Pedro E Alcaraz

Biographic Data

ID1798923
NAMEPedro E Alcaraz
GIVEN NAMESPedro E
FAMILY NAMEAlcaraz
SIGNATUREALCARAZ P E
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad Católica de Murcia
ORCID0000-0002-9792-6656
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Jump performance and handgrip strength do not reflect acute fatigue in elite trail runners after the 2023 world trail running championship

    Open AccessDiego Jaén‐carrillo, Felipe García‐pinillo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2025References: 2

    RSI decreased while other performance variables remained unchanged. This suggests the athletes' fatigue had less impact on their performance in these tests than anticipated, showing a less reactive jump strategy ( p < 0.05 for RSI) after the competition

  • Exploring countermovement jump variables across competitive levels and playing positions in futsal

    Open AccessKonstantinos Spyrou, Pedro E Alcaraz et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2024Cited by: 1References: 24

    Introduction The aims of this study were to compare several countermovement jump (CMJ) kinetic variables between professional (PRO) and semi-professional (SEMI-PRO) futsal players and examine the differences amongst playing positions. Methods CMJ performance from 56 male futsal players (25.2 ± 4.8 years; weight: 74.4 ± 6.4 kg) was analysed. Players were separated into PRO ( n = 29; 27.0 ± 4.4 years; 75.4 ± 6.0 kg) and SEMI-PRO ( n = 27; 22.7 ± 4.…

  • A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Archena Infancia Saludable Project on 24-h Movement Behaviors and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Schoolchildren

    Open AccessJosé Francisco López‐gil, Antonio García-Hermoso et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    Objective: The aim of this paper is to describe the protocol of pilot cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) that will evaluate the effects of a lifestyle-based intervention. The Archena Infancia Saludable project will have several objectives. The primary objective of this project is to determine the 6-month effects of a lifestyle-based intervention on adherence to 24-h movement behaviors and Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) in schoolchildren. The…

  • Interpreting match performance in elite futsal

    Open AccessKonstantinos Spyrou, João Nuno Ribeiro et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2023

    In summary, these results emphasize the importance of normalizing internal and external load variables and technical-tactical performance variables per effective playing time in futsal. The current findings indicate that players with lower involvement can present the same or even higher physical and technical-tactical performance compared to teammates with more playing time

  • A commentary of factors related to player availability and its influence on performance in elite team sports

    Open AccessJulio Calleja-González, Javier Mallo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2023Cited by: 1References: 70

    Elite performance and sporting success are often the result of optimal integration and synergy of all components of sports preparedness (i.e., health, technical and tactical skills, bioenergetic and neuromuscular abilities and capacities, anthropometric characteristics, cognition, emotions, creativity, or personality), which evolve because of systematic long-term sports preparation. However, the relative importance of these characteristics varies…

  • Match Day-1 Reactive Strength Index and In-Game Peak Speed in Collegiate Division I Basketball

    Open AccessAdam J Petway, Adam Petway et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Basketball is a game of repeated jumps and sprints. The objective of this study was to examine whether repeated jump assessments the day prior to competition (MD-1) could discriminate between fast and slow in-game performances the following day. Seven NCAA Division I Basketball athletes (4 guards and 3 forwards; 20 ± 1.2 years, 1.95 ± 0.09 m, and 94 ± 15 kg) performed a repeated-hop test on a force platform before and after each practice MD-1 to …

  • Influence of Physical and Technical Aspects on Change of Direction Performance of Rugby Players

    Open AccessTomás T Freitas, Pedro E Alcaraz et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    We examined the relationships between change of direction (COD) speed and deficit, and a series of speed- and power-related measurements in national team rugby union players and analyzed the influence of movement patterns on COD ability. Eleven male athletes completed the following physical assessments on different days: day 1-anthropometric measurements, and lower-body kinematic parameters (assessed with eight inertial sensors) and completion ti…

  • Seasonal Variations in Game Activity Profiles and Players' Neuromuscular Performance in Collegiate Division I Basketball

    Open AccessAdam J Petway, Adam Petway et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2020Cited by: 2References: 37

    Basketball has a high demand on a player's neuromuscular system due to a high volume of explosive high-intensity actions. This study aimed to examine the seasonal variations on game demands and players' neuromuscular performance during the Non-Conference (NON-CONF) and Conference (CONF) seasons in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball. Seven NCAA Division I Basketball players' (20 ± 1.2 years, 1.95 ± 0.1 m, and 94 ± 15 kg) match activity profiles were…

  • Season Suspension and Summer Extension

    Open AccessThomas Huyghe, Stephen Bird et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2020Cited by: 2References: 64

    Given the emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak, the official declaration of a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, and its consequential disruptions on the professional team sports landscape, it is the main objective of this brief opinion to help ensure that professional team-sport athletes and support staff remain aware as a society of some of the potential pitfalls - illustrated via negative but plausible detrimental scenarios. Final…

  • SOS to the Soccer World. Each Time the Preseason Games Are Less Friendly

    Open AccessJulio Calleja-González, Carlos Lalín et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2020Cited by: 2References: 22

    OPINION article Front. Sports Act. Living, 18 December 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.559539

  • Effects of high intensity circuit training frequency on isokinetic strength and body composition in untrained subjects

    Open AccessAntonio Carrasco Martínez, Cristian Marín Pagán et al.ARTICLECultura Ciencia y Deporte2019

    The main aim of the present study was to analyze the effects of high intensity circuit training on isokinetic strength and body composition in untrained subjects. A quasi experimental design with pre and post test using an isokinetic dynamometer and a densitometer to perform the measurement was carried out. A total of 39 participants were divided according to the level of physical activity, body composition and sex into three training groups (TG)…

  • Acute effects of sled-towing exercise

    Open AccessMaría Asunción Martínez-Valencia, José María González-Ravé et al.ARTICLECultura Ciencia y Deporte2014

  • Composición corporal y velocidad de lanzamiento en jugadoras de élite de balonmano. (Body Composition and Throwing Velocity in Elite Women ́s Team Handball)

    Open AccessMiriam García, Pedro E Alcaraz et al.ARTICLECultura Ciencia y Deporte2011

    El objetivo de este estudio fue describir y comparar las caractersticas antropomtricas, composicin corporal, somatotipo y velocidad de lanzamiento de las jugadoras de balonmano de la seleccin espaola de diferentes categoras. Fueron estudiadas 59 jugadoras de balonmano, todas ellas pertenecen a las categoras juvenil, junior y snior. Las variables analizadas fueron: 20 medidas antropomtricas, el ndice de masa corporal, sumatorio de cuatro pliegues,…

  • Entrenamiento en circuito. ¿Una herramienta útil para prevenir los efectos del envejecimiento?. (Circuit training. A useful tool for preventing the effects of aging?)

    Open AccessSalvador Romero‐Arenas, Jorge Pérez‐Gómez et al.ARTICLECultura Ciencia y Deporte2011

    Con el envejecimiento, los procesos de involucin afectan a los sistemas muscular y seo, de la misma manera que al resto de sistemas. La atrofia muscular es el resultado del envejecimiento y la falta de actividad fsica; esto lleva a la disminucin de la fuerza y la potencia, y como consecuencia a modificaciones funcionales, muchas de las cuales se hallan relacionadas con la prdida de salud. El entrenamiento de fuerza mejora la capacidad oxidativa d…

  • Características y efectos de los métodos resistidos en el sprint. (Characteristics and effects of resisted sprint training methods)

    Open AccessPedro E Alcaraz, José Luis López Elvira et al.ARTICLECultura Ciencia y Deporte2009

    Para la mejora del rendimiento en el sprint se utilizan distintos mtodos de entrenamiento, entre los ms populares se encuentran los mtodos resistidos. Un mtodo resistido para el sprint se caracteriza por utilizar sprints con una sobrecarga o resistencia aadida. Dependiendo de las caractersticas del dispositivo, tanto la magnitud como la direccin de la resistencia va a ser diferente. As, existen distintos tipos de mtodos resistidos, estos son: arr…

  • Agility training in football players

    Open AccessJorge Pérez-Gómez, Juan Pedro Martín-Martínez et al.ARTICLECultura Ciencia y Deporte2007