About this Research Topic
Exercise and endurance sports have proven to be an ally for the health of many people of all ages and biopsychosocial conditions, despite being particularly demanding due to a series of internal, external, and even situational conditions. In recent years, hand in hand with the increase in the popularity and practice of activities and sports (e.g., cycling, cross-country skiing, running, kayaking, rowing, swimming, triathlon, hiking); A series of clinical issues related to prolonged and strenuous exercise have been identified. These clinical issues can cause physical and physiological alterations and severe health problems in short, and long term. Neuromuscular, tendon and bone injuries, dehydration, acute kidney injury, gastrointestinal problems, rhabdomyolysis, epithelial injuries, cardiovascular strain and injuries, liver function changes, exercise associate collapse, are just some of the conditions related to endurance training and competition.
For this reason, it is considered essential to prevent, detect, monitor and treat these health conditions to avoid future complications. There are currently a series of means, methodologies and techniques useful to avoid and counteract these acute and chronic conditions to allow stakeholders to protect athlete´s health and enhance performance. Despite the advance in knowledge about these issues, there are still unresolved questions that require more research and evidence to be conclusive. That is why this Research Topic could allow to create new insights that helps to clarify the best strategies to prevent, assess and treat these clinical complications that ultimately cause alterations in the functional capacity and performance of endurance practitioners.
For this Research Topic, we welcome researchers to submit manuscripts in the form of original studies, systematic and narrative reviews, methods, meta-analysis, opinion, perspectives and commentary articles, brief research reports and case reports; addressing the following topics:
• Acute and chronic responses to endurance exercise and sport practice
• Epidemiological evidence in clinical endurance issues
• Contextual and situational factors that could lead to clinical issues
• Genetics and its relationship with clinical endurance issues
• Nutritional approaches to prevent and treat clinical endurance issues
• Training approaches to and treat clinical endurance issues
• Psychological and cognitive approaches to prevent and treat clinical endurance issues
• Assessment methods, means and strategies for the identification of clinical issues
• The role of technological equipment in the detection and monitoring of internal and external load
For this reason, it is considered essential to prevent, detect, monitor and treat these health conditions to avoid future complications. There are currently a series of means, methodologies and techniques useful to avoid and counteract these acute and chronic conditions to allow stakeholders to protect athlete´s health and enhance performance. Despite the advance in knowledge about these issues, there are still unresolved questions that require more research and evidence to be conclusive. That is why this Research Topic could allow to create new insights that helps to clarify the best strategies to prevent, assess and treat these clinical complications that ultimately cause alterations in the functional capacity and performance of endurance practitioners.
For this Research Topic, we welcome researchers to submit manuscripts in the form of original studies, systematic and narrative reviews, methods, meta-analysis, opinion, perspectives and commentary articles, brief research reports and case reports; addressing the following topics:
• Acute and chronic responses to endurance exercise and sport practice
• Epidemiological evidence in clinical endurance issues
• Contextual and situational factors that could lead to clinical issues
• Genetics and its relationship with clinical endurance issues
• Nutritional approaches to prevent and treat clinical endurance issues
• Training approaches to and treat clinical endurance issues
• Psychological and cognitive approaches to prevent and treat clinical endurance issues
• Assessment methods, means and strategies for the identification of clinical issues
• The role of technological equipment in the detection and monitoring of internal and external load
Keywords: injuries, performance, monitoring, cycling, running, swimming, triathlon, health
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