Table 1.
Study quality assessment of included studies using the tool for the assessment of study quality in exercise (TESTEX).
| Study | Eligibility Criteria specified | Randomisation Details Specified |
Allocation concealed | Groups similar at baseline | Assessors blinded | Outcomes measures assessed >85% participants | Intention to treat analysis | Reporting between group statistical comparison |
Point measures & measures of variability |
Activity monitoring in control group |
Relative exercise intensity constant |
Exercise volume & Energy expenditure |
Overall TESTEX (/15) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalmers 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Chen 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Guy 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Karlsen 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Kelly 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Lorenzo 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Nielsen 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Peterson 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Schmit 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Sunderland 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Willmott 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |