Physical Activity for Optimal Health: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (ISSN 2411-5142). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Exercise for Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 1023
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physical education; adapted sport; inclusion; performance; education; blind; football (soccer)
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2. Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & INnovation Center (SPRINT), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
3. Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
4. Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), Universidade de Évora, 7004- 516 Évora, Portugal
5. Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV-Leiria), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Interests: sport sciences; training load monitoring; strength and conditioning; metabolic expenditure; testing; performance analysis; training; exercise physiology; biomechanics; recovery procedures; physical activity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We welcome researchers to contribute their most recent studies and projects on the topics of physical activity and health to this Special Issue, entitled "Physical Activity for Optimal Health: 2nd Edition". These submissions should focus on the use of physical exercise and sport as a means to improve health, social inclusion, and sports performance.
Access to optimal healthcare is one of the most important rights for persons with disabilities. In this sense, regular exercise is crucial to improving and maintaining one's physical and mental health, as well as general well-being, since it also reduces excess weight.
Sports and physical activity are valuable in the context of social inclusion and integration due to the multiple and varied benefits they bring to people's health and well-being. They can promote active social inclusion by allowing groups of disabled people to fully interact with and relate to other social groups. Physical exercise, by means of physical education and sport, is valuable and inclusive for all people.
This Special Issue of the Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology presents articles related to the different fields of sports science, such as the use of accelerometry to quantify health parameters, recommendations and guidelines on physical activity, the development of comprehensive intervention models for reducing overweight and obesity, the use of physical activity monitoring systems, or knowledge related to adherence to physical activity programs for people with or without disabilities.
Dr. José M. Gamonales
Dr. Mário André da Cunha Espada
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- disabilities
- education
- health
- inclusion
- performance
- physical activity
- sport
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