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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Evidence-Based Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training on Exercise Capacity and Health: A Review with Historical Perspective.

Muhammed Mustafa Atakan, Yanchun Li, Şükran Nazan Koşar, Hüseyin Hüsrev Turnagöl, Xu Yan

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07331623 (Comparative Effects of Moderate Intensity Circuit Training and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Heart Rate Recovery, VO2 Max, Power and Agility in Soccer Players), which is not on this map. Cited by 119 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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119citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
25.8field-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.

NCT07331623 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Comparative Effects of Moderate Intensity Circuit Training and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Heart Rate Recovery, VO2 Max, Power and Agility in Soccer Players

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2025 to 2025Enrolled56ConditionsSports Physical TherapyArmsModerate-intensity continuous Training, Moderate-Intensity Circuit Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

119 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 212 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 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammed Mustafa AtakanDivision of Exercise Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3196-6345
Yanchun LiChina Institute of Sport and Health Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100192, China.
Şükran Nazan KoşarDivision of Exercise Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-4235-8364
Hüseyin Hüsrev TurnagölDivision of Exercise Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
Xu YanInstitute for Health and Sport (iHeS), Victoria University, Melbourne 8001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8547-4210
Hacettepe University · TRAustralian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science · AUBeijing Sport University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engaging in regular exercise results in a range of physiological adaptations offering benefits for exercise capacity and health, independent of age, gender or the presence of chronic diseases. Accumulating evidence shows that lack of time is a major impediment to exercise, causing physical inactivity worldwide. This issue has resulted in momentum for interval training models known to elicit higher enjoyment and induce adaptations similar to or greater than moderate-intensity continuous training, despite a lower total exercise volume. Although there is no universal definition, high-intensity interval exercise is characterized by repeated short bursts of intense activity, performed with a "near maximal" or "all-out" effort corresponding to ≥90% of maximal oxygen uptake or >75% of maximal power, with periods of rest or low-intensity exercise. Research has indicated that high-intensity interval training induces numerous physiological adaptations that improve exercise capacity (maximal oxygen uptake, aerobic endurance, anaerobic capacity etc.) and metabolic health in both clinical and healthy (athletes, active and inactive individuals without any apparent disease or disorder) populations. In this paper, a brief history of high-intensity interval training is presented, based on the novel findings of some selected studies on exercise capacity and health, starting from the early 1920s to date. Further, an overview of the mechanisms underlying the physiological adaptations in response to high-intensity interval training is provided.

Indexed as

High-Intensity Interval TrainingAdaptation, PhysiologicalAthletesExerciseExercise ToleranceHumansOxygen ConsumptionPhysical Enduranceexercisehealth benefitsintermittent trainingphysical endurancephysiological adaptation

Identifiers

PMID34281138
PMCPMC8294064
OpenAlexW3178105194

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