• Comparison of physical fitness profiles obtained before and during COVID-19 pandemic in two independent large samples of children and adolescents: DAFIS Project 

      Rúa-Alonso, María; Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Nine, Iván; Lete-Lasa, José-Ramón; Clavel San Emeterio, Iván; Giráldez-García, Manuel Avelino; Rodríguez-Del Corral, Miguel; Dopico-Calvo, Xurxo; Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo (MDPI AG, 2022-03-26)
      [Abstract]: COVID-19 pandemic restrictions might have negatively affected the health-related physical fitness of children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to contrast the body composition and physical fitness ...
    • Cooper Test Provides Better Half-Marathon Performance Prediction in Recreational Runners than Laboratory Test 

      Alvero Cruz, José Ramón; Carnero, Elvis; Giráldez-García, Manuel Avelino; Alacid, Fernando; Rosemann, Thomas; Nikolaidis, Pantelis; Knechtle, Beat (Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-11-05)
      [Abstract]: This study compared the ability to predict performance in half-marathon races through physiological variables obtained in a laboratory test and performance variables obtained in the Cooper field test. Twenty-three ...
    • Cross education is modulated by set configuration in knee extension exercise 

      Carballeira, Eduardo; Fariñas Rodríguez, Juan; Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Giráldez-García, Manuel Avelino; Colomer-Poveda, David; Sevilla Sánchez, Marta; Márquez, Gonzalo; Rúa Alonso, María; Nine, Iván; Aracama, Asier; Fernández-del-Olmo, Miguel; Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo (Hylonome Publications, 2023-03-01)
      [Abstract]: Objectives: The main aim of this study was to determine the effects of set configuration during five weeks of unilateral knee extension resistance training on untrained knee extensors performance. Methods: ...
    • Percentiles and Principal Component Analysis of Physical Fitness From a Big Sample of Children and Adolescents Aged 6-18 Years: The DAFIS Project 

      Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo; Rúa-Alonso, María; Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Lete-Lasa, José-Ramón; Clavel San Emeterio, Iván; Giráldez-García, Manuel Avelino; Rico-Díaz, Javier; Rodríguez-Del Corral, Miguel; Carballeira, Eduardo; Dopico-Calvo, Xurxo (Rubén Maneiro, 2021-02-19)
      [Abstract] Assessing physical fitness has emerged as a proxy of the health status of children and adolescents and therefore as relevant from a public health point of view. DAFIS is a project included in Plan Galicia Saudable ...
    • Predictive Performance Models in Long-Distance Runners: A Narrative Review 

      Alvero Cruz, José Ramón; Carnero, Elvis; Correas-Gómez, Lorena; Rosemann, Thomas; Nikolaidis, Pantelis; Knechtle, Beat; Giráldez-García, Manuel Avelino; Alacid, Fernando (MDPI AG, 2020-11-09)
      [Abstract] Physiological variables such as maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), velocity at maximal oxygen uptake (vVO2max), running economy (RE) and changes in lactate levels are considered the main factors determining performance ...
    • Set configuration in strength training programs modulates the cross education phenomenon 

      Carballeira, Eduardo; Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo; Mayo, Xián; Fernández-del-Olmo, Miguel; Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Fariñas Rodríguez, Juan; Giráldez-García, Manuel Avelino; Kingsley, J. Derek (Wolters Kluwer, 2021-09)
      [Abstract]: This study aimed to compare the strength gains in the nontrained arm after 2 independent unilateral training programs differing in the set configuration. Thirty-five subjects were randomly assigned to 3 groups: ...
    • The Effects of Treadmill or Overground Walking Training Program on Gait in Parkinson's Disease 

      Bello, Olalla; Sánchez Molina, José-Andrés; López Alonso, Virginia; Márquez, Gonzalo; Morenilla, Luis; Castro, X.; Giráldez-García, Manuel Avelino; Santos-García, Diego; Fernández-del-Olmo, Miguel (Elsevier, 2013-02-19)
      [Abstract] Background. Gait impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients is characterized by the inability to generate appropriate stride length. Treadmill training has been proposed as a therapeutic tool for PD patients. ...