| Population |
Team-sport athletes
of any gender and level (invasion sports on the field or court). |
Non-team sports
(e.g., solo, squash, or combat sports), ice, beach, or water team sports,
game officials, non-athletes. |
| Intervention |
The combined
training intervention is defined as athletes performing neuromuscular training
(such as plyometrics and resistance training) combined with metabolic training
(such as sprinting, interval training) on the same training day or within
the same training session. These interventions lasted for at least 4 weeks. |
The intervention
group did not involve studies that utilized combinations of training methods
such as plyometrics, resistance training, sprinting, or repeated sprint
training. Acute interventions lasting < 4 weeks. |
| Comparator |
Active control
(CON) (i.e., players participating keeps regular training) or a specific
control group with single-mode training (SGL) (i.e., players participating
resistance, plyometrics, sprint, repeated sprints, etc.). |
No control groups. |
| Outcome |
The study includes
pre- and post-intervention assessment of at least one RSA parameter: RSA
best, RSA mean, and RSA fatigue index (i.e., assessed by fatigue index and/or
sprint attenuation scores). The pre- and post-testing modalities must be
a running RSA test performed on the ground. |
The pre-test
or post-test lacks the outcomes of the RSA test and is an RSA test in a
laboratory environment, such as cycling. |
| Study
design |
The study design
must have at least two groups and be a randomized controlled trial. |
Non-randomized
controlled trials, single-arm experiments, and observational studies. |
