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Exercise and Physical Activity

Exercise and physical activity refer to bodily movement produced by skeletal muscle that expends energy, with "physical activity" encompassing all such movement and "exercise" denoting planned, structured, repetitive activity undertaken to improve or maintain fitness. Together they influence cardiovascular, metaboli…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 55× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-2283 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Exercise and physical activity refer to bodily movement produced by skeletal muscle that expends energy, with "physical activity" encompassing all such movement and "exercise" denoting planned, structured, repetitive activity undertaken to improve or maintain fitness. Together they influence cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal, and mental health, and are central to the prevention and management of chronic disease. Physiologically, regular activity improves cardiorespiratory capacity, insulin sensitivity, body composition, and musculoskeletal strength, while also affecting sleep, mood, and stress regulation. Research in Sports and Exercise Medicine examines the dose, type, and context of activity needed to achieve health benefits, including the effects of physical activity on sleep across adolescents and adults, the role of exercise in managing hypertension and cardiovascular risk, and behavioral approaches to overweight and obesity. It also addresses exercise physiology and biomechanics, such as lower-limb and hip kinematics during landing tasks in young athletes and injury-prevention programs, and the application of monitoring technologies, including continuous glucose monitoring in elite sport. Related work connects activity with nutrition, adipose tissue physiology, and population health knowledge and practices. Across these areas, the study of exercise and physical activity integrates physiology, behavior, and clinical evidence to inform recommendations that promote health, performance, and the prevention of disease.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Hypertension Today: Role of Sports and Exercise Medicine

Stefani LauraCorresponding author
Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit-Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence –Italy.
Hypertension and Cardiology Cited by 11 doi:10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-19-2714

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 55 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Exercise and Physical Activity, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ISSN 2694-2283).

Journal editorial board
Gerasimos Grivas · Greece Angelo Cataldo · Italy Guy CHERON · Belgium

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