This research group, officially GIUV-2012-226, has been formed after what has been, in some cases, more than a decade of previous collaborations. Numerous doctoral theses and undergraduate and master’s degree final projects, as well as many other scientific works that have been presented at international congresses, have come to life as a result. It is worth mentioning that currently its members are jointly undertaking research projects obtained from public calls. Hundreds of articles have been published and indexed in the Journal Citation Reports thanks to the arduous previous work of the researchers.

The research activity of this group focuses on the analysis and development of conditioning and physical exercise protocols and activities that could have positive effects on health and its preservation in different groups of people, this is, ranging from athletes to sedentary people. The concept of health that is being analysed integrates a holistic conception of the human being, one that contemplates physical, psychological and social dimensions. It addresses how physical exercise can prevent disease and improve health in disparate populations, such as people with special needs (the physically, psychologically or sensory impaired, people with metabolic, pulmonary, osteomuscular or psychological dysfunction, etc.) or through their different life stages (childhood, adolescence, adulthood– including female processes such as pregnancy and pre and postmenopause– and elderliness).