Editorial “Biomechanical Spectrum of Human Sport Performance”

Abstract

Several parameters can influence our health capital today and can have a negative impact on our performance, whether physiological or mechanical. Indeed, our health and wellbeing are influenced by a range of social, cultural, economic, psychological, and environmental factors across our lives. These change as we progress through the key transition points in life—from infancy and childhood through our teenage years to adulthood, working life, retirement and the end of life. Sport can be a vector that links many of these factors. Whether it is high-performance sport or sedentary practice, sport is very important for the improvement of psychological wellbeing and physical health. Our overarching aim was to increase quality of life. Sedentary practice can increase mobility and reduce the risk of disease, so changing adults’ behavior through sedentary practice could reduce illness and decrease costs to society concerning health problems. Furthermore, a higher frequency of practice can lead to improvements in technique and optimized performance. Our objective is to summarize the latest research in sport science and to quantify the most important parameters influencing human performance related to the health sciences for all age groups, throughout their lives.

Biomechanical Analysis of Arm Manipulation in Tai Chi

“…In the competitive Taijiquan competition, they all appear in the form of combination, so the actions tested in this study are reflected in the form of combination. e arm manipulation of competitive Taijiquan can be divided into: take the shoulder joint as the axis, lift the arm in a certain direction and stop at a certain position, and the range of motion is no more than 180 ° [16,17]. Flexion and extension: the upper arm is fixed and the elbow joint is the axis.…”

Acute outcomes of acupuncture and dry needling over peripheral acute fatigue in untrained healthy volunteers: A randomized controlled clinical trial

“…Peripheral acute fatigue (PAF) is when skeletal muscle is incapable to generate power or strength after exercise or repetitive and extenuating activities, as well as the capability to maintain optimal performance and achieve maximum voluntary contractions [ 1 , 2 ] leading us to understand that PAF is tethered to a muscle effort [ 2 ] and human performance [ 3 ]. Muscle performances promote micro-lesions of muscle fibers generating an inflammatory process [ 4 ] first with rapid autonomic reflex vasoconstriction followed by vasodilation inducing blood flow increase directly related to muscle activity [ 5 ].…”