Table 3. Number of studies investigating potentiation complexes.
Potentiation Complex Setting Number of studies
Conditioning Activity Potentiated Exercise
Pure unilateral Pure unilateral 5 studies (Batista et al., 2007; Seitz et al., 2015, 2016; Wong et al., 2020; Power et al., 2021)
Unilateral fashion Unilateral fashion 16 studies (Asencio, 2020; Turner et al., 2015; Bishop et al., 2017; Cuenca-Fernández et al., 2015, 2019, 2020; Dello Iacono et al., 2016a; 2016b; Lockie et al., 2017; Ferreira-Júnior et al., 2018; Orjalo et al., 2020; de Arruda et al., 2020; Ciocca et al., 2021; Brink et al., 2021; Escobar Hincapié et al., 2021; Martínez-Garciá et al., 2021)
Unilateral fashion Bilateral movement 5 studies (Dello Iacono et al., 2016a; Dello Iacono et al., 2016b; Bishop et al., 2017; Doma et al., 2020; Escobar Hincapié et al., 2021)
Pure unilateral: monoarticular unilateral movements, e.g. one-leg extension; Unilateral fashion: multi-joint unilateral movements, e.g. split squat or sprint