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ReviewOpen access journal of sports medicine2018

High-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training within cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Amanda L Hannan, Wayne Hing, Vini Simas, Mike Climstein, Jeff S Coombes, Rohan Jayasinghe, Joshua Byrnes, James Furness

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In one paragraph

Review in Open access journal of sports medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05790863 (Effects of Low-volume High-intensity Training Versus Moderate-intensity Continuous Training on Physical Performance in Older Adults With Possible Sarcopenia), which is not on this map. Cited by 119 papers, 19 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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119citing papers in PubMed, 19 pooled it
23.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05790863 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Low-volume High-intensity Training Versus Moderate-intensity Continuous Training on Physical Performance in Older Adults With Possible Sarcopenia

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityRan2023 to 2024Enrolled30ConditionsSarcopeniaArmsErgometer cycling
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

119 citing papers in PubMed, 19 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 280 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Exercise Intensity in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  20. Impact of 8 Weeks of Moderate- Versus High-Intensity Interval Training on Sleep Quality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Amanda L HannanFaculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Wayne HingFaculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Vini SimasFaculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Mike ClimsteinExercise Health and Performance Faculty Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jeff S CoombesSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Rohan JayasingheCardiology Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Joshua ByrnesCentre for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Logan, QLD, Australia.
James FurnessFaculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Bond University · AUGriffith University · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAerobic capacity has been shown to be inversely proportionate to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and there is growing evidence that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) appears to be more effective than moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) in improving cardiorespiratory fitness within the cardiac population. Previously published systematic reviews in cardiovascular disease have neither investigated the effect that the number of weeks of intervention has on cardiorespiratory fitness changes, nor have adverse events been collated.

objectiveWe aimed to undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) within the cardiac population that investigated cardiorespiratory fitness changes resulting from HIIT versus MICT and to collate adverse events.

methodsA critical narrative synthesis and meta-analysis was conducted after systematically searching relevant databases up to July 2017. We searched for RCTs that compared cardiorespiratory fitness changes resulting from HIIT versus MICT interventions within the cardiac population.

resultsSeventeen studies, involving 953 participants (465 for HIIT and 488 for MICT) were included in the analysis. HIIT was significantly superior to MICT in improving cardiorespiratory fitness overall (SMD 0.34 mL/kg/min; 95% confidence interval [CI; 0.2-0.48];

conclusionHIIT is superior to MICT in improving cardiorespiratory fitness in participants of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness are significant for CR programs of >6-week duration. Programs of 7-12 weeks' duration resulted in the largest improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness for patients with coronary artery disease. HIIT appears to be as safe as MICT for CR participants.

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cardiac rehabilitationcardiovascular diseasecoronary artery diseaseexerciseintensityinterval trainingphysical therapy

Identifiers

PMID29416382
PMCPMC5790162
OpenAlexW2784881994

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