The Role of Physical Activity in Health Promotion
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Sport and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 1565
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Physical activity refers to all movement, including during leisure time, for transport, or as part of work. Regular physical activity is beneficial for preventing and managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cerebrovascular diseases, cancers, and metabolic syndromes. It also helps promote mental health, quality of life, and well-being. However, with the development of society, people's lifestyles are also changing. Being physically inactive or sedentary is becoming more and more common in recent decades due to complicated reasons, given that most people are aware of the benefits of physical activity. Increased levels of physical inactivity or sedentary behaviors negatively impact physical and mental health, and they also burden the health system. For people after injury, surgery, disease, or illness, or because their functioning has declined with age, rehabilitation and maintaining an active physical activity pattern instead of a sedentary lifestyle helps them promote health-related quality of life and enables them to be more independent and better participate in education, work and recreation in their daily life. In addition, innovative strategies through wearable technology and mobile health technologies to promote physical activity are also imperatively required and recommended nowadays. Below are some examples of topics fitting the scope of this Special Issue:
- Spatial distribution of physical activity;
- Factors involved in the practice of physical activity;
- The effect of physical activity on human health;
- The effect of rehabilitation on disabilities' health.
Dr. Chia Huei Lin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- rehabilitation
- nursing
- exercise
- chronic disease management
