Can high-intensity interval training improve physical and mental health outcomes? A meta-review of 33 systematic reviews across the lifespan

• Published in: Journal of sports sciences Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 430 - 469
• Main Authors: Martland, Rebecca, Mondelli, Valeria, Gaughran, Fiona, Stubbs, Brendon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 16.02.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropometry; Anxiety; Anxiety - prevention & control; Biomarkers - blood; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Brain injury; Brain natriuretic peptide; Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Coronary artery; Coronary artery disease; Depression - prevention & control; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Exercise; Exercise Tolerance; Fatty acids; Fatty-acid synthase; Heart diseases; Heart rate; High intensity interval training; High-Intensity Interval Training - psychology; Humans; Inflammation; Inflammation - blood; Interleukin 6; Interval training; Life span; Lung diseases; Mental Health; Metabolic syndrome; Muscle, Skeletal - anatomy & histology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Physical training; Proteins; Quality of Life; review article; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Tumors; Ventricle; High intensity interval training; review article; physical activity

High-intensity-interval-training (HIIT) has been suggested to have beneficial effects in multiple populations across individual systematic reviews, although there is a lack of clarity in the totality of the evidence whether HIIT is effective and safe across different populations and outcomes. The ai...