Innovative Prevention and Rehabilitation of Sport Injury

Dear Colleagues,

Physical activity and sports practice should be part of everyone’s life. The health benefits of exercising are widely known and nowadays it is possible to state that an active lifestyle including movement and sports practice is an investment in long-term health. Nevertheless, practicing sports at different levels may expose one to certain risks of sustaining injuries. Therefore, the aim of trainers and healthcare professionals is to find strategies to reduce such risks and, when an injury occurs, to provide the optimal treatment based on the patient’s needs. To reach this goal, research exploring novel injury prevention strategies and innovative rehabilitation approaches is needed.

The aim of this Special Issue is to include research proposing injury prevention programs and rehabilitation strategies with a focus on an active approach and with movement and therapeutical exercise as a crucial part of the treatment proposal following a biopsychosocial model.

We suggest submitting research investigating the effects of dose, frequency, load management, and task selection of exercise therapy in injury risk reduction and functional outcomes.

Our goal is to promote protocols that are effective, easily reproducible, ecologically valid, and suitable for inclusion in the sports environment.

Dr. Jacopo Emanuele Rocchi
Dr. Lorenzo Rum
Dr. Stefano Nuccio
Guest Editors

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