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Sports Medicine and Physiology: Bones, Arthrosis and Muscles

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 915

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Department of Health and Functional Assessment, Catholic University of Valencia, 46900 Valencia, Spain
Interests: sports medicine; physical activity and health; sports physiology; rehabilitation; musculoskeletal disorders

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Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, it has become clear that muscular activity is the basis for a good quality of life and functional capacity, both in health-oriented recreational activities and in those aimed at higher performance.

Therapeutic and physical conditioning strategies require greater concreteness and specificity in order to be tailored to different individual profiles.

This Special Issue will publish selected examples of how a well-directed protocol can impact, from a preventive perspective, and improve muscular fitness and, consequently, bone and joint health in all types of populations and for specific objectives.

This Special Issue could open up new lines of research and debate in activities that are currently in high demand and require constant updating to optimize their results.

Dr. Julio Martin Ruiz
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ammendolia
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Keywords

  • bone
  • osteoarthritis
  • muscle
  • fitness
  • conditioning
  • strength
  • agility
  • mobility
  • stiffness

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Case Report
Mechanical Focal Vibration Therapy for Muscle Injury Recovery in a Runner
by Nicola Marotta, Ennio Lopresti, Emanuele Prestifilippo, Vincenzo Aiello, Marco Mazzei, Lorenzo Scozzafava, Federica Pisani, Maria Teresa Inzitari, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Alessandro de Sire and Antonio Ammendolia
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(4), 2022; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15042022 - 14 Feb 2025
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Vibrotherapy has been gaining popularity as a conceivable rehabilitative physical agent modality to decrease the pain and time for proper return-to-sport. This study aimed to assess the administration of mechanical Focal Vibration (mFV) in an adult male amateur runner with a grade II [...] Read more.
Vibrotherapy has been gaining popularity as a conceivable rehabilitative physical agent modality to decrease the pain and time for proper return-to-sport. This study aimed to assess the administration of mechanical Focal Vibration (mFV) in an adult male amateur runner with a grade II lesion of the rectus femoris muscle. He had to stop training 2 years ago and recently started running at least 3 days a week (5 km for 30 min/session). Five sessions of mechanical vibration were performed (20 min application, with an approximately 30 s pause between sequential sessions) per week for 2 weeks. Four weeks after the therapy, the lesion was healed, with an early good recovery in balance (Centre of pressure (CoP) speed (mm/s) decreased from 70.2 ± 13 to 46.7 ± 8, CoP area (mm2) decreased from 258 ± 31 to 203 ± 25) and pain relief (NRS reduced from 8/10 to 2/10), allowing the patient a short-term return to sport. These case report results might suggest that the use of mFV is a safe and reliable approach for muscle injury recovery, combinable within a multidisciplinary rehabilitation model. Full article
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