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ArticleSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2018

Can We Draw General Conclusions from Interval Training Studies?

Ricardo Borges Viana, Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira, João Pedro Araújo Naves, Victor Silveira Coswig, Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio, Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo, Carlos Alexandre Vieira, Paulo Gentil

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Article in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04679233 (Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Aerobic Exercise in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

NCT04679233 nawithdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Aerobic Exercise in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy

TypeinterventionalSponsorVanderbilt UniversityRan2021 to 2021Enrolled0ConditionsHead and Neck Neoplasm, RadiotherapyArmsPrescription aerobic exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  13. Exercise Dose Equalization in High-Intensity Interval Training: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  14. The Influence of Acute Sprint Interval Training on Cognitive Performance of Healthy Younger Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ricardo Borges VianaDepartment of Physical Education, FEFD-Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás-UFG, Avenida Esperança s/n, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, CEP: 74.690-900, Brazil.
Claudio Andre Barbosa de LiraDepartment of Physical Education, FEFD-Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás-UFG, Avenida Esperança s/n, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, CEP: 74.690-900, Brazil.
João Pedro Araújo NavesDepartment of Physical Education, FEFD-Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás-UFG, Avenida Esperança s/n, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, CEP: 74.690-900, Brazil.
Victor Silveira CoswigDepartment of Physical Education, Faculty of Physical Education, Federal University of Pará, Castanhal, Brazil.
Fabrício Boscolo Del VecchioDepartment of Physical Education, Superior School of Physical Education, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
Rodrigo Ramirez-CampilloDepartment of Physical Activity Sciences, Research Nucleus in Health, Physical Activity and Sport, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile.
Carlos Alexandre VieiraDepartment of Physical Education, FEFD-Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás-UFG, Avenida Esperança s/n, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, CEP: 74.690-900, Brazil.
Paulo GentilDepartment of Physical Education, FEFD-Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás-UFG, Avenida Esperança s/n, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, CEP: 74.690-900, Brazil. paulogentil@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2459-4977

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interval training (IT) has been used for many decades with the purpose of increasing performance and promoting health benefits while demanding a relatively small amount of time. IT can be defined as intermittent periods of intense exercise separated by periods of recovery and has been divided into high-intensity interval training (HIIT), sprint interval training (SIT), and repeated sprint training (RST). IT use has resulted in the publication of many studies and many of them with conflicting results and positions. The aim of this article was to move forward and understand the studies' protocols in order to draw accurate conclusions, as well as to avoid previous mistakes and effectively reproduce previous protocols. When analyzing the literature, we found many inconsistencies, such as the controversial concept of 'supramaximal' effort, a misunderstanding with regard to the term 'high intensity,' and the use of different strategies to control intensity. The adequate definition and interpretation of training intensity seems to be vital, since the results of IT are largely dependent on it. These observations are only a few examples of the complexity involved in IT prescription, and are discussed to illustrate some problems with the current literature regarding IT. Therefore, it is our opinion that it is not possible to draw general conclusions about IT without considering all variables used in IT prescription, such as exercise modality, intensity, effort and rest times, and participants' characteristics. In order to help guide researchers and health professionals in their practices it is important that experimental studies report their methods in as much detail as possible and future reviews and meta-analyses should critically discuss the articles included in the light of their methods to avoid inappropriate generalizations.

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Athletic PerformanceHigh-Intensity Interval TrainingPhysical EnduranceExerciseHumansTime Factors

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