España-Romero Vanesa

Universidad de Cádiz | UCA · Department of Teaching Physical Education, Fine Arts and Music

Sport climbing requires a combination of physical and cognitive skills, with working memory (WM) playing a crucial role in performance. This study aimed to investigate the association between WM capacity and climbing ability, while considering potential confounding factors including sex, age, education level, and climbing experience. Additionally,...

BACKGROUND: Sports competitions present a highly stressful environment for the athletes. The stress that is produced because of physiological or psychological demands could influence athletes’ performance. This study aimed to understand the dynamics of stress biomarkers during official national bouldering climbing competition. METHODS: Twelve spor...

The main purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a psychological training intervention based on emotional regulation on anxiety and climbing ability in women climbers with fear of falling. A secondary aim was to compare the outcomes of climbing ability, anxiety, self-confidence and inter-oceptive awareness (IA) between the psychologica...

Background Overexposure to sunlight and sunburn are the main preventable causes of skin cancer. Outdoor sports are associated with significant levels of sunlight exposure. Aims We sought to quantify the sun radiation exposure received by outdoor rock climbers and assess their sun exposure habits, sun protection behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge...

Fatigue strength of finger flexor muscles is considered one of the most important factors for climbing performance. Electromyography (EMG) of the finger flexor muscles has previously been recorded in climbers. Nevertheless, little is known about how forearm muscle activity may affect climbing, as the high cost of the EMG equipment limits its applic...

The combination of both a healthy lifestyle and avoiding detrimental environmental exposures could be an important public health strategy as a companion measure to develop effective vaccines and medications for the prophylaxis and treatment of future pandemics. A comprehensive paradigm that considers the effects of different endogenous and environm...

Physical activity is essential for the prevention of numerous noncommunicable diseases and has also been suggested as a protective behavior against COVID-19. However, a major part of adults and even youth individuals are physically inactive while their inactivity raises with the age. Many noncommunicable diseases (diabetes, cardiovascular diseases,...

Objective: Endocannabinoid system (ES) seems to be altered in patients with depression. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) may be an interacting factor in the relationship between ES biomarkers and depressive symptoms in people diagnosed with depression. The aim was to study the role of CRF on the possible association between ES biomarkers and depress...

Background The ability to generate high levels of force with the finger flexor muscles and sustain it for the maximum time was reported as a climbing performance factor. This study aimed to answer the question of which is the most reliable edge depth to measure maximum hanging time in non-elite and elite rock climbers: 6, 8, 10, 12 or 14 mm. Metho...

Purpose: To examine the validity and reliability of a battery of 10 measures designed to assess the key physiological parameters for successful rock climbing performance. Methods: In phase 1 of the research, an expert panel, using the Delphi method, established a 10-item test battery based on the key determinants of climbing performance. In phas...

Despite rock climbing's popularity and an increasing number of female participants there is limited anthropometric and performance data for this population. This study compares the characteristics of 55 experienced female climbers, divided into the three categories (lower [ADV-L] and higher advanced [ADV-H] and elite [ELT]) based on self-reported a...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between attention (using two different attention tasks) and self-reported climbing ability while considering potential confounding factors (sex, age, climbing experience, and cardiorespiratory fitness) in a group of experienced climbers. Accuracy of response (AC) and reaction time (RT) f...

Background: We compared differences in physical activity (PA) between pre/mid-pubertal and post-pubertal participants according to gender. Methods: The study included a total of 1842 healthy participants aged 12.5-17.4 years, who participated in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study. Participants wore a uniax...

Objective To compare body composition estimations of field estimation methods: Durnin & Womersley anthropometry (DW-ANT), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and Deborah-Kerr anthropometry (DK-ANT) against dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in a male Chilean sport climbing sample. Methods 30 adult male climbers of different performance leve...

Lower geometric entropy (GE) could represent more economical movement in rock climbing. Repetition of a climbing route decreases energy expenditure (EE), however, association with changes in GE has not been studied. The purpose of this study was to observe changes in GE with repetition of a climbing route relative to changes in EE. Nine climbers co...

To investigate the association between emotional intelligence (EI) and self-reported climbing ability. Methods: Redpoint climbing ability was used as an indicator of rock climbing performance and EI were assessed as ability and a trait using two different questionnaires MSCEIT and SSEIT in forty-three climbers (15 females and 28 males). ANOVA was u...

Resumen-El síndrome de la fragilidad afecta a la población envejecida en muchos aspectos y entre ellos el cognitivo. El ejercicio físico podría ser beneficioso para ambos factores por lo que se ha realizado una revisión de artículos científicos que identifica los efectos del mismo sobre mayores frágiles con deterioro cognitivo leve, demencia o alzh...

PurposeTo determine the effects of performing a self-regulated cognitive dual task on time to failure and neuromuscular force control during submaximal isometric contractions. Methods Fifteen young sedentary males performed isometric contractions at 50% of each individual’s maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) under single-task (without cognitive lo...

METHODS Onsight climbing ability and BMD using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (Figure 1 and 2) were assessed in five rock climbers (4 females). PURPOSE To analyze the changes in BMD following 10-years of rock climbing. RESULTS After 10-years, mean climbing ability was significantly higher in 2015 vs 2005 for all climbers (7b vs 7a, p=0.025)...

Background and aims: The ideal cardiovascular health (iCVH) construct consists of 4 health behaviors (smoking status, body mass index, physical activity and diet) and 3 health factors (total cholesterol, blood pressure and fasting glucose). A greater number of iCVH components in adolescence are related to better cardiovascular health, but little i...

Background: The ideal cardiovascular health (iCVH) construct consists of 4 health behaviours and 3 health factors and is strongly related to later cardiovascular disease. However, the prevalence of iCVH in European adolescents is currently unknown. Methods: The Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study is a cross-sec...

This study examined differences in the oxygenation kinetics and strength and endurance characteristics of boulderers and lead sport climbers. Using near infrared spectroscopy, 13-boulderers, 10-lead climbers, and 10-controls completed assessments of oxidative capacity index and muscle oxygen consumption (mV˙O2) in the flexor digitorum profundus (FD...

Abstract Rock climbing performance has been suggested to involve a notable contribution from the aerobic metabolism. Previously it has been shown that forearm oxygenation kinetics can be used to distinguish ability groups and predict red-point sport climbing performance. Currently it is not known if forearm oxygenation kinetics, or a sport specific...

Rock-climbing performance is largely dependent on the endurance of the forearm flexors. Recently, it was reported that forearm flexor endurance in elite climbers is independent of the ability to regulate conduit artery (brachial) blood flow, suggesting that endurance is not primarily dependent on the ability of the brachial artery to deliver oxygen...

Objectives: To examine the relation between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a large US adult population and to study the effects of hypertension, obesity, and health status on the relation of CRF with SCD. Patients and methods: A total of 55,456 individuals (mean age, 44.2 years; 13,507 women) from the Aerobics...

Objective: We examined the reliability and validity of the analog and digital models of TKK handgrip dynamometers using calibrated known weights. Method: A total of 6 dynamometers (3 digital and 3 analog; 2 new and 1 old for each model) were used in this study. Results: Intrainstrument reliability was very high; systematic error for test-retes...

Purpose: This study examined differences in oxygenation kinetics in the non-dominant and dominant flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) of rock climbers. Methods: Participants consisted of 28 sport climbers with a range of on-sight abilities (6a+ to 8a French Sport). Using near infrared spectroscopy, oxygenation kinetics of the FDP was assessed by ca...

The research base for rock climbing has expanded substantially in the past three decades as worldwide interest in the sport has grown. An important trigger for the increasing research attention has been the transition of the sport to a competitive as well as recreational activity and the potential inclusion of sport climbing in the Olympic schedule...

Competitive rock climbing places a large physiological stress on the forearm flexors for prolonged periods of time. It has been suggested that higher-level rock climbers have a greater skeletal muscle oxidative capacity in their dominant forearm (flexor digitorum profundus [FDP]) when compared to their lower-level counterparts (Fryer et al., 2015,...

The cultural and demographic development of modern society has also affected the Mapuche ethnia and has influenced changes in lifestyles and in the morphofunctional structure of the population, particularly in young people. The purpose of this study was to determine differences in body composition and somatotype between Mapuche and non-Mapuche chil...

The cultural and demographic development of modern society has also affected the Mapuche ethnia and has influenced changes in lifestyles and in the morphofunctional structure of the population, particularly in young people. The purpose of this study was to determine differences in body composition and somatotype between Mapuche and non-Mapuche chil...

Background/Objective: Increased physical activity (PA) and decreased sedentary behaviors (SB) may have beneficial effects on cardio-metabolic risk in adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between independent/combined effects of PA and SB with individual/clustered cardio-metabolic risk factors. Methods: A sample of 769 a...

We examined the association of physical activity (PA), cardiovascular fitness (CVF) and fatness with total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations in European adolescents. The present study comprised 713 European adolescents aged 14.8±1.2 y (females 55.3%) from the multicenter HELENA cross-sectional study. PA was assessed through accelerometry, CVF by t...

Background: The association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and all-cause mortality in cancer survivors is understudied. Methods: Participants comprised 2,891 men and women aged ≥20 years (mean age 53) with a medical diagnosis of cancer and who had a medical examination during 1987-2003 in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. They were...

Background and Aim The body adiposity index (BAI) has been recently proposed as a new method to estimate the percentage of body fat. The association between BAI and hypertension risk has not been investigated yet. The aim of our study was to evaluate the ability of BAI to predict hypertension in males and females compared with traditional body adip...

Unlabelled: Early menarche has been associated with adult overweight, cardiovascular risk factors, and other diseases. Little is known about the determinants of menarcheal age (MA). Therefore, the main aim of this study was to examine the associations between early life programming factors and menarcheal age in European adolescents. Secondly, the...

The aim of this study was to examine whether breastfeeding may reduce the programming effect of birthweight on abdominal adiposity. Abdominal (in three regions: R1, R2 and R3) adiposity was measured by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in 314 adolescents. Breastfeeding duration, birthweight, duration of gestation and maternal educational level were...

The importance of physical activity for health is well-established. Questions remain whether outdoor exercise additionally benefits overall mental and physical well-being. Using cross-sectional data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, we examined relationships of physical activity environment (PAE) with reported tension, stress, emotional...

Introduction: A high level of physical fitness is associated with cardiovascular health in children and adolescents. At present, there is no systematic implementation of a test battery to assess physical fitness at schools in Argentina. The main objective of this study was to implement the ALPHA test battery to determine the physical fitness of a...

Introduction. A high level of physical fitness is associated with cardiovascular health in children and adolescents. At present, there is no systematic implementation of a test battery to assess physical fitness at schools in Argentina. The main objective of this study was to implement the ALPHA test battery to determine the physical fitness of a s...

INTRODUCCIÓN Altos niveles de condición física están relacionados con la salud cardiovascular de niños y adolescentes. Actualmente, en Argentina no existe una aplicación sistemática de una batería de condición física en el ámbito escolar. Por esta razón, hay una carencia de valores de referencia. El propósito principal del estudio fue aplicar la ba...

OBJECTIVES: To compare physical activity (PA) subcomponents from EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire (EPAQ2) and combined heart rate and movement sensing in older adults. METHODS: Participants aged 60-64y from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development in Great Britain completed EPAQ2, which assesses self-report PA in 4 domains (leisure tim...

INTRODUCCIÓN Altos niveles de condición física están relacionados con la salud cardiovascular de niños y adolescentes. Actualmente, en Argentina no existe una aplicación sistemática de una batería de condición física en el ámbito escolar. Por esta razón, hay una carencia de valores de referencia. El propósito principal del estudio fue aplicar la ba...

INTRODUCCIÓN Altos niveles de condición física están relacionados con la salud cardiovascular de niños y adolescentes. Actualmente, en Argentina no existe una aplicación sistemática de una batería de condición física en el ámbito escolar. Por esta razón, hay una carencia de valores de referencia. El propósito principal del estudio fue aplicar la ba...

INTRODUCCIÓN Altos niveles de condición física están relacionados con la salud cardiovascular de niños y adolescentes. Actualmente, en Argentina no existe una aplicación sistemática de una batería de condición física en el ámbito escolar. Por esta razón, hay una carencia de valores de referencia. El propósito principal del estudio fue aplicar la ba...

INTRODUCCIÓN Altos niveles de condición física están relacionados con la salud cardiovascular de niños y adolescentes. Actualmente, en Argentina no existe una aplicación sistemática de una batería de condición física en el ámbito escolar. Por esta razón, hay una carencia de valores de referencia. El propósito principal del estudio fue aplicar la ba...

INTRODUCCIÓN Altos niveles de condición física están relacionados con la salud cardiovascular de niños y adolescentes. Actualmente, en Argentina no existe una aplicación sistemática de una batería de condición física en el ámbito escolar. Por esta razón, hay una carencia de valores de referencia. El propósito principal del estudio fue aplicar la ba...

Introducción: Altos niveles de condición física están relacionados con la salud cardiovascular de niños y adolescentes. Actualmente, en Argentina no existe una aplicación sistemática de una batería de condición física en el ámbito escolar. Por esta razón, hay una carencia de valores de referencia. El propósito principal del estudio fue aplicar la b...

Ideal cardiovascular health is a new construct defined by the American Heart Association as part of its 2020 Impact Goal. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the simultaneous presence of ideal cardiovascular health behaviors and factors could reduce the odds of developing depressive symptoms. Participants from the Aerobics Center Longi...

What is already known about this subject: Metabolic and cardiovascular diseases involve an inflammatory process that begins early in life. Muscular fitness has been inversely associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents, including inflammatory biomarkers. More research is needed to evaluate whether the influence of muscular fitness o...

Objective To evaluate the association of body adiposity index (BAI) with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk. Design and Methods The current analysis comprised 19 756 adult men who enrolled in the Aerobics Centre Longitudinal Study and completed a baseline examination during 1988-2002. All-cause and CVD mortality was register...

The purpose of this study is to determine whether time spent in objectively measured physical activity is associated with change in body mass index (BMI) from ages 9 to 15. The participants were enrolled in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n = 938). At ages 9, 11, 12, and...

The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between sedentary behavior and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), measured by accelerometry, with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference in 357 preschool children. Linear mixed models were used adjusting for race/ethnicity, parental education, and preschool. Follow-up anal...

To analyze the relationship of ideal cardiovascular health to disease-specific death. We used data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study from October 9, 1987, to March 3, 1999, to estimate the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health in 11,993 individuals (24.3% women) and to examine its relationship with deaths from all causes, cardiovascul...

Physical fitness is one of the strongest predictors of individual future health status. Together with cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), muscular strength has been increasingly recognized in the pathogenesis and prevention of chronic disease. We review the most recent literature on the effect of muscular strength in the development of cardiovascular...

The purpose of the present study was to analyze the association between isokinetic strength and field-based muscular fitness tests in youth. One hundred twenty-six adolescents (14.4±1.7 y) participated in the study. Upper and lower body isokinetic strength were measured at preset angular velocities of 90 º/s and 60 º/s, respectively. Muscular fitne...

To investigate associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and different measures of adiposity with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality in men with known or suspected coronary heart disease (CHD). We analyzed data from 9563 men (mean age, 47.4 years) with documented or suspected CHD in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (Au...

Introduction: Ideal cardiovascular health is a new construct defined by the American Heart Association as part of its 2020 Impact Goal. The World Health Organization recognizes depression as 1 of its 10 most important global public health issues. We hypothesized that the simultaneous presence of ideal cardiovascular health behaviors and factors cou...

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a running bout under hot conditions on cognitive performance in physically active men. Sixteen participants ran at 60% of maximum aerobic speed for an average time of 52.4 ± 7.6 minutes under hot environmental conditions (35°C, 60% relative humidity). Changes in body mass, lean mass, hematocrit, pl...

Hereby we summarize the work developed by the ALPHA (Assessing Levels of Physical Activity) Study and describe the tests included in the ALPHA health-related fitness test battery for children and adolescents. The evidence-based ALPHA-Fitness test battery include the following tests: 1) the 20 m shuttle run test to assess cardiorespiratory fitness;...

Hereby we summarize the work developed by the ALPHA (Assessing Levels of Physical Activity) Study and describe the tests included in the ALPHA health-related fitness test battery for children and adolescents. The evidence- based ALPHA-Fitness test battery include the following tests: 1) the 20 m shuttle run test to assess cardiorespiratory fitness;...

The purpose was to analyze the physiological responses and energy expenditure during repeated ascents of the same climbing route over a 10-week period. Nine climbers completed nine ascents of a specific route spaced 1 week apart. Expired air was analyzed continuously during each ascent, and time of ascent was recorded to the nearest second. Energy...

Physical fitness level is a marker of cardiovascular health in young people. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of a school-based intervention program, focused on increasing the volume and intensity of physical education (PE) sessions, on adolescents' physical fitness. Sixty-seven adolescents (12-14 years old) from three secondary sch...

This aim was to examine differences on lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis in standing position by gender, age and weight status in healthy subjects using a noninvasive method. A total of 297 women (36.6 ± 7.3 years) and 362 men (39.8 ± 7.5 years) participated in this study. Participants were categorized according to the international BMI (kg/m2)...

To examine the independent associations of muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness with clustered metabolic risk in adolescents. Participants were 709 adolescents (346 boys) from 10 European centers, aged 12.5-17.5 yr, evaluated as a part of the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescents cross-sectional study (HELENA-CSS). A muscular fi...

We examined: (i) the usefulness of the International Fitness Scale (IFIS) to correctly rank adolescents into physical fitness levels; (ii) the capacity of the IFIS for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk; and (iii) the reliability of the IFIS in adolescents. The study comprised 3059 adolescents (aged 12.5-17.5 years) from nine European cou...

Childhood and adolescence are crucial periods of life since dynamic changes in various metabolic systems, including hormonal regulation, changes in body fat content and body fat distribution, as well as transient changes in insulin sensitivity are known to occur during growth and puberty (Cruz et al. 2005). Dramatic psychological changes also occur...

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Objective To report sex- and age-specific physical fitness levels in European adolescents.Methods A sample of 3428 adolescents (1845 girls) aged 12.5–17.49 years from 10 European cities in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece (an inland city and an island city), Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden was assessed in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe b...