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Exercise progressions and regressions in sports training and rehabilitation
Sebastián Rodríguez1, Angie Natalia Suarez-Cuervo1, Catalina León-Prieto2
1Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Movimiento Corporal Humano, Maestría en Fisioterapia del Deporte y la Actividad Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.
Background:
The field of sports training and rehabilitation is constantly evolving, seeking excellence in performance and optimal restoration of injured athletes. In this dynamic context, exercise progressions and regressions are fundamental, preventing injuries and adapting training to individual capacity, ensuring appropriate challenge and avoiding harmful overloads.
Objective:
To describe the essence of exercise progressions and regressions, exploring in detail the intrinsic subtleties to these, as well as their relevance in the field of sports training and rehabilitation.
Design:
Narrative review.
Results:
Progressions and regressions in exercise are a strategic approach aimed at optimizing physical performance and health, preventing injury and avoiding overtraining through continuous and planned adaptation of training stimuli. Understanding these concepts can be facilitated through motor learning theories when learning a sporting gesture, as well as through functional progression tests used in sports physical therapy.
Conclusion:
Progressions and regressions play a critical role in sports training and rehabilitation. It is essential that physical therapists, coaches and other professionals have a thorough understanding of these concepts to ensure the implementation of safe and effective practices in athlete development.
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