Table 1 Selection criteria used in this umbrella review
From: Effects of Plyometric Training on Physical Performance: An Umbrella Review
Category | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
Population | Healthy people, with no restrictions on sex, age or sports modalities. It includes youth, adults and elderly (over 50Â years) who are physically healthy and athletes from different sports modalities, such as teams, individual and combat sports | People with health problems (e.g., injuries and recent surgery) |
Intervention | Programs based on the plyometric training approach considering the use of lower and upper body, unilateral or bilateral bounds, jumps, throws, and hops that commonly utilize a pre-stretch or countermovement potentiating of the stretch-shortening cycle | Exercise interventions not involving plyometric jump training or exercise interventions involving plyometric jump delivered in conjunction with other training interventions (e.g., resistance training) |
Comparator | Control group or control situation | No active control group or control situation (e.g., stretching group or strength) |
Outcome | Direct measure of physical fitness e.g., performance parameters based on sprint time, change of direction, maximal strength, muscle power, explosive strength, vertical or horizontal jump and additional outcomes such as endurance, high intermittent running performance, kicking performance, balance, and Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test before and after the training intervention | Lack of baseline or follow-up data |
Study design | A Systematic Reviews and meta-analysis or only meta-analysis | No meta-analysis |