubMed, 22 pooled it
21.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

120 citing papers in PubMed, 22 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 253 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

William T B EddollsApplied Sports Science Technology and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, A101 Engineering East, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK. 636442@swansea.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9590-8817
Melitta A McNarryApplied Sports Science Technology and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, A101 Engineering East, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0813-7477
Gareth StrattonApplied Sports Science Technology and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, A101 Engineering East, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-0803
Charles O N WinnApplied Sports Science Technology and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, A101 Engineering East, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-2764
Kelly A MackintoshApplied Sports Science Technology and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, A101 Engineering East, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0355-6357
Swansea University · GBThe University of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhilst there is increasing interest in the efficacy of high-intensity interval training in children and adolescents as a time-effective method of eliciting health benefits, there remains little consensus within the literature regarding the most effective means for delivering a high-intensity interval training intervention. Given the global health issues surrounding childhood obesity and associated health implications, the identification of effective intervention strategies is imperative.

objectivesThe aim of this review was to examine high-intensity interval training as a means of influencing key health parameters and to elucidate the most effective high-intensity interval training protocol.

methodsStudies were included if they: (1) studied healthy children and/or adolescents (aged 5-18 years); (2) prescribed an intervention that was deemed high intensity; and (3) reported health-related outcome measures.

resultsA total of 2092 studies were initially retrieved from four databases. Studies that were deemed to meet the criteria were downloaded in their entirety and independently assessed for relevance by two authors using the pre-determined criteria. From this, 13 studies were deemed suitable. This review found that high-intensity interval training in children and adolescents is a time-effective method of improving cardiovascular disease biomarkers, but evidence regarding other health-related measures is more equivocal. Running-based sessions, at an intensity of >90% heart rate maximum/100-130% maximal aerobic velocity, two to three times a week and with a minimum intervention duration of 7 weeks, elicit the greatest improvements in participant health.

conclusionWhile high-intensity interval training improves cardiovascular disease biomarkers, and the evidence supports the effectiveness of running-based sessions, as outlined above, further recommendations as to optimal exercise duration and rest intervals remain ambiguous owing to the paucity of literature and the methodological limitations of studies presently available.

Indexed as

Health PromotionHigh-Intensity Interval TrainingAdolescentCardiovascular DiseasesChildChild, PreschoolHumansRunning

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PMID28643209
PMCPMC5633633
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