Applied Biomechanics: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to present this Special Issue on Applied Biomechanics: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention. There are many motivations that encourage us to launch this proposal, which can be summarized in two topics: the social and economic impact of sport, and the role of biomechanics in sport training.

The economic impact of professional sport is obvious, but we must also consider the importance of recreational sport. The number of recreational sports events grows day by day; at present, nonprofessional athletes train regularly, use high-cost equipment, and control their performance using portable sensors. However, while the beneficial effects of sport on health has been widely reported, it is known that the incidence of sport injuries in both professional and amateur athletes is now increasing, producing a concominant increase of health care costs due mainly to injury rehabilitation treatments.

On the other hand, sports performance should be understood as the search for the best results and the reduction of injury risk. The paradigm of improving performance and preventing injury is currently a fundamental topic in sport sciences. There are many factors that determine human performance, but possibly one of the most important is the mechanical efficacy of movements (i.e., sport technique). In this sense, sports biomechanics as a science that seeks to optimize the human movements plays an important role in sports training and injury prevention.

We know that the number of scientific publications on sports sciences is currently very large, and fortunately it grows day by day. However, we hope that this Special Issue on sports biomechanics and injury prevention will be received by sport researchers as a good chance for publishing their results. We encourage you to send works focused on the biomechanical analysis of motor skills of sports (individual and collective) and its relationships with injuries in both men and women professional/recreational athletes.

Prof. Enrique Navarro
Dr. Archit Navandar
Prof. Santiago Veiga
Prof. Alejandro San Juan Ferrer
Guest Editors

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