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Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, Volume 10, Issue 2

June 2025 - 134 articles

Cover Story: For older individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA), non-weight-bearing (NWB) exercises are beneficial for rebuilding strength and preserving function without placing excess stress on the joints. Thus, NWB interventions, including manual therapy (MT) and aquatic therapy (AT), are critical for older adults with OA, offering pain relief and functional improvements. In this review, MT showed short-term effectiveness in pain reduction up to five weeks but lacked sustained clinical efficacy beyond this period. AT showed positive results within ten weeks, although its effectiveness appeared to level off beyond this duration. Both NWB interventions seem suitable for providing short-term pain relief for primary hip OA patients; however, long-term pain relief beyond 10 weeks should be maintained through therapeutic exercise and patient education. View this paper
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Articles (134)

  • Article
  • Open Access
812 Views
13 Pages

Concurrent Validity and Reliability of Two Mobile Phone Applications for Measuring Vertical Jumps in Amateur Handball Players

  • Amândio Dias,
  • Alexandre Coutan,
  • Bruno Silva,
  • Catarina Eufrásio,
  • Maria Teixeira and
  • Mariana Alberto

Objectives: This study compares My Jump Lab and VertVision apps for measuring vertical jump height in handball players, assessing their validity and reliability. The research assesses both apps’ accuracy, particularly concerning higher jumps, w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,192 Views
32 Pages

Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are very prevalent among surgeons worldwide. The aim was to investigate the overall and body area WMSD prevalence (proportion of surgeons suffering from WMSD during their practice) by contine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,530 Views
16 Pages

Objectives: The ability to efficiently regulate body temperature is crucial during endurance activities such as trail running, especially during competitive events in hot conditions. Over the past decade, passive hyperthermia exposure has grown signi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,135 Views
13 Pages

Objectives: Adolescents’ health is positively influenced by the performance of physical activity. Regarding soccer, a very popular sport, the aims of the study were to assess changes in body composition and body image of late adolescent players...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,222 Views
11 Pages

Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism During Monofin Swimming in Trained Breath-Hold Divers

  • Ivan Drviš,
  • Dario Vrdoljak,
  • Goran Dujić,
  • Nikola Foretić and
  • Željko Dujić

Background: This study aimed to examine the difference in blood lactate and oxygen saturation between monofin swimming with respiration and with breath-hold diving. The second aim was to investigate the difference between elite and intermediate breat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,807 Views
17 Pages

Is the FIFA 11+ Warm-Up Effective for Inducing Acute Knee Adaptations in Recreational Soccer Players?

  • Patricia Caudet,
  • Ernest Baiget,
  • Abraham Batalla,
  • Joshua Colomar,
  • Miguel Crespo,
  • Rafael Martínez-Gallego and
  • Francisco Corbi

Objectives: Soccer is the most practiced sport around the world. The injury incidence has an estimated rate of up to 70 injuries per 1000 h of play. FIFA 11+ is a program designed to prevent injuries and optimize performance. The purpose of this stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,080 Views
16 Pages

Three Reasons for Playing the Tennis Forehand in Square Stance

  • Lucio Caprioli,
  • Francesca Campoli,
  • Cristian Romagnoli,
  • Ida Cariati,
  • Saeid Edriss,
  • Elvira Padua,
  • Vincenzo Bonaiuto and
  • Giuseppe Annino

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of tennis forehand shots played by competitive athletes in open and square stances in terms of performance: (1) ball speed, (2) accuracy, and (3) gesture economy. This is with the aim of preventing the exc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,973 Views
11 Pages

Comparative Study in Physical Fitness in Recreative Young Padel Players

  • Ana Pereira,
  • Luis Leitão,
  • Diogo L. Marques,
  • Daniel A. Marinho and
  • Henrique P. Neiva

Background: In recent years, padel-based interventions have been widely applied in junior and elite players of both genders concerning athletic performance, whereas evidence of their efficacy in trials that use simple randomization has not been well...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,456 Views
11 Pages

Repeated Sprint Performance and Inter-Limb Asymmetry in Elite Female Sprinters: A Study of Lactate Dynamics and Lower Limb Muscle Activity

  • Artur Gołaś,
  • Artur Terbalyan,
  • Mariola Gepfert,
  • Robert Roczniok,
  • Aleskander Matusiński,
  • Krzysztof Kotuła,
  • Przemysław Pietraszewski and
  • Adam Zając

Background: Repeated short maximal sprints induce high blood lactate concentrations and may influence neuromuscular coordination, but the relationship between lactate accumulation and inter-limb asymmetry in elite athletes remains unclear. Objectives...

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