Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies.
| Study | Training status | Duration (days) | Sample size (n) | Sex | Age | Cessation | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drinkwater et al. (1972) [27] | Lower | 90 | 7 | Female | <20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) Lactate (mEq/liter) |
| Murase, Y et al. (1981) [28] | Higher | 730 | 5 | Male | <20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Coyle et al. (1984) [29] | Higher | 12, 21, 56, 84 | 7 | Mixed | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) |
| Cullinane et al. (1986) [30] | Higher | 10 | 15 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) |
| Miyamura M et al. (1990) [31] | Lower | 365, 455, 605, 730 | 5 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) |
| Houmard et al. (1992) [32] | Higher | 14 | 12 | Mixed | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) |
| Madsen et al. (1993) [33] | Higher | 28 | 9 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (l/min) HRmax (beats/min) |
| LaForgia et al. (1999) [34] | Lower | 21 | 8 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Mochizuki et al. (1999) [35] | Higher | 30 | 15 | Mixed | <20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Doherty et al. (2003) [36] | Higher | 15 | 7 | Female | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Petibois et al. (2003) [37] | Higher | 35, 203, 364 | 10 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) Lactate (mEq/liter) |
| Gamelin et al. (2007) [38] | Lower | 14,28, 56 | 14 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Caldwell et al. (2009) [39] | Lower | 90 | 13 | Male | ≥20 | PDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| J Garciapallares (2000) [40] | Higher | 35 | 7 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) Lactate (mEq/liter) |
| Sotiropoulos et al. (2009) [41] | Higher | 28 | 20,38 | Male | ≥20 | PDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Eastwood et al. (2012) [42] | Higher | 30 | 9 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Koundourakis et al. (2014) [43] | Higher | 42 | 23,22 | Male | ≥20 | PDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Koundourakis et al. (2014) [44] | Higher | 42 | 67 | Male | ≥20 | PDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
| Melchiorri et al. (2014) [45] | Lower | 42 | 14 | Male | <20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) |
| Balague et al. (2016) [46] | Lower | 21 | 8 | Male | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) |
| Melchiorri et al. (1999) [47] | Higher | 56 | 15 | Mixed | ≥20 | CDT | V̇O2max (ml/kg/min) |
Duration (days): duration of detraining; higher: regular training will be conducted more than or equal to 5 times a week; lower: training will be less than 5 times a week; CDT: completely detraining; PDT: partly detraining.