Factors Determining the Agreement between Aerobic Threshold and Point of Maximal Fat Oxidation: Follow-Up on a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Association

Peric, R (通讯作者),Orthoped Clin Orthosport, Dept Exercise Physiol, Banja Luka 78000, Bosnia & Herceg.
2023-1
Regular exercise at the intensity matching maximal fat oxidation (FAT(max)) has been proposed as a key element in both athletes and clinical populations when aiming to enhance the body's ability to oxidize fat. In order to allow a more standardized and tailored training approach, the connection between FAT(max) and the individual aerobic thresholds (AerT) has been examined. Although recent findings strongly suggest that a relationship exists between these two intensities, correlation alone is not sufficient to confirm that the intensities necessarily coincide and that the error between the two measures is small. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis aim to examine the agreement levels between the exercise intensities matching FAT(max) and AerT by pooling limits of agreement in a function of three parameters: (i) the average difference, (ii) the average within-study variation, and (iii) the variation in bias across studies, and to examine the influence of clinical and methodological inter- and intra-study differences on agreement levels. This study was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021239351) and ClinicalTrials (NCT03789045). PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for studies examining FAT(max) and AerT connection. Overall, 12 studies with forty-five effect sizes and a total of 774 subjects fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The ROBIS tool for risk of bias assessment was used to determine the quality of included studies. In conclusion, the overall 95% limits of agreement of the differences between FAT(max) and AerT exercise intensities were larger than the a priori determined acceptable agreement due to the large variance caused by clinical and methodological differences among the studies. Therefore, we recommend that future studies follow a strict standardization of data collection and analysis of FAT(max)- and AerT-related outcomes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:20|期号:1
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Urbino; Northwestern University; University of North Carolina; Appalachian State University; University of Split; University of Granada; University of Granada; University of Granada; CIBER - Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red; CIBEROBN; Instituto de Salud Carlos III; Instituto de Investigacion Biosanitaria IBS Granada
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
2
2013以来使用计数
2
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.3390/ijerph20010453
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
peak fat oxidation aerobic threshold exercise agreement
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health