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Effects of plyometric training on health-related physical fitness in untrained participants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of balance training in children with developmental disorders.PeerJ · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of plyometrics training on lower limb strength, power, agility, and body composition in athletically trained adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the effects of strength training on physical fitness in dancers.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
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- A comprehensive review of training methods for physical demands in adolescent tennis players: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Enhancing Physical Fitness in Elite Field Hockey Players with A Twelve-Week Functional Training Program: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Effect of vertical and horizontal plyometric training on physical fitness performance in 13-14-year-old untrained boys.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Effects of jump training on power, strength, balance and aerobic performance in non-exercising young adults.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- An interpretable adaptive edge-weighted graph convolutional networks model for physical fitness assessment of primary school student in high-altitude regions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- From a female perspective: plyometric training's impact on jump, sprint, and change-of-direction performance in adult female athletes-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Plyometric training (PT) is an effective training method for improving physical fitness among trained individuals; however, its impact on health-related physical fitness in untrained participants remains ambiguous. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of PT on health-related physical fitness among untrained participants. Six electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL Plus, MEDLINE Complete, Web of Science Core Collection, SCOPUS, and SPORTDiscus) were systematically searched until March 2024. We included controlled trials that examined the effects of PT on health-related physical fitness indices in untrained participants. Twenty-one studies were eligible, including a total of 1263 participants. Our analyses revealed small to moderate effects of PT on body mass index, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and flexibility (ES = 0.27-0.61; all p > 0.05). However, no significant effects were detected for body fat percentage and lean mass (ES = 0.21-0.41; all p > 0.05). In conclusion, the findings suggest that PT may be potentially effective in improving health-related physical fitness indices (i.e., body mass index, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and flexibility) in untrained participants. However, the results should be interpreted cautiously due to data limitations in some fitness variables.
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