Summary of findings from 22 studies that assessed metarecovery (relative frequency (number of subjects))
| Stusies that assessed metarecovery | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metarecovery n=28 | Mental task | Mental/ physical tasks | Physical tasks | Total | |||||
| Aerobic | Anaerobic | ||||||||
| Adrenaline (n=17): | |||||||||
| Increase | 4/10 (51) | 1/1 (32) | 1/5 (6) | 1/1 (20) | 7/17 (109) | ||||
| No change | 3/10 (37) | 0/1 (—) | 4/5 (51) | 0/1 (—) | 7/17 (88) | ||||
| Decrease | 3/10 (70) | 0/1 (—) | 0/5 (—) | 0/1 (—) | 3/17 (70) | ||||
| Noradrenaline (n=17): | |||||||||
| Increase | 6/10 (91) | 1/1 (32) | 2/5 (13) | 1/1 (20) | 10/17 (156) | ||||
| No change | 2/10 (27) | 0/1 (—) | 3/5 (44) | 0/1 (—) | 5/17 (71) | ||||
| Decrease | 2/10 (40) | 0/1 (—) | 0/5 (—) | 0/1 (—) | 2/17 (40) | ||||
| Cortisol (n=17): | |||||||||
| Increase | 2/5 (42) | 1/1 (136) | 4/8 (60) | 1/3 (10) | 8/17 (248) | ||||
| No change | 2/5 (30) | 0/1 (—) | 2/8 (50) | 2/3 (10) | 6/17 (90) | ||||
| Decrease | 1/5 (10) | 0/1 (—) | 2/8 (20) | 0/3 (—) | 3/17 (30) | ||||
Some studies performed several measurements at one time. The 51 assessments are categorised by nature of the task and the effect found for the different hormones.