ArticleJournal of exercise science and fitness2022
Alternating high-intensity interval training and continuous training is efficacious in improving cardiometabolic health in obese middle-aged men.
Article in Journal of exercise science and fitness, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Low-Intensity Endurance Training on Aerobic Fitness and Risk Factors of Cardiometabolic Health in Working-Age Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise Training and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Males with Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Aerobic Exercise and Weight Loss in Adults: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of Interval Training in Improving Body Composition and Adiposity in Apparently Healthy Adults: An Umbrella Review with Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Passive or Active Recovery Regimes Applied During Long-Term Interval Training on Physical Fitness in Healthy Trained and Untrained Individuals: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of high intensity interval training and moderate intensity continuous training on enjoyment and affective responses in overweight or obese people: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Rates of compliance and adherence to high-intensity interval training: a systematic review and Meta-analyses.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Pooled it
- Metabolomic profiling of intensity-dependent responses to acute exercise in healthy humans.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Trial
- Can different exercise modalities improve esports performance? Study protocol for a 12-week three-arm randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Effects of high-intensity interval rope-skipping on cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and enjoyment in young adults.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
- Ashwagandha Does Not Enhance the Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Selected Energy Metabolism Parameters in Young Healthy Men.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Impact of supra-maximal interval training vs. high-intensity interval training on cardiac auto-regulation response in physically active adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
- Trial
- Trial
- The effect of exercise on cerebral blood flow and executive function among young adults: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Effects of Intermittent Energy Restriction Alone and in Combination with Sprint Interval Training on Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Individuals with Overweight and Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Physiological Profile, Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Supplement Use in Recreational Adults Engaged in Contemporary Gym-Based Exercise Modalities.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adherence to Behavioral Weight Management: A Scoping Review of Definitions, Measurement, and Components.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Article
- Effects of high-intensity interval training on body morphology and mental health in obese female college students.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Effect of Physical Exercise on Esports Performance in First-Person Shooter Gamers: A Six-Week Randomized Controlled Trial.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundHigh-intensity interval training (HIIT) or moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) alone has been shown to improve metabolic health, but the effects of alternating the two training approaches as often practiced in real life remained unclear. PURPOSE: To examine the effects of HIIT or MICT alone or alternating HIIT-MICT on cardiometabolic responses in inactive obese middle-aged men.
methodsForty-two participants (age: 42 ± 5 y; BMI: 26.3 ± 2.1 kg m
resultsAll exercise groups showed a similar VO
conclusionHIIT or MICT alone or alternating HIIT-MICT similarly improve cardiovascular fitness and body composition in obese middle-aged men despite differences in total training volume and time commitment.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.