SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training on Sleep: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis 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. Cited by 19 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of mHealth-supported and centre-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with stable coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Trial
- Effects of unsupervised campus HIIT on fitness and sleep in sedentary male students: a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- High-Intensity Circuit Training Plus Sleep Health Intervention for Sleep Improvement: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Effects of high-intensity interval training on sleep disturbances associated with posttraumatic stress disorder.Journal of sleep research · 2025Trial
- High-Intensity interval training reduces transcriptomic age: A randomized controlled trial.Aging cell · 2023Trial
- The health diet as a mediator in relationship between stress and sleep quality of college students with physical exercise as a moderator.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Gender and residential differences in sleep quality among Chinese adolescents aged 13-18 years.PloS one · 2026Article
- Effects of high-intensity interval training on body morphology and mental health in obese female college students.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The relationship between physical exercise and sleep procrastination in college students: the chain mediating role of self-control and time management tendencies.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A study of the relationship between physical fitness index and sleep quality in Chinese adolescents.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- The Impact of High-Intensity Interval Training on Cardiometabolic, Neurologic, Oncologic, and Pain-Related Outcomes: A Comprehensive Review of Systematic Reviews.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The Effect of Well-Being and Exercise Intensity on Enjoyment in Soccer Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Article
- Relationship between psychological empowerment, physical activity enjoyment, and response to a HIIT Program in physically inactive young women: a prospective multicentre study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- The relationship between physical activity and anxiety in college students: exploring the mediating role of lifestyle habits and dietary nutrition.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Interval training has more negative effects on sleep in adolescent speed skaters: a randomized cross controlled trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Effects of exercise on circadian rhythms in humans.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Review
- A comparison of the effects of remote coaching HIIT training and combined exercise training on the physical and mental health of university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Exercise Training Program Improves Subjective Sleep Quality and Physical Fitness in Severely Obese Bad Sleepers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Psychological Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Topical Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesTo use a quantitative approach to examine the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) interventions on sleep for adults.
methodsPubMed, Ebsco, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang Data were searched from their inception to December 2020. Intervention studies with a control group that examined the effects of HIIT interventions on sleep were included in this meta-analysis. The risk of bias was assessed using the tool provided by the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Effect sizes (ESs), calculated as weighted mean difference (WMD) and standardized mean difference (SMD), were used to examine the effects of objective outcomes and subjective outcomes separately.
resultsA large increase in sleep quality (SQ) reflected by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index global scores [WMD = -0.90, 95%CI (-1.72, -0.07),
conclusionsHIIT may be a promising way to improve overall subjective SQ and objective SE. PROSPERO, protocol registration number: CRD42021241734.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.