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. 2014 Jul 12;6(2):84–101.

Table 1.

Included studies

Reference Group characteristics Intervention Aerobic adaptations
Author Year Reference [##] Group number Group Group characteristics n Gender Training type Total time trained (min) Baseline V.O2max (ml·min-1·kg-1) ΔCS activity (%) ΔV.O2max (%)
Allenberg et al. 1988 [64] 1 DI Patients with type 2 diabetes 7 Males ET 2232 N/A 36 7
Bakkman et al. 2007 [66] 2 CON Healthy young untrained 8 Mixed ET 480 45 21 40
Bangsbo et al. 2010 [67] 3 CON Untrained running group 25 Females ET 1920 33 11 15
4 CON Untrained football group 25 Females ET 1920 36 12 10
Barnett et al. 2004 [51] 5 CON Young healthy untrained 16 Males HIT 54 N/A 42 8
Berthon et al. 1995 [68] 6 OLD Healthy Elderly 14 Males ET 1440 35 46 6
Blomstrand et al. 2011 [49] 7 CON Healthy young sedentary 5 Mixed ET 1500 48 29 31
8 CON Healthy young sedentary 4 Mixed HIT 1080 48 7 26
9 CON Healthy young sedentary 5 Mixed HIT 1680 48 32 36
Bruce et al. 2004 [5] 10 DI T2DM patients 6 Males ET 1440 28 73 26
11 CON Healthy control 7 Males ET 1440 31 85 18
Bruce et al. 2006 [69] 12 OB Obese 9 Mixed ET 2400 24 68 26
Brønstad et al. 2012 [108] 13 DI COPD patients 12 Males HIT 288 20 28 -1
Burgomaster et al. 2005 [34] 14 CON Healthy young recreationally active 16 Males HIT 198 49 11 6
Burgomaster et al. 2008 [48] 15 CON Healthy young recreationally active 10 Mixed HIT 45 41 16 7
16 CON Healthy young recreationally active 10 Mixed ET 1500 41 30 7
Bylund et al. 1977 [4] 17 CON Young healthy untrained 20 Males ET 5040 N/A 46 26
Carter et al. 2001 [6] 18 CON Healthy young active but untrained 8 Males ET 2100 42 40 17
19 CON Healthy young active but untrained 8 Females ET 2100 32 43 24
Charifi et al. 2003 [65] 20 OLD Elderly healthy untrained 11 Males ET 2520 29 33 14
Coggan et al. 1992 [71] 21 OLD Elderly healthy untrained 12 Males ET 6864 27 29 24
22 OLD Elderly healthy untrained 11 Males ET 6864 22 17 21
Dawson et al. 1998 [9] 23 TR Young fit 9 Males HIT N/A 57 -32 6
Dubouchaud et al. 2000 [72] 24 CON Healthy young sedentary 9 Males ET 3240 44 75 15
Duscha et al. 2012 [43] 25 OLD Obese healthy middle age/elderly 40 Mixed ET 32578 28 23 7
26 OLD Obese healthy middle age/elderly 47 Mixed ET 17784 29 39 11
27 OLD Obese healthy middle age/elderly 41 Mixed ET 33670 28 48 20
Ferketich et al. 1998 [42] 28 OLD Elderly 24 Females ET 1080 18 11 24
Green et al. 1992 [103] 29 CON Healthy young active but untrained 9 Males ET 720 55 5 2
Green et al. 1999 [74] 30 CON Yong healthy with low ΔV.O2max 7 Males ET 120 41 21 9
Green et al. 2000 [75] 31 CON Healthy young sedentary 10 Males HIT 96 N/A -2 -2
Green et al. 2009 [76] 32 CON Young healthy 9 Males ET 600 48 14 4
33 TR Yong healthy with high ΔV.O2max 7 Males ET 120 51 30 2
Gurd et al. 2010 [77] 34 CON Healthy young active but untrained 9 Mixed HIT 720 45 31 11
Harmer et al. 2008 [78] 35 DI Young T1DM 8 Mixed HIT 56 N/A 11 -9
36 CON Young healthy 7 Mixed HIT 56 N/A 42 -3
Heilbronn et al. 2007 [15] 37 OB Insulin sensitive 9 Males ET 960 48 5 17
38 DI Insulin resistant 9 Males ET 960 48 5 11
Hiatt et al. 1996 [59] 39 DI Intermittent claudication 10 Males ET 2160 15 10 17
Houmard et al. 1993 [61] 40 CON Sedentary healthy middle aged 13 Males ET 2888 30 69 21
Howarth et al. 2004 [79] 41 CON Young healthy M 8 Males ET 2100 N/A 32 6
Iaia et al. 2009 [50] 42 TR Young healthy trained 17 Males HIT 68 55 -5 -2
Irving et al. 2011 [80] 43 CON T2DM offspring 8 Mixed ET+HIT 945 26 11 0
44 CON Healthy control 8 Mixed ET+HIT 945 27 23 0
Jeppesen et al. 2006 [81] 45 DI Patients with mtDNA mutations 20 Mixed ET 1500 26 66 27
Jeppesen et al. 2012 [104] 46 CON Healthy young sedentary 8 Males ET 1560 38 36 15
47 CON Healthy matched subjects 11 Mixed ET 1500 34 65 21
Kohn et al. 2011 [10] 48 TR Young well trained 18 Males HIT 194,4 67 -4 3
Lange et al. 2000 [82] 49 DI Healthy elderly Women 8 Females HIT 2160 22 35 17
LeBlanc et al. 2004 [107] 50 CON Young healthy 8 Males ET 2400 N/A 40 15
Linossier et al. 1997 [11] 51 CON Healthy young recreationally active 8 Males HIT 1800 52 7 3
Luden et al. 2011 [83] 52 CON Active young 6 Mixed ET N/A 50 66 9
MacDougall et al. 1998 [84] 53 CON Healthy young recreationally active 9 Males HIT 84 51 25 3
Mandroukas et al. 1984 [105] 54 CON Obese 14 Females ET 1800 N/A 27 19
Martin III et al. 1989 [85] 55 CON Healthy young sedentary 6 Males ET+HIT 2520 46 40 20
Masuda et al. 2001 [86] 56 CON Healthy young sedentary 7 Males ET 1680 45 28 16
McKenzie et al. 2000 [45] 57 CON Healthy young sedentary 6 Males ET+HIT 1500 46 34 12
58 CON Healthy young sedentary 6 Females ET+HIT 1500 38 27 18
Messonier et al. 2005 [87] 59 CON Untrained young 8 Mixed ET 2880 43 54 8
Mogensen et al. 2009 [88] 60 DI Type 2 diabetics 12 Males ET 625 27 58 11
61 DI Obese 11 Males ET 625 29 37 15
Moore et al. 1987 [21] 62 CON Healthy young sedentary 4 Mixed ET 2310 45 59 22
63 CON Trained healthy 8 Mixed ET 2310 N/A -13 1
Murias et al. 2011 [53] 64 OLD Active elderly 7 Males ET 1620 29 48 27
65 CON Active young 7 Males ET 1620 49 67 16
Ngo et al. 2012 [23] 66 OLD Healthy elderly 5 Males HIT 3360 38 43 9
Perry et al. 2008 [81] 67 CON Healthy young recreationally active 8 Mixed HIT 720 45 26 9
Perry et al. 2010 [90] 68 CON Healthy young recreationally active 9 Males HIT 420 N/A 28 12
Putman et al. 1998 [91] 69 CON Healthy young recreationally active 7 Males ET 840 45 5 3
Randers et al. 2010 [60] 70 CON Young healthy 10 Males ET 4992 40 18 8
Rud et al. 2012 [92] 71 CON Healthy young sedentary 8 Mixed ET 1960 N/A 14 6
Schantz et al. 1983 [28] 72 TR Trained 6 Males ET 15840 61 0 0
Sjödin et al. 1982 73 CON Healthy young sedentary 8 Males ET 280 N/A 11 2
Slivka et al. 2013 [93] 74 CON Young trained 10 Males ET N/A N/A 11 2
Stannard et al. 2010 [93] 75 CON Young healthy untrained 7 Mixed ET 1000 N/A 18 5
76 CON Young healthy untrained 7 Mixed ET 1000 N/A 19 5
Starritt et al. 1999 [95] 77 CON Healthy young active but untrained 7 Mixed ET 600 44 26 9
Svedenhag et al. 1983 [54] 78 CON Healthy young sedentary 8 Males ET 1280 43 62 7
Svedenhag et al. 1983 [96] 79 CON Healthy young sedentary 8 Mixed ET 1280 N/A 75 7
Talanian et al. 2007 [97] 80 CON Recreational active 8 Females HIT 280 36 20 13
Tarnopolsky et al. 2007 [44] 81 CON Healthy young active but untrained 5 Males ET 2100 43 26 9
82 CON Healthy young active but untrained 7 Females ET 2100 37 3 13
Tiidus et al. 1996 [52] 83 CON Healthy young sedentary 7 Males ET 840 48 25 12
84 CON Healthy young sedentary 6 Females ET 840 37 50 22
Tonkonogi et al. 2000 [98] 85 CON Healthy young untrained 8 Mixed ET 960 39 47 24
Trappe et al. 2006 [99] 86 CON Recreational active 7 Mixed ET 5460 50 37 5
Tynni-Lenné et al. 1999 [47] 87 DI Patients with heart failure 8 Mixed ET 480 18 23 3
88 DI Patients with heart failure 8 Mixed ET 480 16 45 19
Vogiatzis et al. 2005 [7] 89 DI COPD patients 10 Mixed HIT 1350 N/A 43 9
90 DI COPD patients 9 Mixed ET 900 N/A 40 5
Wibom et al. 1992 [100] 91 CON Healthy young untrained 9 Males ET 864 44 43 10
Yfanti et al. 2010 [101] 92 TR Moderately trained 10 Males ET+HIT 5400 50 54 18
93 TR Moderately trained 11 Males ET+HIT 5400 51 50 22
Zoll et al. 2005 [102] 94 TR Young healthy trained 9 Males ET 2013 64 1 5
95 TR Young healthy trained 6 Males ET 2090 59 -17 3
Østergård et al. 2005 [106] 96 CON Healthy untrained 29 Mixed ET 1350 38 25 14
97 CON Healthy untrained 19 Mixed ET 1350 41 25 15

All studies and intervention groups included from search. Group column describes categorization in Figure 5: CON; Young healthy sedentary subjects, DI; studies investigating training in patients with various diseases, TR; Endurance trained subjects at inclusion. Group characteristics column: The group as described by the authors. Training type column: ET; The subjects performed endurance training, HIIT; The subjects performed high-intense interval training. Inclusion V.O2max column: N/A; not reported clearly in the study. Baseline V.O2max: V.O2max reported before the intervention.