TABLE 6.
Qualitative synthesis and summary measures considering the adaptations promoted by the combined SSG and running-based training methods.
| Study | Purpose | Aerobic | Sprinting | Jumping | Change-of-direction |
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| Castillo et al [26] | Compare exclusive SSGs and combined SSGs+endurance and speed | YYIRT-L1 (m) Combined (post-pre: 0.32%, no significant differences) Just SSG (post-pre: 1.79%, significant differences) No significant differences between groups were found (p > 0.05) |
5-m test (s) Combined (post-pre: -2.62%, no significant differences) Just SSG (post-pre: -4.24%, no significant differences) 10-m test (s) Combined (post-pre: -2.59%, no significant differences) Just SSG (post-pre: -2.96%, no significant differences) 15-m test (s) Combined (post-pre: -2.38%, no significant differences) Just SSG (post-pre: -1.97%, no significant differences) 20-m test (s) Combined (post-pre: -1.00%, no significant differences) Just SSG (post-pre: -1.65%, no significant differences) 30-m test (s) Combined (post-pre: -1.29%, no significant differences) Just SSG (post-pre: -2.54%, no significant differences) 40-m test (s) Combined (post-pre: -4.48%, no significant differences) Just SSG (post-pre: -1.10%, no significant differences) Overall, no significant differences between groups were found (p > 0.05) |
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| Harrison et al. [17] | Compare exclusive SSGs and combined SSGs+HIIT | V̇ O2peak (mL/Kg/min) Combined (post-pre: 5.5%, large magnitude of change) Just SSG (post-pre: 1.6%, unclear changes) VIFT (km/h) Combined (post-pre: 6.6%, large magnitude of change) Just SSG (post-pre: 4.2%, small magnitude of change) |
5-m (s) Combined (post-pre: -1.1%, unclear changes) Just SSG (post-pre: -5.1%, small magnitude of change) 20-m (s) Combined (post-pre: -1.2%, unclear changes) Just SSG (post-pre: -2.7%, unclear changes) |
CMJ (cm) Combined (post-pre: 4.7%, unclear changes) Just SSG (post-pre: 1.4%, unclear changes) |
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| Paul et al [25] | Compare concentrate d c o m b i n e d SSG+HIIT (four sessions SSG + one of HIIT) with regular training with only one SSG+HIIT session | VIFT (km/h) Concentrated SSG+HIIT (post-pre: 8.2%, significant differences) One session SSG+HIIT (post-pre: 1.7%, no significant differences) |
- | CMJ (cm) Concentrated SSG+HIIT (post-pre: 1.5%, no significant differences) One session SSG+HIIT (post-pre: 2.9%, no significant differences) |
Agility right (s) Concentrated SSG+HIIT (post-pre: -3.1%, no significant differences) One session SSG+HIIT (post-pre: -0.3%, no significant differences) Agility left (s) Concentrated SSG+HIIT (post-pre: -1.7%, no significant differences) One session SSG+HIIT (post-pre: -0.8%, no significant differences) |
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| Rabbani et al [18] | Compare combined SSG+HIIT and HIIT+SSG | VIFT (km/h) SSG+HIIT (post-pre: 6.2%, moderate magnitude of change) HIIT+SSG (post-pre: 6.9%, moderate magnitude of change) Trivial between group differences |
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YYIRT-L1: yo-yo intermittent recovery test level 1; m: meters; s: seconds; V̇O2peak: maximal oxygen uptake; VIFT: final velocity at 30 –15 intermittent fitness test; CMJ: countermovement jump; HIIT: high-intensity interval training; SSG: small-sided games