Health, Training and Performance in Aquatic Activities and Exercises

Dear Colleagues,

Movement in water is often more accessible and less painful than on land. Aquatic exercise is a useful strategy when people find land-based exercise more difficult or impossible. Movement in water also offers essential resources for training and is a helpful tool in relation to sports rehabilitation. In contrast to aquatic exercise, the term “aquatic activities” involves also the concept of human performance in a water environment. Any motor activities performed in water as efficient and fast as possible are called aquatic activities. Both water exercise and aquatic activities employ the fundamentals of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics to produce unique characteristics that promote health and improve performance through exercise in water. Adaptation to the water environment is the key factor in the preparation process of practitioners and athletes acting in water. The maximization and optimization of human performance in aquatic activities and exercise are therefore the results of technical skill, strength, and endurance improvements.

The aquatic sciences research community is dedicated to advancing the knowledge of human aquatic professionals and has become specialized in order to update the state of the art on this topic. It is necessary to support and to increase our knowledge on topics primarily concerned with the effect on health of training in aquatic activities, sports, and water exercise. This Special Issue aims to attract papers focused on motor activities performed in the aquatic environment for purposes that may be functional, health-related, therapeutic, recreational, competitive, or non-competitive. We also encourage the submission of new highlights in aquatic equipment and technology, or innovative ideas concerning the aquatic research domain.

Dr. Matteo Cortesi
Dr. Sandro Bartolomei
Dr. Tomohiro Gonjo
Dr. Giorgio Gatta
Guest Editors

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