Table 2 Characteristics of all studies included.

From: The effects of high-intensity interval training on cognitive performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Studies

Counties

Populations

Participants

Sex

Age (years)

Interventions

Designs

Outcomes

Costigan et al.32

Australia

Adolescents

I: n = 22

C: n = 22

11 M/11F

11 M/11F

15.5 ± 0.6

15.6 ± 0.6

8 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Connolly et al.33

UK

Women

I: n = 15

C: n = 15

0 M/15F

0 M/15F

44 ± 7

45 ± 7

12 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Mezcua-Hidalgo et al.34

Spain

Adolescents

I: n = 77

C: n = 81

42 M/35F

38 M/43F

13.88 ± 1.25

14.20 ± 1.31

Acute

Parallel

Coetsee and Terblanche35

South Africa

Older adults

I: n = 13

C: n = 19

3 M/10F

8 M/11F

64.5 ± 6.3

62.5 ± 5.6

16 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Chua et al.23

Singapore

Children

I: n = 38

C: n = 25

0 M/38F

0 M/25F

NA

NA

Acute

Parallel

Brown and Bray36

Canada

University students

I: n = 22

C: n = 20

NA

NA

19.95 ± 1.96

20.85 ± 1.66

Acute

Parallel

Northey et al.21

Australia

Female cancer survivors

I: n = 6

C: n = 6

0 M/6F

0 M/6F

60.3 ± 8.1

61.5 ± 7.8

12 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Lee et al.37

Canada

Adolescents hospitalized for a mental illness

n = 28

8 M/20F

15.5 ± 0.92

Acute

Cross-over

Mekari et al.38

Canada

Adults

I: n = 12

C: n = 13

3 M/9F

4 M/9F

29 ± 10.3

35 ± 7.4

6 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Hatch et al.39

UK

Adolescents

n = 38

15 M/23F

12.4 ± 0.4

Acute

Cross-over

Zimmer et al.40

Switzerland

Multiple sclerosis

I: n = 27

C: n = 30

7 M/20F

12 M/18F

51 ± 9.9

48 ± 12.1

3 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Oliveira et al.41

Brazil

Overweight/obese adults

I: n = 11

C: n = 10

NA

NA

29.7 ± 8.3

33.2 ± 6.6

12 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Kendall et al. 42

USA

Young adults

I: n = 20

C: n = 19

8 M/12F

9 M/10F

22.7 ± 3.3

22.8 ± 1.4

Acute

Parallel

De Lima et al.43

Brazil

Middle-aged

overweight men

I: n = 13

C: n = 12

13 M/0F

12 M/0F

39.46 ± 5.44

40.50 ± 5.63

8 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Wang et al.44

China

College students

I: n = 26

C: n = 28

17 M/9F

15 M/13F

21.98 ± 2.25

22.79 ± 2.36

6 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Liu et al.22

China

Young adults

I: n = 26

C: n = 20

11 M/15F

10 M/10F

24.83 ± 2.35

25.42 ± 2.61

12 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Kao et al.45

USA

Children

I: n = 25

C: n = 24

13 M/12F

14 M/10F

9.2 ± 0.8

8.7 ± 0.8

Acute

Parallel

Zhu et al.46

China

Healthy young males

n = 16

16 M/0F

21 ± 1.7

Acute

Cross-over

Gjellesvik et al.47

Norway

Adult stroke survivors

I: n = 36

C: n = 34

21 M/15F

20 M/14F

57.6 ± 9.2

58.7 ± 9.2

8 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

Rivas-Campo et al.48

Colombia

Older adults

I: n = 64

C: n = 68

26 M/38F

27 M/41F

77.11 ± 7.3

77.19 ± 7.7

12 weeks

3 times/week

Parallel

  1. I: intervention group; C: control group; M: males; F: females; : attention; : information processing; : executive function; : memory; : reaction time; NA: not available.