Biomechanical, Physiological and Psychological Demands and Adaptations of Sports and Exercise Health

Dear Colleagues,

Effective movement encompasses anatomical factors, neuromuscular skills, physical and physiological capacities, and psychological/cognitive abilities. Different sports and exercises impose biomechanical and physiological demands, resulting in distinct biomechanical, neuromuscular, physiological and psychological adaptations. These adaptations are, in turn, associated with a higher physical performance. Physiological demands in cyclic sports could be divided as aerobic or anaerobic. Aerobic and anaerobic activities differ not only with regard to the metabolic pathways, but also in neuromuscular and psychological aspects.

The differentiation of the biomechanical and physiological load-response pathways in sports and exercise has been increasingly recognized. However, although physiological loads have been evaluated over the several past years, biomechanical demands are still not well understood, primarily due to the difficulty of quantifying biomechanical loads in a field environment. Although musculoskeletal adaptation and injury are known to occur at a tissue level, several biomechanical load metrics are available that quantify loads experienced by the body as a whole, its different structures, and the individual tissues that are part of these structures. Accordingly, understanding the demands and adaptations to sports and exercise through biomechanical, neuromuscular, physiological and psychological adaptations and how they all are associated with each other still requires further clarification.

Therefore, this research topic seeks to discuss the effects of the demands caused by sports and exercise on the biomechanical, neuromuscular, physiological and psychological adaptations with regard to performance or health benefits. Our hope is that through this research topic, scientists, practitioners, athletes and patients/clients will be able to critically consider the effects of different demands on performance and health outcomes.

Manuscripts Formats

For this Research Topic, we welcome researchers to submit manuscripts in the form of original studies, meta-analyses, meta-regressions, systematic reviews, scope reviews and brief research reports.

Dr. Fábio Juner Lanferdini
Guest Editor

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• performance
• health
• forces
• neuromuscular
• morphological
• kinetic/kinematic
• energetic
• psychological/cognitive abilities
• aerobic and anaerobic performance