Table 1. Characteristics of included participants.
Study RCT N Gender Age (year) Body mass (kg) Height (m) PLT experience Fitness level
Aloui et al. (2020) Yes 29 M 17.9 ± 0.5 75.3 ± 13.9 1.83 ± 0.06 NR High
Chaabene et al. (2021) NR 21 F 15.0/16.0 63.3 ± 7.1 1.65 ± 0.1 NR High
Chelly et al. (2014) Yes 23 M 17.2 ± 0.4 79.9 ± 11.5 1.79 ± 0.04 NR High
De Villarreal et al. (2022) Yes 24 M 23.7 ± 4.9 80.2 ± 8.3 1.81 ± 0.06 No Moderate
De Villarreal et al. (2022) Yes 24 M 20.2 ± 2.2 80.2 ± 8.3 1.79 ± 0.04 No Moderate
Ethiraj and Kamatchi (2020) Yes 40 M 20.8 ± 1.6 NR NR NR Low
Gaamouri et al. (2023a) Yes 28 M 16.6 ± 0.4 72.1 ± 7.6 1.80 ± 0.03 NR High
Gaamouri et al. (2023b) No 28 F 15.8 ± 0.2 63.3 ± 4.1 1.67 ± 0.03 3 High
Gaamouri et al. (2023c) No 34 F 15.8 ± 0.2 63.2 ± 3.8 1.68 ± 0.04 NR High
Hammami et al. (2019a) Yes 28 M 14.0/15.0 66.6 ± 4.7 1.75 ± 0.07 NR High
Hammami et al. (2019b) Yes 41 F 13.4 ± 0.3 42.5 ± 4.2 1.43 ± 0.4 NR Moderate
Hammami et al. (2020a) Yes 20 M 16.5 ± 0.5 70.1 ± 6.9 1.79 ± 0.07 NR High
Hammami et al. (2020b) Yes 34 F 15.8 ± 0.2 63.6 ± 3.8 1.67 ± 0.04 3 High
Hammami et al. (2021) Yes 32 M 16.6 ± 0.8 69.0 ± 5.4 1.77 ± 0.07 NR High
Hermassi et al. (2014) Yes 24 M 20.1 ± 0.3 87.5 ± 3.1 1.89 ± 0.07 NR High
Karadenizli (2016) Yes 26 F 14.0/15.0 NR 1.57/1.70 NR Moderate
Mazurek et al. (2018) Yes 26 M 20.2 ± 2.2 86.0 ± 9.9 1.83 ± 0.05 NR Moderate
Noutsos et al. (2021) Yes 33 NR 12.4 ± 2.1 48.3 ± 3.9 1.55 ± 0.02 NR Low
Pancar et al. (2020) Yes 28 F 13.1 ± 0.8 NR 1.59 ± 0.07 NR Low
Spieszny and Zubik (2018) Yes 20 NR 22.1 ± 3.1 87.24/88.86 1.83 ± 0.06 NR Moderate-high
F, female; M, male; NR, not reported, PLT experience, plyometric training experience (years); RCT, randomized controlled trial.