The impact of high-intensity interval training on women's health: A bibliometric and visualization analysis.
Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data
Bibliometric analysis of publication metadata without clinical outcome synthesis (graded by design analogy).
PubMed 39331945 · doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000039855
What was done
Publications regarding high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in women's health were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. The authors used Microsoft Excel 2021, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace to conduct a bibliometric and visualization analysis examining country, institution, author, citation, and keyword trends.
What was found
The study evaluated 808 publications across 1,234 institutions in 61 countries, authored by 3,789 researchers. The United States, Australia, and Canada were the leading contributors. Highly cited works and frequent keywords centered on metabolic adaptation, muscle adaptation, cardiovascular health, insulin sensitivity, and exercise performance. Keyword burst analysis identified a progression from basic training concepts to specific physiological responses and target populations.
Why it matters
This bibliometric mapping outlines the research landscape and shifting thematic priorities for HIIT applications in female populations.
Limits
The study examines publication metadata rather than primary physiological or clinical trial outcomes. The literature search was restricted to the Web of Science Core Collection and did not evaluate study quality or effect sizes.
Cited by
- supports Approximately 700 scientific papers on interval training are published annually.