Table 1.
Basic characteristics of included studies.
| Author et al., year | Population (male/female) | Intensity | Session duration | Frequency | Total duration |
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| Healthy young adults (n = 165) | |||||
| Dureja and Bardhan, 2014 [19] | 05 (05/00) | 7–10 Km/hr | 15–25 minutes | 6 days/week | 4 weeks |
| Munieskhar et al., 2014 [20] | 50 (00/50) | NA | 30 minutes | 7 days/week | 12 weeks |
| Golda and Margaret, 2013 [11] | 10 (10/00) | 65–80% HRR | 90 minutes | 3 days/week | 12 weeks |
| Harsoda and Purohit, 2013 [21] | 15 (15/00) | 10 Km/hr | 30 minutes | 5 days/week | 12 weeks |
| Hulke et al., 2012 [16] | 85 (43/42) | RPE | 60 minutes | 8 sessions/week | 16 weeks |
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| Middle and old age (n = 541) | |||||
| Karadkhedkar and Somwanshi, 2015 [22] | 30 (00/30) | 60–75% HRmax | 30 minutes | 5 days/week | 16 weeks |
| Selvakumar and Raja, 2015 [12] | 20 | NA | NA | 5 days/week | 12 weeks |
| Singh et al., 2015 [23] | 17 (06/11) | 50–75% APMHR | 30 minutes | 5 days/week | 3 weeks |
| Raja, 2014 [24] | 15 | NA | NA | 6 days/week | 13 weeks |
| Subitha et al., 2012 [25] | 38 (18/20) | NA | 15 minutes | 3 days/week | 10 weeks |
| Lakshminarayanan et al., 2012 [13] | 421 | Brisk | 30 minutes | 4 days/week | 10 weeks |
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| Obese adults (n = 40) | |||||
| Chaudhary et al., 2010 [10] | 10 (00/10) | 60–70% MHR | Till exhaustion | 3 days/week | 6 weeks |
| Raju, 2014 [26] | 30 (30/00) | Varying | 60 minutes | 6 days/week | 12 weeks |
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| Hypertensive adults (n = 122) | |||||
| Jaiswal et al., 2015 [27] | 15 | 50–80% HRR | 30 minutes | 5 days/week | 6 weeks |
| Patel and Desai, 2014 [18] | 30 (21/09) | NA | 30 minutes | NA | 6 weeks |
| Bose and Dhanalakshmi, 2012 [28] | 50 | 60–75% HRmax | 50 minutes | 3 days/week | 6 weeks |
| Saptharishi et al., 2009 [14] | 27 (19/08) | Brisk | 50–60 minutes | 4 days/week | 8 weeks |
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| Diabetic adults (n = 239) | |||||
| Sadhesh and Kumar, 2014 [15] | 15 | NA | 45 minutes | 7 days/week | 7 weeks |
| Ghosh and Roy, 2013 [29] | 24 (00/24) | 65–75% run/walk | 15 minutes | 6 days/week | 25 weeks |
| Sanghani et al., 2013 [30] | 74 | Varying | 45 minutes | 6 days/week | 26 weeks |
| Tiwari et al., 2012 [17] | 51 (28/23) | NA | 30 minutes | NA | 12 weeks |
| Sridhar et al., 2010 [31] | 55 (30/25) | NA | 45 minutes | 7 days/week | 52 weeks |
| Arora et al., 2009 [32] | 10 (06/04) | NA | 30 minutes | 3 days/week | 8 weeks |
| Shenoy et al., 2009 [33] | 10 (06/04) | NA | 30 minutes | 3 days/week | 16 weeks |
APHRM, age predicted heart rate maximum; HRmax, heart rate maximum; HRR, heart rate reserve; MHR, maximal heart rate; NA, not available; RPE, ratings of perceived exertion.