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We are pleased to announce this Collection titled "Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Health Promotion and Sports Medicine". This Special Issue will be a collection of papers from researchers invited by the Editorial Board Members. The aim is to provide a venue for networking and communication between IJERPH and scholars in the field of injury prevention and (non-operative) sports medicine care (and related areas), coupled with state-of-the-art health promotion research. All papers will be fully open access upon publication after peer review.

Dr. Ricardo J. Fernandes
Dr. Daniel Boullosa
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sports medicine
physiotherapy
health promotion
sport physiology
sports injuries
sports biomechanics
injury prevention

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Physical Fitness Profile of High-Level Female Portuguese Handball Players

by Manoel Rios, Ricardo J. Fernandes, Ricardo Cardoso, Ana Sofia Monteiro, Filipa Cardoso, Aléxia Fernandes, Gonçalo Silva, Pedro Fonseca, João Paulo Vilas-Boas and José António Silva

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(9), 5751; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095751 - 8 May 2023

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We characterized the physical and physiological profiles of high-level female Portuguese handball players and examined the relationships between their anthropometric characteristics, general motor performance and cardiopulmonary fitness. Twenty-four high-level female handball players with an average age of 23.6 ± 5.5 years, height of 173.6 ± 5.1 cm and body mass of 72.6 ± 9.1 kg volunteered to participate. A Pearson correlation test was used to assess the relationship between variables. Direct relationships were observed between the players’ height and arm span (r = 0.741), as well as between their squat jump and countermovement jump performances with regard to body mass (r = 0.448 and 0.496, respectively). The 9 m jump shot has a large relationship with the 7 m standing throw (r = 0.786) and between left hand dynamometry and body mass index (r = 0.595). The 30 m sprint has a relationship with the 7 m standing throw (r = −0.526) and the 9 m jump throw (r = −0.551). Oxygen uptake has a relationship with the players’ height (r = −0.482) and time limit (r = 0.513), while the fitness index has a relation to the players’ height (r = −0.488) and arm span (r = −0.422). Our results should be considered when using physical testing to plan optimal physical training regimens in elite team handball. Full article

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Effects of Exercise and Sports Intervention and the Involvement Level on the Mineral Health of Different Bone Sites in the Leg, Hip, and Spine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

by Thiago P. Oliveira, Mário C. Espada, Danilo A. Massini, Ricardo A. M. Robalo, Tiago A. F. Almeida, Víctor Hernández-Beltrán, José M. Gamonales, Eliane A. Castro and Dalton M. Pessôa Filho

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(15), 6537; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156537 - 7 Aug 2023

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The current study analysed whether the osteogenic stimuli of exercises and sports have an independent effect on bone mineral density (BMD). Studies with a design having two different cohorts were searched and selected to distinguish the effect due to long-term involvement (i.e., athletes vs. non-active young with good bone health) and due to the planning of intervention (i.e., pre- vs. post-training) with exercises and sports. Moreover, only studies investigating the bone sites with a body-weight support function (i.e., lower limb, hip, and spine regions) were reviewed, since the osteogenic effects have incongruous results. A meta-analysis was performed following the recommendations of PRISMA. Heterogeneity (I²) was determined by combining Cochran’s Q test with the Higgins test, with a significance level of α = 0.05. The studies reporting the effect of involvement in exercise and sports showed high heterogeneity for the lower limb, total hip, and spine (I² = 90.200%, 93.334%, and 95.168%, respectively, with p < 0.01) and the effect size on sports modalities (Hedge’s g = 1.529, 1.652, and 0.417, respectively, with p < 0.05) ranging from moderate to high. In turn, the studies reporting the effect of the intervention planning showed that there was no heterogeneity for the lower limb (I² = 0.000%, p = 0.999) and spine (I² = 77.863%, p = 0.000); however, for the hip, it was moderate (I² = 49.432%, p = 0.054), with a low effect between the pre- and post-training moments presented only for the hip and spine (Hedge’s g = 0.313 and 0.353, respectively, with p < 0.05). The current analysis supported the effect of involvement in exercise and sports by evidencing the effect of either weight-bearing or non-weight-bearing movements on BMD at the femoral, pelvic, and lumbar bones sites of the athletes when comparing to non-athletes or non-active peers with healthy bones. Moreover, the effect of different exercise and sports interventions highlighted the alterations in the BMD in the spine bone sites, mainly with long-term protocols (~12 months) planned with a stimulus with high muscle tension. Therefore, exercise and sport (mainly systematic long-term practice) have the potential to increase the BMD of bones with body-weight support beyond the healthy values reached during life phases of youth and adulthood. Full article

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