BioMed Research International

Review Article

Effects of Short- and Long-Term Detraining on Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.


Study	Training status	Duration (days)	Sample size ()	Sex	Age	Cessation	Measures

Drinkwater et al. (1972) [27]	Lower	90	7	Female	<20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) Lactate (mEq/liter)
Murase, Y et al. (1981) [28]	Higher	730	5	Male	<20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Coyle et al. (1984) [29]	Higher	12, 21, 56, 84	7	Mixed	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min)
Cullinane et al. (1986) [30]	Higher	10	15	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min)
Miyamura M et al. (1990) [31]	Lower	365, 455, 605, 730	5	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min)
Houmard et al. (1992) [32]	Higher	14	12	Mixed	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min)
Madsen et al. (1993) [33]	Higher	28	9	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (l/min) HRmax (beats/min)
LaForgia et al. (1999) [34]	Lower	21	8	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Mochizuki et al. (1999) [35]	Higher	30	15	Mixed	<20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Doherty et al. (2003) [36]	Higher	15	7	Female	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Petibois et al. (2003) [37]	Higher	35, 203, 364	10	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) Lactate (mEq/liter)
Gamelin et al. (2007) [38]	Lower	14,28, 56	14	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Caldwell et al. (2009) [39]	Lower	90	13	Male	≥20	PDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
J Garciapallares (2000) [40]	Higher	35	7	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min) Lactate (mEq/liter)
Sotiropoulos et al. (2009) [41]	Higher	28	20,38	Male	≥20	PDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Eastwood et al. (2012) [42]	Higher	30	9	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Koundourakis et al. (2014) [43]	Higher	42	23,22	Male	≥20	PDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Koundourakis et al. (2014) [44]	Higher	42	67	Male	≥20	PDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)
Melchiorri et al. (2014) [45]	Lower	42	14	Male	<20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min)
Balague et al. (2016) [46]	Lower	21	8	Male	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min) HRmax (beats/min)
Melchiorri et al. (1999) [47]	Higher	56	15	Mixed	≥20	CDT	V̇O₂max (ml/kg/min)

Duration (days): duration of detraining; higher: regular training will be conducted more than or equal to 5 times a week; lower: training will be less than 5 times a week; CDT: completely detraining; PDT: partly detraining.