| ACSM | American College of Sports Medicine |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| HIEG | High-intensity aerobic exercise group |
| HR | Heart rate |
| HRmax | Maximum heart rate |
| LIEG | Low-intensity aerobic exercise group |
| MIEG | Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise group |
| Non-RCTs | Non-randomized controlled trials |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RCTs | Randomized controlled trials |
| RM | Maximum resistance |
| RoB | Risk of bias |
| ROBINS-I | Risk of Bias in Non-Randomized Studies—of Interventions |
| SMD | Standardised mean differences |
| VO2max | Maximum oxygen consumption |
| VO2R | Reserve oxygen consumption |