Table 1 Participant and study features and coding

Participant

Age of participants

Mean years

Nos.

Sex of participants

Male

1

Female

2

Both

3

Resistance training level

Sedentary

1

 < 6 month

2

 > 6 month

3

 > 1 Year

4

Elite level

5

Exercise

Muscle action

Dynamic

1

Concentric

2

Eccentric

3

Isometric

4

Body segment

Upper

1

Lower

2

Whole

3

Protocol

Continuous

1

Intermittent

2

Workload range

(% 1RM)

Nos.

RPE Scale

Scale used

Borg 6–20

1

CR-10

2

OMNI-RES

3

ERF

4

Borg words

5

IES

6

NRS

7

PTD

8

RES + RIR

9

Number of points

–

Nos.

Fixed maximum

Yes

1

No

2

Rating mode

Estimation

1

Production

2

Rating type

Active muscle

1

Overall

2

Sessional

3

Study

Outcome measure

EI

1

HR

3

EMG

3

BLa

4

EI variable manipulated

Workload

1

No. reps

2

Rep time

3

Rest time

4