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Acute and Chronic Adaptations to Exercise and Complementary Interventions
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Acute and Chronic Adaptations to Exercise and Complementary Interventions

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 January 2024) | Viewed by 2404

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Filippo Macaluso

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Department of SMART Engineering Solutions & Technologies, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, Italy
Interests: skeletal muscle; exercise; physical activity
Dr. Daniel Marinho

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Department of Sport Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: health fitness and exercise; sports biomechanics; exercise physiology; resistance training; strength training; concurrent training; performance assessment; strength and conditioning; physical fitness; exercise evaluation; exercise prescription; swimming; water aerobics; warm-up procedures; recovery procedures
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Prof. Dr. Andreo Fernando Aguiar

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Center of Research in Health Sciences, North University of Paraná (UNOPAR), Avenue Paris, 86041-120 Londrina, Brazil
Interests: muscle performnace; nutritional supplementation; photobiomodulation therapy; resistance exercise

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The forthcoming Special Issue of Healthcare aims to cover all aspects of exercise adaptations and welcomes submissions that discuss the response to acute exercise and the adaptation to exercise training programs from the molecular and cellular level to individual systems, extending to the integrated multi-systemic response of the intact organism in both humans and animals. This topic may also include research on sports, nutritional intervention, physical activity, and health initiatives, as well as complementary interventions related to performance and recovery, including (but not limited to) photobiomodulation, cryotherapy, and massage.

This Special Issue seeks commentaries, original research, short reports, and reviews on challenges in health systems focused on this field.

If you would like to consider submitting a manuscript or have questions concerning contributions to this Special Issue, please contact the Guest Editors.

Prof. Dr. Filippo Macaluso
Prof. Dr. Daniel Almeida Marinho
Prof. Dr. Andreo Fernando Aguiar
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • athletes
  • patients
  • prevention
  • performance
  • exercise intervention
  • nutritional intervention
  • complementary intervention

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Low-Volume Squat Jump Training Improves Functional Performance Independent of Myofibre Changes in Inactive Young Male Individuals
by Ashwin Wayne Isaacs, Kathryn Helen Myburgh and Filippo Macaluso
Healthcare 2022, 10(7), 1217; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/healthcare10071217 - 29 Jun 2022
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An investigation into the histological changes in skeletal muscle fibres and jump performance indicators after 8 weeks of plyometric squat jump training was conducted. Healthy inactive participants (n = 13; age: 21.5 ± 1.7 year.; height: 173.6 ± 10.7 cm; weight: 68.5 ± [...] Read more.
An investigation into the histological changes in skeletal muscle fibres and jump performance indicators after 8 weeks of plyometric squat jump training was conducted. Healthy inactive participants (n = 13; age: 21.5 ± 1.7 year.; height: 173.6 ± 10.7 cm; weight: 68.5 ± 18.4 kg; BMI 22.4 ± 3.8 kg/m2) were recruited, where eight participants completed plyometric squat jump training and five control participants refrained from performing any jumping activities. Blood samples, vastus lateralis muscle biopsies and functional testing (peak and average power, peak and average velocity, maximal jump height) were collected/recorded 10 days prior to and 3 days after the training/rest period. Participants completed 1644 squat jumps over an 8-week training period of 24 sessions with a progressive increase in the number of squat jumps. The trained group significantly increased their jumping average and peak power (mean increases in average power: 16.7 ± 1.2% and peak power: 8.2% ± 0.1) and velocity (mean increases in average velocity: 13.7 ± 0.1% and peak velocity: 5.2% ± 0.03), resulting in a 25% improvement in vertical jump height. No muscle morphological changes in terms of the cross-sectional area (CSA) or muscle-fibre-type transition were observed after the plyometric training. Improvements in the functional performance indicators following training may more likely be explained by sarcomere ultrastructural adaptation, which did not directly affect myosin heavy chain or CSA. Full article
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