The Effect of Load and Volume Autoregulation on Muscular Strength and Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hickmott, Landyn M.; Chilibeck, Philip D.; Shaw, Keely A.; Butcher, Scotty J.

doi:10.1186/s40798-021-00404-9

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 3 Participant characteristics of included studies on volume autoregulation

From: The Effect of Load and Volume Autoregulation on Muscular Strength and Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Study	Group	Number of participants	Sex distribution	Age (years)^a	Height (cm)^a	Weight (kg)^a	Training status (subjective description; years of resistance-training experience)
Galiano et al. [27]	VL5	15	M	22.1 ± 2.9	175.1 ± 5.3	72.5 ± 11.3	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1.5 years
Galiano et al. [27]	VL20	13	M	23.9 ± 3.0	176.6 ± 3.5	75.7 ± 9.4	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1.5 years
Held et al. [28]	VL10	11	9 M/2 F	19.8 ± 2.3	184 ± 5	75.8 ± 8.6	Resistance-trained male and female rowers; ≥ 2 years
Held et al. [28]	TRF	10	8 M/2 F	19.4 ± 1.7	180 ± 10	73.3 ± 8.9	Resistance-trained male and female rowers; ≥ 2 years
Pareja-Blanco et al. [29]	VL15	8	M	23.8 ± 3.4	174 ± 7	75.5 ± 8.6	Resistance-trained professional male soccer players; NR
Pareja-Blanco et al. [29]	VL30	8	M	23.8 ± 3.4	174 ± 7	75.5 ± 8.6	Resistance-trained professional male soccer players; NR
Pareja-Blanco et al. [30]	VL20	12	M	22.7 ± 1.9	176 ± 6	75.8 ± 7.0	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1.5 years
Pareja-Blanco et al. [30]	VL40	10	M	22.7 ± 1.9	176 ± 6	75.8 ± 7.0	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1.5 years
Pareja-Blanco et al. [31]	VL0	14	M	24.1 ± 4.3	175 ± 5.5	75.5 ± 9.7	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1.5 years
	VL10	14	M
	VL20	13	M
	VL40	14	M
Pareja-Blanco et al. [32]	VL0	15	M	24.1 ± 4.3	175 ± 5.5	75.5 ± 9.7	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1.5 years
	VL15	16	M
	VL25	15	M
	VL50	16	M
Rodiles-Guerrero et al. [33]	VL10	15	M	23.0 ± 2.0	173 ± 5	73.3 ± 5.9	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1 year
	VL30	15	M
	VL50	15	M
Rodríguez-Rosell et al. [34]	VL10	12	M	22.8 ± 3.1	177 ± 8	75.1 ± 10.3	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1 year
Rodríguez-Rosell et al. [34]	VL30	13	M	22.2 ± 2.7	176 ± 7	74.0 ± 9.1	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1 year
Rodríguez-Rosell et al. [35]	VL10	11	M	22.8 ± 3.9	176 ± 4	70.7 ± 5.1	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 1 year
	VL30	11	M	21.9 ± 2.3	176 ± 7	73.7 ± 9.4
	VL45	11	M	21.6 ± 2.8	172 ± 8	72.1 ± 9.6
Sánchez-Moreno et al. [36]	VL25	15	M	26.7 ± 5.5	175.8 ± 6	74.1 ± 4.7	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 2 years
Sánchez-Moreno et al. [36]	VL50	14	M	24.8 ± 6.1	176.1 ± 5	74.3 ± 8.1	Resistance-trained males; ≥ 2 years

^aData are presented as mean ± standard deviation
cm centimetres, F female, kg kilograms, M male, NR not reported, TRF to-repetition-failure, VL percentage velocity loss

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