Document is current

Article History

Accepted: 14 August 2023

First Online: 7 September 2023

Declarations

:

: The authors declare that they have no financial or non-financial conflicts of interest. Initial results from this study have contributed to the thesis of the second author for the degree of Master of Science in Exercise Science at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). Initial findings have also been presented as a conference poster for Research to Practice 2022 (online May 2022, Exercise and Sports Science Australia).

: Open access funding was provided by the Qatar National Library. Funding was received from HBKU, College of Health and Life Sciences for the Covidence license that was used to manage this review. A post-graduate research scholarship was granted to the second author from HBKU during the course of the Master’s degree. 

: The extracted data that was used for the current manuscript is available in Supplementary Online Resource 1 in the ESM.

: ML and IY undertook the processes of searching, screening, and risk of bias appraisal. Initial analysis ofO_2max outcomes and write-up were undertaken by IY as a part of her Master’s thesis. Subsequent analyses and results synthesis were undertaken by ML, and subsequent write-ups were undertaken collaboratively by IY and ML. Physiological content expertise and guidance was provided by NT and BM, and review/meta-analytical content expertise and guidance was provided by HM and ML. All authors significantly contributed to the design and development of the project at all stages. All authors contributed to all versions of the manuscript.