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Physical Activity for Optimal Health

A special issue of Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (ISSN 2411-5142). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Exercise for Health Promotion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1720

Special Issue Editors

Dr. José M. Gamonales

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1. Training Optimization and Sports Performance Research Group (GOERD), Sport Science Faculty, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Extremadura, Spain
2. Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Interests: physical activity; adapted sport
Dr. Mário André da Cunha Espada

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1. Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Escola Superior de Educacao, 2914-504 Setúbal, Portugal
2. Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & Innovation Center (SPRINT), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
3. Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
4. Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal
5. Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV-Leiria), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Interests: sport sciences; training load monitoring; strength and conditioning; metabolic expenditure; testing; performance analysis; training; exercise physiology; biomechanics; recovery procedures; physical activity
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Dear Colleagues,

You are welcome to contribute to this Special Issue regarding “Physical Activity for Optimal Health” by submitting in your working order to increase your knowledge and research experience on physical activity and health to compile the most recent studies and projects carried out concerning the use of physical exercise and sport as a means to improve health, social inclusion, and sports performance.

Regular exercise is essential to maintain physical and mental health; physical activity reduces weight and excess weight. Access to optimal health is one of these essential rights for persons with disabilities. In this sense, physical exercise is crucial to improving and maintaining one’s health and well-being.

Sports and physical activity have a notable value in the context of social inclusion and integration, in addition to the multiple and varied benefits they bring to people’s health and well-being. They can promote active social inclusion by allowing special groups to fully interact and relate to other social groups. Physical exercise, through physical education and sport, provides the opportunity to value capabilities and can include everyone in an inclusive vision. This is particularly valuable for people with and without disabilities across all age groups.

This Special Issue of the Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology presents articles related to the different fields of action of Sports Sciences, such as the use of accelerometry to quantify health parameters, recommendations and guidelines on physical activity, development of comprehensive intervention models for reducing overweight and obesity, use of physical activity monitoring systems, or knowledge related to adherence to physical activity programs for people with or without disabilities.

Dr. José M. Gamonales
Dr. Mário André da Cunha Espada
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • disabilities
  • education
  • health
  • inclusion
  • performance
  • physical activity
  • sport

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Lifestyle as a Modulator of the Effects on Fitness of an Integrated Neuromuscular Training in Primary Education
by Blanca Roman-Viñas, Fidanka Vasileva, Raquel Font-Lladó, Susana Aznar-Laín, Fabio Jiménez-Zazo, Abel Lopez-Bermejo, Victor López-Ros and Anna Prats-Puig
J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2024, 9(3), 117; https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9030117 - 2 Jul 2024
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The objective was to evaluate changes in fitness after an integrated neuromuscular training (INT) intervention in primary school children and to evaluate how lifestyle behaviors and parental education modulate these changes. One hundred and seventy children (7.45 ± 0.34 years; 52% girls) were [...] Read more.
The objective was to evaluate changes in fitness after an integrated neuromuscular training (INT) intervention in primary school children and to evaluate how lifestyle behaviors and parental education modulate these changes. One hundred and seventy children (7.45 ± 0.34 years; 52% girls) were included. Cardiorespiratory fitness (half-mile run test), a 10 × 5 m shuttle run test, standing broad jump (SBJ), handgrip dynamometer, body mass index (BMI) and fat mass percentage (FM%) were assessed before and after the 3-month intervention (20 min of INT in the physical education class, twice per week). The Mediterranean diet (MD), sleep time and parental education level (PEL) were evaluated by questionnaires, and adherence to physical activity (PA) recommendations was measured with a triaxial accelerometer before the intervention. After the intervention, there were improvements in the 10 × 5 test and the SBJ. Only girls had improvements in the handgrip test, BMI SDS and FM%. After correcting for confounding variables, only BMI was significantly improved whereas strength improved in the participants non-compliant with the PA recommendations or pertaining to families of high PEL. The INT produced improvements in fitness in a brief period and in different subgroups of pupils (inactive and with diverse sociocultural environments). Full article
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Active Commuting as a Factor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
by Claudia Baran, Shanice Belgacem, Mathilde Paillet, Raphael Martins de Abreu, Francisco Xavier de Araujo, Roberto Meroni and Camilo Corbellini
J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2024, 9(3), 125; https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9030125 - 18 Jul 2024
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Active commuting (AC) may have the potential to prevent the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the evidence for a correlation between AC and the risk of CVD remains uncertain. The current study thoroughly and qualitatively summarized research on the relationship between AC [...] Read more.
Active commuting (AC) may have the potential to prevent the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the evidence for a correlation between AC and the risk of CVD remains uncertain. The current study thoroughly and qualitatively summarized research on the relationship between AC and the risk of CVD disease. From conception through December 2022, researchers explored four databases (PubMed, PEDro, Cochrane, and Bibliothèque Nationale of Luxembourg [BnL]) for observational studies. The initial findings of the search yielded 1042 references. This systematic review includes five papers with 491,352 participants between 16 and 85 years old, with 5 to 20 years of follow-up period. The exposure variable was the mode of transportation used to commute on a typical day (walking, cycling, mixed mode, driving, or taking public transportation). The primary outcome measures were incident CVD, fatal and non-fatal (e.g., ischemic heart disease (IHD), ischemic stroke (IS), hemorrhagic stroke (HS) events, and coronary heart disease (CHD). Despite methodological variability, the current evidence supports AC as a preventive measure for the development of CVD. Future research is needed to standardize methodologies and promote policies for public health and environmental sustainability. Full article
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