2026 June - 23 articles
Background/Objectives: Caffeine is a widely used ergogenic aid; however, evidence regarding its effects on neuromuscular and metabolic responses during resistance training remains limited. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the effects of caffein...
Objective: The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine mean differences, reliability, and agreement between CP and W′ derived from a 3MAT performed after an ICT and values obtained during a standalone 3MAT performed on a separate day....
Background: Exercise adaptation is increasingly recognized as an immunometabolic process driven by coordinated interactions among inflammatory signaling, mitochondrial regulation, metabolic homeostasis, and recovery-associated physiology. Within this...
Congenital heart defects represent prevalent malformations requiring complex surgical interventions. Outcomes are influenced by clinical severity, inflammatory response, and complexity of care, highlighting the need for improved risk stratification t...
The open access journal Physiologia [...]
Background: The regulation of inorganic phosphate (Pi) homeostasis is predominantly mediated by the Pi transporters belonging to the SLC34 and SLC20 families of solute carriers. However, not all Pi handling can be explained by these transporters. In...
Background/Objectives: Chronic ethanol consumption damages erythrocyte membranes, reducing their deformability and disrupting erythropoiesis. Dopaminergic signalling plays an important role in regulating haematopoietic stem cells. However, the impact...
Background: Youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) often show low physical activity levels and a long time spent in sedentary and poor sleep, which may worsen their health. This study aimed to describe baseline movement and sleep patterns in children and a...
Background/Objectives: This study evaluated carotid baroreflex sensitivity (cBRS) during graded exercise tests to exhaustion in healthy individuals. It aimed to elucidate whether the augmented blood pressure response during heavy- and maximal-intensi...
Background/Objectives: The combined effects of aerobic exercise and normobaric hyperoxia exposure on skeletal muscle in diabetes mellitus (DM) remain unclear. This study investigated whether their combination influences skeletal muscle capillary and...
Background/Objectives: This study examined the effects of an eight-week plyometric training programme on jump biomechanics, field-based jump performance, and repeated-jump endurance in 13–14-year-old volleyball players, and explored training-in...
Background/Objectives: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors that increases the risk for cardiovascular disease. Although gait impairments are documented in older adults with MetS, few studies have examined gait biome...
Background: Childhood cancer survivors commonly experience long-term treatment effects that impair physical function. Access to in-person physical fitness assessments is often limited by geographic, logistical, and resource constraints. Virtually sup...
The purpose of this narrative review was to describe the maximal strength, muscle power, rate of force development, and muscle morphology of athletes across different ski disciplines. Specifically, this review synthesizes evidence on upper- and lower...
Objective: Analyze physical fitness variables and body composition to define patterns or similarities in performance using principal component analysis. Materials and Methods: Sixty-eight players participated in the study, divided into three groups a...
Background/Objectives: This systematic review examined whether oral vitamin D supplementation improves vitamin D status, health, and exercise outcomes in indoor-training aquatic athletes. Methods: We systematically reviewed randomized, placebo-contro...
Background/Objectives: To develop and internally validate multiple linear regression models to predict estimated VO2max from anthropometric variables and easily obtainable physical fitness tests in active university students and to compare model perf...
Background: The number of people working in Antarctica has steadily increased. Identifying the characteristic functional changes in polar expeditioners can help preserve health, enhance work capacity, and improve adaptive potential in specific enviro...
Background: Contemporary aneurysm surgery increasingly requires the management of complex lesions with limited physiological reserve. A growing “physiology-first” paradigm emphasizes that optimizing cerebrovascular dynamics during aneurys...
Background: As Para-Powerlifting (PP) athletes need the maximum bench press concentric strength performance during competitions, the velocity of the eccentric phase could be critical to the sport’s success. Methods: Through eccentric tempo modi...
Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) reflects cardiorespiratory fitness, energy metabolism and the residual physiological effects of preceding exercise. We aimed to compare EPOC profiles of master swimmers across different age groups and pe...
Objectives: The study aimed to comprehensively assess the impact of tattoos on the structural and functional properties of the skin in healthy women. Methods: The investigation included 22 female participants aged 19–41 years, covering a total...
Menopause is a natural biological transition marked by the cessation of regular menstrual cycles and is associated with significant endocrine, hormonal, and metabolic changes. Sleep disturbances are among the most common and distressing symptoms duri...
