Rafel Pol

National Institute of Physical Education (INEFC) · Fisiología

The rate of muscle injuries in professional football has not decreased despite the implementation of preventive strategies. This is commonly attributed to the rise in the number of competitions per season and the rigorous demands of modern football. However, these factors seem insufficient to explain the absence of impact from preventive strategies...

There is a need to update scientific assumptions in sport to promote the critical thinking of scientists, coaches, and practitioners and improve their methodological decisions. On the basis of complex systems science and theories of biological evolution, a systematization and update of theoretical and methodological principles to transform the unde...

The purpose of this opinion paper is providing a platform for explaining and discussing the relatedness and nestedness of constraints on the basis of four claims: (a) task constraints are distributed between the person and the environment and hence are relational variables, (b) being relational, task constraints are also emergent properties of the...

La prevalencia de ideas pseudocientíficas y “neuromitos” entre las entrenadoras y entrenadores, así como la necesidad de mejorar los contenidos de sus programas de formación, se ha puesto recientemente de relieve en la literatura científica. En este artículo de opinión se identifican y discuten algunas creencias, prejuicios y supuestos tácitos comu...

The prevalence of pseudo-scientific ideas and "neuromites" among coaches and the need to improve the contents of their education programs has been recently highlighted in the scientific literature. In this opinion paper we identify and discuss some common beliefs, prejudices and tacit assumptions in the field of sport sciences that can favor the pr...

A better understanding of how sports injuries occur in order to improve their prevention is needed for medical, economic, scientific and sport success reasons. This narrative review aims to explain the mechanisms that underlie the occurrence of sports injuries, and an innovative approach for their prevention on the basis of complex dynamic systems...

L’interes per l’entrenament integrat es creixent i per augmentar la seva eficacia resulta clau coneixer com es produeix el proces d’integracio en els sistemes vius. Generalment, se sol assumir que el tipus d’integracio que es dona en l’organisme i entre els components de l’entrenament es sumatoria i lineal; es a dir, esta caracteritzada per relacio...

The interest for the integrated training is growing and to increase its effectiveness is key to know how the integration process is produced in living systems. Generally, it is usually assumed that the type of integration existing in living systems and between training components is additive and linear; i.e., it is characterized by proportional, fi...

El interés por el entrenamiento integrado es creciente y para aumentar su eficacia resulta clave conocer cómo se produce el proceso de integración en los sistemas vivos. Por lo general, se suele asumir que el tipo de integración que se da en el organismo y entre los componentes del entrenamiento es sumatoria y lineal; es decir, está caracterizada p...

Interest in integrated training is growing and to increase its effectiveness it is essential to know how the integration process occurs in living systems. Generally speaking it is usually assumed that the kind of integration which occurs in the body and between the components of training is additive and linear, in other words it is characterised by...

Objectives To reveal and study the fluctuating dynamics of perceived exertion (PE) during constant-power exercise performed under different conditions (duration, intensity, and termination). Methods In a pilot study Borg’s rating of perceived exertion (RPE) was measured every 15s in 2 groups of 9 participants each (using RPE 6-20 and CR10 scales,...