Table 2. Characteristics of the intervention measures. Author (Year) Intervention Type Duration, month Frequency, sessions/wk Session Duration, min Exercise Intensity (%HRmax) Intervention Group Control Group Seabra et al. (2014) Recreational Football Daily Activities 5 4 60–90 >80% Seabra et al. (2016) Recreational Football Daily Activities 6 3 - 70–80% Knoepfli–Lenzin et al. (2010) Recreational Football Daily Activities 3 3 60 – Weintraub et al. (2008) Recreational Football Health Education 6 3–4 90 – Vasconcellos et al. (2016) Recreational Football – 3 3 60 – Vasconcellos et al. (2021) Recreational Football Daily Activities 3 3 60 ≈84.5± 4.1% Soares et al. (2023) Recreational Football Daily Activities 3 3 – – Lousa et al. (2017) Recreational Football Sedentary Behavior 6 3 60 70–80% Randers et al. (2010) Recreational Football Daily Activities 3 2.4 60 81–83% Cvetković et al. (2018) Recreational Football Daily Activities 3 2 – – Faude et al. (2010) Recreational Football Daily Activities 6 4 60 – Krustrup et al. (2009) Recreational Football Daily Activities 3 2–3 60 ≈82% Hansen et al. (2013) Recreational Football Daily Activities 3 4 60 ≈80% Wang et al. (2023) Recreational Football Daily Activities 3 4 60–90 50–70% Andersen et al. (2014) Recreational Football Sedentary Behavior 6 2 60 83 ± 2% Andersen et al. (2016) Recreational Football DailyActivities 4 2 60 – mo – months; wk – week; min – minutes; HRmax – maximum heart rate. “–” indicates data not reported. Exercise intensity was based on average heart rate during sessions when available; some studies estimated intensity by %HRmax without direct monitoring.