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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We are pleased to announce the Special Issue “<b>The Effects of Exercise on Physical Characteristics”</b> in the journal
<b>Applied Sciences</b> (ISSN 2076-3417, IF 2.7), within the Biomedical Engineering section.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews.<br>
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the role of exercise under the following parameters:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Muscle hypertrophy and bone density<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Eye health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cardiovascular health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Metabolic adaptations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Visual adaptations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sports vision<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Mitigating age-related physical decline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">📅</span><span lang="EN-GB"> Submission deadline: 20 March 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🔗</span><span lang="EN-GB"> More info:
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/si/217932">https://www.mdpi.com/si/217932</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Guest Editors:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dr. Javier Gene-Morales (University of Valencia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Prof. Dr. Andrés Gené-Sampedro (University of Valencia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Prof. Dr. Jorge Jorge (University of Minho)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We look forward to your contributions and encourage you to share this call with colleagues working in the fields of exercise science, optometry, and human performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Jorge Jorge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On behalf of the Guest Editorial Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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