Table 2. Characteristics of the intervention measures.

Author (Year)	Intervention Type		Duration, month	Frequency, sessions/wk	Session Duration, min	Exercise Intensity (%HRmax)
	Intervention Group	Control Group
Seabra et al. (2014)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	5	4	60–90	>80%
Seabra et al. (2016)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	6	3	-	70–80%
Knoepfli–Lenzin et al. (2010)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	3	3	60	–
Weintraub et al. (2008)	Recreational Football	Health Education	6	3–4	90	–
Vasconcellos et al. (2016)	Recreational Football	–	3	3	60	–
Vasconcellos et al. (2021)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	3	3	60	≈84.5± 4.1%
Soares et al. (2023)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	3	3	–	–
Lousa et al. (2017)	Recreational Football	Sedentary Behavior	6	3	60	70–80%
Randers et al. (2010)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	3	2.4	60	81–83%
Cvetković et al. (2018)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	3	2	–	–
Faude et al. (2010)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	6	4	60	–
Krustrup et al. (2009)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	3	2–3	60	≈82%
Hansen et al. (2013)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	3	4	60	≈80%
Wang et al. (2023)	Recreational Football	Daily Activities	3	4	60–90	50–70%
Andersen et al. (2014)	Recreational Football	Sedentary Behavior	6	2	60	83 ± 2%
Andersen et al. (2016)	Recreational Football	DailyActivities	4	2	60	–

mo – months; wk – week; min – minutes; HRmax – maximum heart rate. “–” indicates data not reported. Exercise intensity was based on average heart rate during sessions when available; some studies estimated intensity by %HRmax without direct monitoring.