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TABLE 3.

Effects of recreational small-sided game training on aerobic performance and physical fitness in healthy individuals and clinical patients.

Study	Participants	Training program:		Adaptations
Authors	N/sex/age (years) /health status	Duration (weeks) /volume (per week)/session duration (min)/ intensity		(Intermittent endurence, $\dot{V}$ O₂max, submaximal HR (%HRmax), Balance, Physical fitness)
Andersen et al. [32]	26/ M /68.2 Healthy	16 weeks: 2 sessions x 1h/week		Yo-Yo IE1	$\dot{V}$ O₂max	Cycle time to exhaution
		A) RS B) ST C) Control	84% HR max 61% HR max	A)↑43%^* B) NC C) NC	A) ↑15%^* B) NC C) NC	A) ↑7%^* B) NC C) NC
Bangsbo et al. [31]	53/ F/ 19–47/Healthy	16 weeks: 2 sessions /week :		Yo-Yo IE2	$\dot{V}$ O₂max
		A) RS B) RN C) Control	83% HR max 82% HR max -	A) ↑37±6% A > B, C^* B) ↑26 ± 6% B > C^* C) NS	A) ↑15% A > B, C^* B) ↑10% B> C^* C) ↑3%
Barene et al. [30]	118/ F/ 45.8/Healthy	40 weeks: 3 x 1h/week :		$\dot{V}$ O₂max
		A) RS B) Zumba C) Control	78.3% HR max 75% HR max -	A) NS B) ↑2.2 B > C^* C) NS
Connolly et al. [33]	44/ F/39 ± 6 / Healthy	16 weeks: 13.5min x 2/week :		HRmax
		A) RS B) VT C) Control	159 bpm 92 bpm -	A) ↓6% A > B, C^* B) NS C) NS
Faude et al. [36]	14H/8F/10.8/ overweight	6 months training: 3 x 1h/week:		20m shuttle run test (min)	Maximal power (w)
		A) RS B) STD	80% HR max 77% HR max	A) ↑50% A = B B) ↑44,8%	A) ↑8,66% A = B B) ↑7,2%
Helge et al. [5]	50/ F/36.5/ Healthy	14 weeks: 2 x 1h/week:		Balance (number of falls)	CMJ height	CMJ peak power
		A) RS B) RN C) Control	83% HR max 82% HR max -	A) ↓29.4%^* B) ↓33.3%^* C) ↓16.8%	A) ↑6.3%^* B) ↑6.8%^* C) ↓5%	A) ↑3% B) ↑2.4% C) ↓5.1%
Jakobsen et al. [35]	43/ M/21-45 / Healthy	12 weeks: 3 x 45min/week:		Balance (CoP sway length)	Balance (CoP sway area)
		A) RS B) RN C) INT D) Control	NR 80% HR max >90% HR max -	A) ↓18.2%^* B) ↓14.6%^* C) ↓12.8%^* D) NC	A) ↓30.2%^* B) NC C) ↓23.4%^* D) NC
Krustrup et al. [24]	38/ M/20-43/ Healthy	12 weeks: 2-3 x 1h/week:		maximal hamstring strength	$\dot{V}$ O₂max	30m sprint
		A) RS B) RN C) Control	82% HR max 82% HR max -	A) ↑11%^* B) NC C) NC	A)↑13%^* B) ↑6%^* C) NC	A) ↑0.11s^* B) NC C) NC
Knoepfli-Lenzin et al. [39]	47 M (25-45) Mild hypertensive	12 weeks: 3 x 1h/week:		$\dot{V}$ O₂max	Yo-Yo IRTL2
		A) RS B) RN C) Control		A) ↑6.08%^* B) ↑10.5%^*$ C) NC	A) ↑27.8%^* B) ↑33.2^*$ C) NC
Milanović et al. [27]	69/M/33 / Healthy	12 weeks : 3 x 60min/ week		$\dot{V}$ O₂max	CMJ	SJ
		A) RS B) Rn C) Control		A) ↑24.2%^* B)↑21.5%^* C) ↓5%	A) ↑12.1%^$ B) ↑3.0%^ C) ↑0.2	A)↑14.8%^$ B) ↑3.3%^ C) ↑0.3
Mohr et al. [12]	41/F/30-50/ Hypertensive	15 weeks: 3± 0.1sessions / week.		Yo-Yo IE1	HR submax
		A) RS B) Control		A) 111 ± 18% ^* B) NS	A) ↓7.2 ^* B) NS
Randers et al. [9]	17/M/20-43 Healthy	12 weeks: 2.4 x 1h /week 54 weeks: 1.3 x 1h/week		30m sprint	$\dot{V}$ O₂max (ml·kg⁻¹ ·min⁻¹)	Yo-Yo IR2
		A) RS: 81-82% HRmax B) Control	A) ↑3.2%^* B) NC	A) ↑3.1^* B) NC	A) ↑49%^* B) NC
Schmidt et al. [22]	26/ M/65-75/ Healthy	12 weeks: 2 x 1h/week:		$\dot{V}$ O₂max
		A) RS B) ST C) Control		A) ↑18%^* B) NC C) NC
Vasconcellos et al. [11]	14H, 6F/12-17/Obese	12 weeks: 3 x 60min/ week:		$\dot{V}$ O₂peak
		A) RS B) Control		A) ↑31.3%^* B) ↑5.3%

Note: RS= recreational soccer; ST = strength training; RN = running training; HR = heart rate; M = male F = female; Submax = submaximal; BL = Blood lactate; $\dot{V}$ O₂ = oxygen uptake; NC: no significant change; ↑ = improvement; ↓ = decrease

: significant differences from control