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ReviewSports (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Does High-Intensity Interval Training Increase Muscle Strength, Muscle Mass, and Muscle Endurance? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Lucas Wiens, Justin M Losciale, Matthew D Fliss, Max J Abercrombie, Darius Darabi, Jedd Li, Rowan Barclay, Cameron J Mitchell

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Review in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. [Research on a muscle fatigue quantification based on an improved critical power model].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lucas WiensSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, 2135 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0009-0006-7061-4982
Justin M LoscialeInformatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences Center of Innovation, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 500 Foothill Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5135-1191
Matthew D FlissSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, 2135 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0209-0786
Max J AbercrombieSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, 2135 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0009-0001-2908-6499
Darius DarabiSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, 2135 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Jedd LiSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, 2135 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Rowan BarclaySchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, 2135 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Cameron J MitchellSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, 2135 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3843-6806

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-intensity/sprint interval training (HIIT/SIT) improves aerobic and anaerobic performance, but it is unknown if HIIT/SIT increases strength, muscle mass/size, and muscle endurance (ME). We aimed to determine if HIIT/SIT increases strength, muscle mass/size, and ME. Databases (Ovid Medline, Sport Discus, EMBASE, and CINAHL) and the gray literature (Google Scholar) were searched for original research articles investigating the impact of HIIT/SIT on strength, muscle mass/size, and ME (23 March 2025). The risk of bias (ROB) was assessed via the Cochrane ROB 2 Tool. Meta-analyses were performed when three or more randomized controlled trials compared HIIT/SIT to a common comparator. Fifty-four studies were included (

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high-intensity interval trainingmuscle endurancemuscle hypertrophymuscle strengthsprint interval training

Identifiers

PMID41003599
PMCPMC12473220

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