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Table 2 Summary of population demographic characteristics

From: Effects of functional training on physical and technical performance among the athletic population: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

Study

Country

Type of Athletes

Level/training experience

Population Characteristics

Tomljanović et al. (2011) [37]

Croatia

NR

Moderately trained collegiate athlete/ > 12 yr

EG: n = 11, CG: n = 12, Gender: M, Age: 22–25 yr

Sander et al. (2013) [38]

Germany

Soccer

Professional/ > 12 yr

EG1: n = 65, EG2: n = 56, Gender: NR, age: 15.1 yr

Song et al. (2014) [39]

Korea

Handball

Elite/NR

EG: n = 31, Gender: M, age: 17.0 ± 1.06 yr.; CG: n = 31, Gender: M, Age: 16.62 ± 0.94 yr

Elbadry (2014) [24]

Egypt

Hammer throw

Collegiate/NR

EG: n = 10, Gender: F, Age: 18.33 ± 0.5 yr.; CG: n = 10, Gender: F, Age: 18.29 ± 0.8 yr

Kamal (2016) [40]

Egypt

Shot put

Collegiate/NR

EG: n = 10, Gender: F, Age: 18.33 ± 0.5 yr.; CG: n = 10, Gender: F, Age: 18.29 ± 0.8 yr

Cherepov & Shaikhetdinov (2016) [41]

Switzerland

Martial artists

Elite/NR

EG: n = 15, CG: n = 15, Gender: NR, Age: NR

Osipov et al. (2017) [42]

Russia

Judo

Collegiate/7–8 yr

EG = 30, CG = 30, Gender: NR, Age: 20–30 yr

Alonso-Fernández et al. (2017) [43]

Spain

Handball

Club/60 months

EG = 7, CG = 7, Gender: F, Age: 15.2 ± 0.6 yr

Yildiz et al. (2019) [21]

Turkey

Tennis

Prepubertal players/3.1 ± 1.1 yr

EG1 = 10, EG2 = 10, CG = 8, Gender: NR, Age: 9.6 ± 0.7 yr

Usgu et al. (2020) [44, 45]

Turkey

Basketball

Professional/NR

EG: n = 14, Gender: M, Age: 26.6 ± 5.9 yr.; CG: n = 14, Gender: M, Age: 22.4 ± 4.2 yr

Turna & Alp (2020) [46]

Turkey

Soccer

Professional/6.4 ± 3.09 yr., 4.4 ± 2.71 yr

EG: n = 10, Gender: M, Age: 25.2 ± 3.36 yr.; CG: n = 15, Gender: M, Age: 22.90 ± 2.02 yr

Zirhli & Demirci (2020) [47]

Turkey

Tennis

Club/ ≥ 2 yr

EG = 10, CG = 10, Gender: F, Age: 11.20 ± 0.834 yr

Turker & Yuksel (2021)

Turkey

Basketball

Elite/NR

EG: n = 15, Gender: M, Age: 20.8 ± 1.7 yr.; CG: n = 15, Gender: M, Age: 21.06 ± 1.9 yr

Hovsepian et al. (2021) [48]

Iran

Basketball

Professional/7.5 ± 2.5 yr., 6.5 ± 1.5 yr

EG: n = 10, Gender: F, Age: 23.5 ± 3.0 yr.; CG: n = 10, Gender: F, Age: 21.0 ± 1.5 yr

Carvutto et al. (2021) [49]

Italy

Soccer

Soccer school/NR

EG: n = 14, Gender: M, Age: NR; CG: n = 10, Gender: M, Age: NR

Keiner et al. (2022) [50]

Germany

Soccer

Professional/NR

EG1: n = 11, EG2: n = 11, EG3: n = 14, CG: n = 12, Gender: NR, Age: 17.45 ± 0.52 yr

Zheng (2022) [51]

China

Dance

Collegiate/NR

EG: n = 30, Gender: M, Age: NR; CG: n = 30, Gender: M, Age: NR

Abood et al. (2022) [23]

Iraq

Basketball

Clubs/NR

EG: n = 7, Gender: NR, Age: NR; CG: n = 7, Gender: NR, Age: NR

Zou & Ma (2022) [52]

China

Taekwondo

National second-level athlete/ ≥ 2 yr

EG1 = 8, CG = 8, Gender: M, Age: 22 yr

Liu & Yi (2023) [53]

China

Tennis

Clubs/ NR

EG: n = 9, Gender: M, Age: NR; CG: n = 9, Gender: M, Age: NR

Lee et al. (2023) [54]

Korea

Baseball

Collegiate/TB: > 10 yr

EG: n = 5, Gender: NR, Age: NR; CG: n = 5, Gender: NR, Age: NR

Chen (2023) [55]

China

Badminton

National level/NR

EG: n = 6, Gender: M, Age: NR; CG: n = 6, Gender: M, Age: NR

Wu et al. (2023) [56]

China

Dragon Boat

Collegiate/NR

EG: n = 21, Gender: M, Age: 21 ± 1.47 yr.; CG: n = 21, Gender: M, Age: 22 ± 1.50 yr

Khazaei & Amani-Shalamzari (2023) [57]

Iran

Taekwondo

Elite/NR

EG: n = 9, Gender: F, Age: 21.1 ± 2.9 yr.; CG: n = 8, Gender: F, Age: 22.3 ± 3.1 yr

Xiao et al. (2023) [12]

China

Tennis

Elite/ > 4.5 yr

EG: n = 20, Gender: M, Age: 16.7 ± 0.4 yr.; CG: n = 20, Gender: M, Age: 16.5 ± 0.6 yr

Shang et al. (2023) [58]

China

Basketball

Collegiate/NR

EG: n = 9, CG: n = 9, Gender: NR, Age: NR

Xiao et al. (2024) [35]

China

Tennis

Elite/4.5 yr

EG: n = 20, Gender: M, Age: 16.7 ± 0.4 yr.; CG: n = 20, Gender: M, Age: 16.5 ± 0.6 yr

Bashir et al. (2024) [36]

Pakistan

Hockey

Elite/ > 3.8 yr

EG = 22, CG = 22, Gender: M, Age: 21.5 ± 0.8 yr

  1. NR not reported, M male, F female, yr: year, EG functional training group, CG control group, Freq frequency, time: single intervention time; Length: total time of the intervention; ↑: significant difference between pre- and post-experimental group data; ↔ : no significant difference between pre-and post-experimental group data; #: significant difference between post-experimental group data; NWP normal soccer warm-up, WPS warm-up program supplemented with functional training