Submaximal Fitness Test in Team Sports: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Exercise Heart Rate Measurement Properties

Shushan, Tzlil; Lovell, Ric; Buchheit, Martin; Scott, Tannath J.; Barrett, Steve; Norris, Dean; McLaren, Shaun J.

doi:10.1186/s40798-023-00564-w

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 3 Sample and SMFT characteristics of the studies included in the convergent validity meta-analysis

From: Submaximal Fitness Test in Team Sports: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Exercise Heart Rate Measurement Properties

Study	Year	Sample Characteristics					SMFT						Multiple effects	RoB (L/U/H)	Performance Criterion
Study	Year	N	Mean age	Sex	Sport	Level	Category	Protocol	Season phase	Exe Dur. (min)	Exe Int. (HRex)	Analysis	Multiple effects	RoB (L/U/H)	Performance Criterion
Veugelers et al. [46]	2016	38	23.0	Male	ARF	Elite	II	Yo-YoIR2	Pre-season	2–8	76.4–92.8	30 s	Vol./Int	5/1/0	Yo-YoIR2 (m)
								Mod
								Yo-YoIR2
Mohr & Krustrup [45]	2014	172	25.8	Male	Soccer	Sub-elite	II	Yo-YoIR1	Pre & in-season	6	85.9–90.9	Fixed	Repeated Measures	2/3/1	Yo-YoIR1 & 2 (m)
Bradley et al. [35]	2011	32		Male	Soccer	Elite	II	Yo-YoIR2	NS	4 & 6	87.0 & 91.5	Fixed	Vol./Int	1/4/1	Yo-YoIR2 (m)
Bradley et al. [35]	2011	14		Male	Soccer	Elite	II	Yo-YoIR2	NS	4 & 6	87.0 & 91.5	Fixed	Sub-groups	1/4/1	Yo-YoIR2 (m)
Bradley et al. [74]	2014	28	23.0	Female	Soccer	Elite	II	Yo-YoIR2	NS	2 & 4	90.0–96.0	Fixed	Vol./Int	2/4/0	Yo-YoIR2 (m)
Fanchini et al. [7]	2014	24	17.0	Male	Soccer	Sub-elite	II	Yo-YoIR1	Pre & in-season	6	90.3–93.9	Fixed	Repeated Measures	2/3/1	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
Ingebrigtsen et al. [79]	2012	39	20.0	Male	Soccer	Sub-elite	II	Yo-YoIR1/2	In-season	2 & 4	91.1–97.8	Fixed	Vol./Int	2/2/2	Yo-YoIR1 and 2 (m)
		12	26.0			Elite					80.8		Protocol
		12	26.0			Elite					80.8		Sub-groups
Ingebrigtsen et al. [28]	2014	57	22.0	Male	Soccer	Mixed	II	Yo-YoIR1	In-season	2 & 4	NS	Fixed	Vol./Int	1/4/1	Yo-YoIR1 and 2 (m)
Ingebrigtsen et al. [28]	2014	57	22.0	Male	Soccer	Mixed	II	Yo-YoIR1	In-season	2 & 4	NS	Fixed	Protocol	1/4/1	Yo-YoIR1 and 2 (m)
Lignell et al. [47]	2018	18	28.0	Male	Ice Hockey	Elite	II	Yo-YoIR1	In-season	6	78.9	Fixed		3/3/0	VO₂ max (ml·min⁻¹·kg⁻¹)
Rabbani et al. [53]	2018	14	26.7	Male	Soccer	Elite	CF	100 m shuttle	In-season	4	76.7	30 s		5/1/0	30-15_IFT
Rabbani et al. [53]	2018	14	26.7	Male	Soccer	Elite	CF	100 m shuttle	In-season	4	76.7	30 s		5/1/0	(km·h⁻¹)
Vigh-Larsen et al. [39]	2019	245	21.7	Male	Ice Hockey	Mixed	II	Yo-YoIR1	In-season	6	83.3	60 s		3/3/0	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
Hulin et al. [6]	2019	32	24.1	Male	Rugby	Elite	II	Yo-YoIR1	Pre-season	~ 4 & 6	89.8 & 92.8	10 s	Vol./Int	5/1/0	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
Francini et al. [40]	2019	68	14.5	Male	Soccer	Sub-elite	CF	Mognomi’s	In-season	6	95.4	60 s	Protocol	3/3/0	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
Francini et al. [40]	2019	68	14.5	Male	Soccer	Sub-elite	II	Yo-YoIR1	In-season	6	94.4	Fixed	Protocol	3/3/0	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
Pereira et al. [30]	2019	40	11.5	Male	Soccer	NS	CF	5′–5′ 20 m rectangle	NS	5	78.4	30 s		5/1/0	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
Buchheit et al. [34]	2010	33	14.7	Male	Soccer	Elite	CF	Track	In-season	5	78.4	30 s		3/3/0	Vam-Eval (km·h⁻¹)
Owen et al. [82]	2020	23	25.3	Male	Soccer	Elite	IV	5V5 SSG	In-season	9	87.0	All		3/2/1	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
Araújo et al. [78]	2019	16	24.0	Male	Soccer	Elite	II	ISRT	In-season	2, 4, 6 and 9	74.0–91.0	Fixed	Vol./Int	4/2/0	ISRT (m)
		14	24.0	Male		Sub-elite					77.0–92.0		Sub-groups
		16	21.0	Female		Elite					83.0–97.0
		15	25.0	Female		Sub-elite					88.0–97.0
Deprez et al. [25]	2014	19	12.5	Male	Soccer	Mixed	II	Yo-YoIR1	In-season	~ 6.5	97.0	Fixed	Sub-groups	2/2/2	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
		18	14.0								96.7
		4	16.2								94.6
Deprez et al. [24]	2015	22	13.9	Male	Soccer	Elite	II	Yo-YoIR1	NS	~ 6.5	95.3	Fixed	Sub-groups	4/1/1	Yo-YoIR1 (m)
		10	16.2	Male	Soccer	Elite					92.3
		4	18.1	Male	Soccer	Elite					89.2
Younesi et al. [32]^a	2021b	16	27.2	Male	Soccer	Elite	IV	3V3 SSG	Pre-season	6	80.1–80.8	All	Repeated Measures	3/2/1	30-15_IFT (km·h⁻¹)
Scott et al. [36]^b	2022	12	24.0	Male	Rugby	Elite	CF	Ind. Shuttle	Pre-season	4	83.2	30 s		5/1/0	30-15_IFT (km·h⁻¹)

30-15_IFT 30-15 intermittent fitness test, ARF Australian football, All overall exercise, Fixed fixed time point(s), CF continuous fixed, H high, II Intermittent incremental, Int intensity, ISRT interval shuttle run test, IV intermittent variable, L low, N sample size, NS not specified, RoB Risk of Bias, U unclear, s second, SMFT submaximal fitness test, Vol volume, Yo-YoIR1 Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1, Yo-YoIR2 Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 2, SSG small-sided games
^aCorrelation coefficient of each independent session were provided by the authors
^bExercise intensity value was established using the raw data provided by the authors

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