Data Sheet 1: Meta-Analysis Results for Volleyball Interventions on Physical Fitness

Yimou Mao compiled data from 12 randomized controlled trials with 656 participants for a systematic review and meta-analysis on volleyball interventions. The dataset, last updated in 2026, contains results assessing the effects of volleyball on components like muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and agility. The analysis was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42024537624) and the data is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Validate meta-analysis findings on volleyball's effect on muscular endurance based on reported standardized mean differences.
• Compare intervention effects across different physical fitness components like cardiovascular endurance and agility.
• Assess heterogeneity in study outcomes across the 12 included randomized controlled trials.
• Replicate or extend the systematic review methodology for other sports or fitness domains.

Strengths

• Includes data from 12 randomized controlled trials, a standard for intervention studies.
• Meta-analysis results are quantified with standardized mean differences and 95% confidence intervals for seven fitness components.
• Systematic review protocol was pre-registered (PROSPERO CRD42024537624), enhancing methodological rigor.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analytical needs.
• The 1.3 MB file size suggests a small dataset, potentially limiting the granularity of the underlying data.

Provenance

Source

Yimou Mao via figshare

Collection Method

Data compiled from a systematic search of PubMed, EBSCOhost (SPORTDiscus), Web of Science, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 05:42:05; freshness should be verified.