Review
Physiology
Nuannuan Deng, Kim Geok Soh, Borhannudin Abdullah, Dandan Huang, He Sun, Wensheng Xiao
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the effects of physical training on performance outcomes in female tennis players. The review found that existing training programs yield some favorable outcomes for female tennis players. However, further research with high methodological quality is warranted on the tailoring of specific training programs for female tennis players, and there should be more consistent measuring and reporting of data to facilitate meaningful data pooling for future meta-analyses.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Ana Filipa Silva, Francisco Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, Rafael Oliveira, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Pedro Bezerra, Chin-Hwai Hung, Yi-Wen Chiu, Cheng-Deng Kuo, Yung-Sheng Chen
Summary: There are differences in physical fitness and training intensity between selected and non-selected futsal players. Selected players performed better in 15 m and 30 m sprints, exercise heart rate responses, and locomotion profiles.
Article
Physiology
Martijn Gabler, Hermine S. Berberyan, Olaf Prieske, Marije T. Elferink-Gemser, Tibor Hortobagyi, Torsten Warnke, Urs Granacher
Summary: The study found that low intensity, high volume training had greater effects on the sport-specific performance and muscular endurance of young kayakers and canoeists compared to moderate intensity, low volume training.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychiatry
Anna Hirschbeck, Douglas Silva Leao, Elias Wagner, Alkomiet Hasan, Astrid Roeh
Summary: The impact of psychiatric medications on physical performance is inconclusive. Antipsychotics seem to impair physical performance, while the findings for antidepressants and sedatives are inconsistent. Stimulants consistently enhance performance. However, most studies have small sample sizes and are conducted in well-trained subjects rather than patients with psychiatric disorders.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Sport Sciences
Jani P. Vaara, Herbert Groeller, Jace Drain, Heikki Kyrolainen, Kai Pihlainen, Tommi Ojanen, Chris Connaboy, Matti Santtila, Philip Agostinelli, Brad C. Nindl
Summary: This review article examines the physical attributes related to performance of essential military tasks like load carriage, manual material handling and casualty evacuation. It also discusses physical training intervention studies in military settings to enhance performance in these tasks. The results highlight the importance of muscular fitness in successfully completing these military tasks and suggest that combining strength, aerobic, and specific load carriage training may be an effective way to improve performance.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Claudio Farias-Valenzuela, Paloma Ferrero-Hernandez, Gerson Ferrari, Cristian Cofre-Bolados, Sebastian Espoz-Lazo, Sebastian Alvarez-Arangua, Adilson Marques, Pedro Valdivia-Moral
Summary: People with intellectual disabilities (ID) often face issues related to overweight, obesity, heart and metabolic diseases, and low motor development. Multicomponent physical exercise programs (MPEPs) have been found to have positive effects on physical fitness in people with ID, particularly in the areas of morphology, motor skills, muscle strength, metabolism, and cardiorespiratory health. More research is needed to understand and standardize the effects of MPEPs on other dimensions of physical fitness and utilize them as an alternative to reduce sedentary behavior in people with ID.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Claire O' Brien, Josephine Pegg
Summary: The study found that Ridden Water Submersion Training (RWST) acts as a moderate submaximal intensity exercise that can prevent the common tendon temperature increase associated with traditional conditioning training, especially suitable for horses in high risk disciplines of tendon injury. Further research is needed to understand the physiological effects of RWST in non-elite performance horses and across various equestrian disciplines.
Article
Biology
Ana Filipa Silva, Sumer Alvurdu, Zeki Akyildiz, Filipe Manuel Clemente
Summary: Understanding the factors that influence locomotor performance is important for optimizing players' performance. This study found that performance on an intermittent progressive multistage test is correlated with neuromuscular, sprinting, and change-of-direction abilities, while anaerobic speed reserve seems to be relatively independent of those qualities.
Article
Rehabilitation
Mohamed Ali Elshafey, Reham Saeed Alsakhawi
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effect of inspiratory muscle training on physical fitness in children with Down syndrome. The results showed that inspiratory muscle training combined with aerobic exercise training demonstrated more significant improvements in physical fitness compared to aerobic exercise training alone in these children.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Juliany de Souza Araujo, Rafaela Catherine da Silva Cunha de Medeiros, Tatiane Andreza Lima da Silva, Danielle Coutinho de Medeiros, Jason Azevedo de Medeiros, Isis Kelly dos Santos, Phelipe Wilde, Breno Guilherme de Araujo Tinoco Cabral, Radames Maciel Vitor Medeiros, Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas
Summary: The study evaluated the effects of training and detraining on the physical fitness components of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). Combined training and subsequent detraining had similar responses on body composition, isometric strength, and cardiorespiratory fitness of PLHA and the control group, except for lower limb extensor strength and ventilatory threshold 1, which showed positive effects during training and negative effects during detraining for PLHA.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Sport Sciences
Hunter Bennett, Samuel Chalmers, Steve Milanese, Joel Fuller
Summary: In elite adolescent Australian Football athletes, there is a relationship between modified Lower-Quarter Y-Balance Test and Upper-Quarter Balance Test scores and injury risk and measures of physical performance. However, only athletes with high posteromedial asymmetry have an increased injury risk when they also have good agility performance.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Jordan Hernandez-Martinez, Eduardo Guzman-Munoz, Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo, Tomas Herrera-Valenzuela, Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco, Sergio Avila-Valencia, Juan Luis Carter-Beltran, Pablo Aravena-Sagardia, Jorge Mendez-Cornejo, Pablo Valdes-Badilla
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the effect of plyometric training at different frequencies on jump performance, running sprint speed, and service speed in youth male volleyball players. The results showed that moderate plyometric training once or twice a week significantly improved the participants' jump performance, sprint speed, and service speed.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Chih-Chun Lin, Yu-Sheng Lin, Chien-Hsien Yeh, Chien-Chun Huang, Li-Chieh Kuo, Fong-Chin Su
Summary: A smart fitness equipment specifically designed for older adults was developed, which provides personalized exercise prescriptions and virtual games to enhance the physical fitness of the elderly. The device evaluates the physical fitness of individuals and delivers corresponding exercise sessions based on their fitness level. The results of the study showed significant improvements in muscle strength, flexibility, aerobic endurance, and body composition among the participants who used the device.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Katie L. Hesketh, Hannah Church, Florence Kinnafick, Sam O. Shepherd, Anton J. M. Wagenmakers, Matthew Cocks, Juliette A. Strauss
Summary: This study found that HIIT protocols available on social media offer an interesting real-world alternative for promoting exercise participation. Future studies should continue to investigate these highly popular and practical HIIT protocols.
Review
Sport Sciences
Tim Takken, Erik H. Hulzebos
Summary: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) plays a critical role in analyzing exercise complaints, evaluating exercise performance, and understanding pathophysiological patterns in pediatric patients, providing important insights for treatment and result interpretation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)