American Journal of Sports Science

Special Issue

Chronic Disease and Exercise

  • Submission Deadline: 15 May 2020
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Débora Tavares Resende e Silva
About This Special Issue
Chronic diseases are multifactorial diseases and considered a serious public health problem, accounting for about 60% of deaths worldwide, according to WHO. The exercise has a central role in many processes involving chronic diseases. Researchers involving exercise, cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, and others has not only enabled the understanding of the mechanisms that underlie these diseases, but also suggested new therapies that may impact positively on patients minimizing morbidity and mortality. This special issue aims to present and discuss the advancement of research and innovative therapies involving exercise and chronic diseases, which have a high impact on society, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases, cancer, and chronic kidney disease, and the possibility of involving communicable diseases and chronic emerging. The exercise could be a good option of treatment. We solicit high quality, original research articles as well as review articles focused on the lasted pointed-out researches about the new findings on immune system and chronic diseases, as well as the innovative mechanisms related to the development of an inflammatory process in chronic diseases.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
  1. Exercise and Heart and kidney diseases, inflammatory process, and new biomarkers
  2. Exercise on hypertension and diabetes
  3. Immune system and exercise
  4. Exercise and cancer
  5. Exercise Physiology

Aims and Scope:

  1. Aerobic exercise
  2. Resistance exercise
  3. Immune system
  4. Non-communicable disease
  5. Degenerative disease
  6. Inflammation
Lead Guest Editor
  • Débora Tavares Resende e Silva

    Academic Coordination, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Chapecó, Brazil

Guest Editors
  • Soon-Mi Choi

    Department of Athletic Training & Exercise Physiology, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, United States

  • Salik Khanal

    Department of Engineering, University of Trans-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

  • Margarete Dulce Bagatini

    Academic Coordination, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Chapecó, Brazil

  • Zuleide Maria Ignácio

    Academic Coordination, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Chapecó, Brazil

  • Patricia Chakur Brum

    School of Physical Education and Sport, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  • Octávio Barbosa Neto

    Department of Sports Sciences, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil