Effects of tapering on performance in endurance athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhiqiang Wang, Yong “Tai” Wang, Weifeng Gao and Yaping Zhong

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: Objective: To assess the responses to taper in endurance athletes using meta-analysis. Methods: Systematic searches were conducted in China National Knowledge Infrastructure, PubMed, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, and EMBASE databases. Standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of outcome measures were calculated as effect sizes. Results: 14 studies were included in this meta-analysis. Significant improvements were found between pre- and post-tapering in time–trial (TT) performance (SMD = −0.45; P 0.05) between pre- and post-tapering. Further subgroup analysis showed that tapering combined with pre-taper overload training had a more significant effect on TT performance than conventional tapering (P

Date: 2023
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