Physical Fitness and Injury Prevention in Athletes
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editors
Interests: strength and conditioning; team sport; injury prevention; functional recovery
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Dear Colleagues,
The scientific literature has highlighted that to improve athletic performance, coaches should administer specific training stimuli which depend on high levels of technique, tactics, and fitness conditioning. Considering that repetitive technical and physical gestures place high demands on the musculoskeletal system and that excessive or incorrect training stimuli can worsen performance results and increase injury risk, it is fundamental to enrich the scientific knowledge regarding the relationship between fitness and injury prevention in athletes. In fact, the risk of injury is inherent in sports and, consequently, prevention is crucial to decrease injury risk and reduce costs for the sports team and society. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health aims to attract new data that could spark more multidisciplinary discussion on innovative ideas in this area. For these reasons, we invite all authors to submit original research and/or specific reviews that improve the understanding of “Physical Fitness and Injury Prevention in Athletes”, especially those combining a high academic standard coupled with a practical aspect, which are values that contribute to designing and implementing interventions that reduce injuries or mitigate their consequences.
Dr. Fabrizio Perroni
Dr. Stefano Amatori
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- injury prevention
- sport performance
- kinematic analysis
- strength and conditioning
- rehabilitation
- recovery
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