Physical Activity, Exercise Testing and Clinical Assessment in Sports Medicine

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine and Nursing; accelerometry; accuracy; ACL injury; ACL tears; adaptive immunity; adolescents; adulthood; aerobic exercise; ageing; anaerobic threshold; ankle torque; anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); anterior tibial translation; anxiety; athletes; balance; balance training; biology; blood plasma; blood pressure; breathing exercise; breathing pattern; cardiac biomarkers; cardiopulmonary exercise test; cardiopulmonary exercise testing; cardiorespiratory fitness; chronic ankle instability; cold-water immersion; composite score of readiness (CSR); core muscles; cortisol; creatine kinase; cytokines; diaphragm; dynamic ultrasound; dynamometer; elite athletes; endurance training; energy expenditure; energy homeostasis; equilibrium; exercise; exercise physiology; exercise tests; exercise tolerance; fibroblast growth factor-21; fitness testing; football; forward shoulder angle; frequency; gender effect; gut-brain axis; hamstring; heart rate; inertial; inflammation; injury prediction; injury prevention; injury risk; interleukin-10; interpretability; irisin; isokinetic dynamometry; judo; knee; lateral dominance; laxity; lipid peroxidation products; load; lysosomal enzymes; machine learning; mechanical hyperalgesia; motor fitness and flexibility; muscle damage; muscle strength; muscular strength; overweight; oxidative stress; patient-reported outcome; pectoralis minor length; pediatric sport; performance; physical activity; physical exercise programme; physical fitness; Pilates; postural sway; prediction models; prevalence; prolonged sitting; psychoendocrinology; psychometric; psychosomatic stress; recovery; regeneration method; regulatory T cell; rehabilitation; repeatability; respiratory compensation point; rhythmic gymnasts; rock climbers; running; saliva; sedentary behaviour; soccer; sport; sports injuries; sports performance; sports training; step detection; step mode testing; strength; stress; swimming performance; tensiomyography; test-retest reliability; testing; training stress; treadmill test; type; validation; velocity; volleyball; walkers; well-being; whole-body vibration; workload
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036594545; 9783036594552; books978-3-0365-9455-2
• Access: Open Access

Physical activity and exercise testing are two key points in sports medicine. Sports medicine is a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports. Clinical assessment in sports medicine can solve many questions about diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis related to health in sports. Physical activity could be defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. Physical activity refers to all movement including during leisure time, for transport to get to and from places, or as part of a person's work. Both moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity improve health. Regular physical activity is proven to help prevent and manage noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and several cancers. It also helps prevent hypertension, maintain a healthy body weight, and can improve mental health, quality of life, and well-being. Exercise could be defined as a subset of physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive and has as a final or an intermediate objective, such as the improvement or maintenance of physical fitness. Gait and posture analysis, clinical assessment, biomechanical analysis, reliability and repeatability research, force platform and electromyography analysis are key in order to improve our knowledge in this area.