Gabriela Szczepanek

QUALITY IN SPORT

QUALITY IN SPORT

Strength and Neuromuscular Training in Tennis Players: Effects on Physical and Sport-Specific Performance - A Narrative Review

Current evidence supports strength and neuromuscular training's role in improving key physical capacities relevant to tennis performance, and future research should focus on standardized intervention protocols, larger randomized controlled trials, and long-term follow-up to establish evidence-based training recommendat...

Exercise Modalities for the Management of Menopausal Symptoms: A Structured Narrative Review

Background: Menopause is associated with vasomotor, psychological, somatic, and urogenital symptoms that can markedly reduce quality of life. Although hormone therapy is the most effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms, many women seek safe, non-pharmacological alternatives. Exercise is increasingly recommended; how...

Perioperative Rehabilitation After Radical Prostatectomy: A Narrative Review

Perioperative rehabilitation should be integral to radical prostatectomy care, and early implementation of evidence-based strategies improves functional recovery and quality of life, while further high-quality randomized controlled trials are needed to establish standardized protocols.

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This narrative review evaluated current evidence on the effects of exercise on executive function recovery in individuals with MDD, identified exercise characteristics associated with the greatest cognitive benefits, and summarized the underlying neurobiological mechanisms.

How Does Exercise Improve Executive Function During Recovery from Major Depressive Disorder? A Narrative Review

An Integrated Exercise–Neurobiology Model linking exercise prescription with coordinated physiological and neurobiological adaptations that may guide future mechanistic research and precision exercise interventions is proposed.