Research Interest: Biomechanics, spine, diagnostic ultrasound imaging, rehabilitation

Research Interest: Ultrasonography; ultrasound imaging; muscle morphology; Achilles tendon; sonoelastography; imaging

Research Interest: Mindfulness; Positive Psychology; Psychological Wellbeing; Physiological Wellbeing

Research Interest: Healthcare Administration, Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy, Orthopedic, Fracture, Trauma, Spine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Dr. Mark Vaczi was born in Dunaújváros, Hungary, in 1974. He has been involved in higher education since 1999, teaching approximately 25 different sports science courses. He started as a lecturer at the University of Memphis, then worked as an assistant professor at the Institute of Health Development Sports Sciences Institute, Eotwos Lorand University, Budapest. From 2010, he was an assistant professor and later an associate professor at the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physical Education at the University of Pecs. Since 2017, he has been leading the Department of Sports, and since 2024, the Department of Sports Biology and Kinesiology. Between 2020 and 2023, he was the director of the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physical Education. He has been a PhD supervisor since 2013 and has 15 years of experience in teaching in English. He was awarded with a Master Teacher Golden Medal, and supervised two dozens of students in the National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, Hungary. He is the program leader of the Coach BSc program. He has been conducting scientific research since 1997 and is the head of the biomechanics laboratory. His research focuses on the broad acute and chronic neuromechanical adaptation mechanisms after various training intervention programs in athletes, non-athletes, aging populations, and people with muscle diseases. He used to coach elite badminton and basketball players, and was the conditioning coach of the Hungarian table tennis and fencing national teams. Currently, he trains an Olympian swimmer. 

Research Interests: Kinesiology, Sports biomechanics ,Exercise science ,Training adaptation ,Muscle physiology ,Muscle mechanics ,Exercise-induced ,muscle damage ,Joint stability
                                                                                                                           

PhD and full professor at the Department of Physical Education and Sports (University of Seville). He collaborates with several foreign research centers and has been an author in the main journals of the biomedical field, highlighting his contribution in the manual Exercise and Chronic Disease. An Evidence-Based Approach in the Editorial Routledge or publications in APMR, CER or EJAP. As a result of these studies, he received a prestigious research award at the XVII Andalusian Institute of Sport Sports Research Awards. In addition to a clear line focused on physical activity and health (especially focused on fibromyalgia, diabetes, aging or practice habits), has developed in parallel studies related to sport sciences, again, with very positive results as international publications in the JSS or the JSCR, among others. During these years he has participated in numerous research projects both with the public administration (Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Health of the Junta de Andalucía), and the private sector (Sevilla FC SAD or PowerPlate) and is part of the Editorial Committee or external reviewer from prestigious international journals (eg AC&R, J Pain Res, Mayo Clinics, etc.). In short, and as a member of the Andalusian Center for Research in Physical Activity, Health and Sport, is very aware of the importance of physical exercise to improve the health and physical condition of the population.

Research Interest: Fibromyalgia, Obesity, Exercise, Strength Training

List of Pubications:

1.    Sañudo B. (2017). Nuevas tecnologías aplicadas a la actividad física y el deporte. Thomson-Aranzadi. ISBN. ISBN: 978-84-9177-316-0

2.    Sañudo B. (2016). El caso de las wearable technologies en la actividad física y el deporte. En: Emprendiendo en el sector deportivo. Thomson-Aranzadi. ISBN. 978-84-9099-588-4

3.    García J. - Sañudo, B, Sánchez, A., Fernández J., Pozo-Cruz, J. (2015). Emprendimiento y Deporte: de la teoría a la aplicación. ISBN. 978-84-16326-50-1.

4.    Borja Sañudo, Vicente Martínez, José Muñoa. (2012). Actividad Física en Poblaciones Especiales. Salud y Calidad de Vida. Sevilla: Wanceulen Editorial Deportiva. ISBN. 978-84-9993-000-0

5.    Borja Sañudo, Jerónimo García. (2012). Nuevas Orientaciones para una actividad física saludable en centro de fitness. Sevilla: Wanceulen Editorial Deportiva. ISBN. 978-84-9993-219-4

6.    Borja Sañudo, Adrián Feria (2012). Cáncer de mama y ejercicio físico: Bases para su prescripción. En: AF en Poblaciones Especiales. Salud y CdV. Wanceulen Editorial Deportiva. Pp 155-165

7.    Iván Chulvi, Fernando Mata, Borja Sañudo, Marzo da Silva (2012). Entrenamiento funcional en personas mayores. En: AF en Poblaciones Especiales. Salud y CdV. Wanceulen Editorial Deportiva. Pp 167-191

8.    Borja Sañudo, Delfín Galiano. (2012). La actividad física en personas con Fibromialgia. En: La práctica de actividades físico-deportivas en personas con patologías. MAD SL. Pp 227-252

9.    Sañudo B. Fibromyalgia. (2011). In Saxton JM. Exercise and Chronic Disease. An Evidence-Based Approach. Routledge. 9780415498616

10.    Sañudo B, Muñoz T, Davison GW, Lopez-Lluch G, Del Pozo-Cruz J. High-Intensity Interval Training Combined With Vibration and Dietary Restriction Improves Body Composition and Blood Lipids in Obese Adults: A Randomized Trial. Dose Response. 2018;16(3):1559325818797.

11.    Russell D, Álvarez Gallardo IC, Wilson I, Hughes CM, Davison GW, Sañudo B, McVeigh JG. 'Exercise to me is a scary word': perceptions of fatigue, sleep dysfunction, and exercise in people with fibromyalgia syndrome-a focus group study. Rheumatol Int. 2018 Mar;38(3):507-515.

12.    Sá-Caputo D, Paineiras-Domingos L, Carvalho-Lima R,… Sañudo B, Bernardo-Filho M. Potential effects of whole-body vibration exercises on blood flow kinetics of different populations: a systematic review with a suitable approach. Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2017 Jul 7;14(4 Suppl):41-51

13.    Sañudo B, de Hoyo M, Del Pozo-Cruz J, Carrasco L, Del Pozo-Cruz B, Tejero S, Firth E. A systematic review of the exercise effect on bone health: the importance of assessing mechanical loading in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Menopause. 2017 Oct;24(10):1208-1216.

14.    Muñoz-Vera T, Sañudo B, del Pozo-Cruz B, del Pozo-Cruz J, Sánchez-Oliver AJ, Lopez-Lluch G. Influence of the level of physical activity on physical fitness, lipid profile and health outcomes in overweight/obese adults with similar nutritional status. Science & Sports, 2017; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scispo.2016.05.006

15.    de Hoyo M, Sañudo B, Carrasco L, Mateo-Cortes J, Domínguez-Cobo S, Fernandes O, Del Ojo JJ, Gonzalo-Skok O. Effects of 10-week eccentric overload training on kinetic parameters during change of direction in football players. J Sports Sci. 2016 Jul;34(14):1380-7.

16.    de Hoyo M, Cohen DD, Sañudo B, Carrasco L, Álvarez-Mesa A, Del Ojo JJ, Domínguez-Cobo S, Mañas V, Otero-Esquina C. Influence of football match time-motion parameters on recovery time course of muscle damage and jump ability. J Sports Sci. 2016 Jul;34(14):1363-70.

17.    de Hoyo M, Gonzalo-Skok O, Sañudo B, Carrascal C, Plaza-Armas JR, Camacho-Candil F, Otero-Esquina C. Comparative Effects of In-Season Full-Back Squat, Resisted Sprint Training, and Plyometric Training on Explosive Performance in U-19 Elite Soccer Players. J Strength Cond Res. 2016 Feb;30(2):368-77.

18.    Sañudo B, Rueda D, Pozo-Cruz BD, de Hoyo M, Carrasco L. Validation of a Video Analysis Software Package for Quantifying Movement Velocity in Resistance Exercises. J Strength Cond Res. 2016 Oct;30(10):2934-41.

19.    de Hoyo M, Sañudo B, Carrasco L, Domínguez-Cobo S, Mateo-Cortes J, Cadenas-Sánchez MM, Nimphius S. Effects of Traditional Versus Horizontal Inertial Flywheel Power Training on Common Sport-Related Tasks. J Hum Kinet. 2015 Oct 14;47:155-67.

20.    Tejero S, Cejudo P, Quintana-Gallego E, Sañudo B, Oliva-Pascual-Vaca A. The role of daily physical activity and nutritional status on bone turnover in cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional study. Braz J Phys Ther. 2016 Mar 18. pii: S1413-35552016005004102.

21.    Sañudo B, César-Castillo M, Tejero S, Cordero-Arriaza FJ, Oliva-Pascual-Vaca Á, Figueroa A. Effects of Vibration on Leg Blood Flow After Intense Exercise and Its Influence on Subsequent Exercise Performance. J Strength Cond Res. 2016 Apr;30(4):1111-7.

22.    Álvarez Barbosa F, Del Pozo-Cruz B, Del Pozo-Cruz J, Alfonso-Rosa RM, Sañudo B, Rogers ME. Factors Associated with the Risk of Falls of Nursing Home Residents Aged 80 or Older. Rehabilitation Nursing, 2015.

23.    Del Pozo-Cruz J, Alfonso-Rosa RM, Castillo-Cuerva A, Sañudo B, Nolan P, Del Pozo-Cruz B. Depression symptoms are associated with key health outcomes in women with fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional study. Int J Rheum Dis. 2015 Jul 14. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12564.

24.    Alfonso-Rosa RM, Del Pozo-Cruz J, Del Pozo-Cruz B, Sañudo B, Abellán JM. Cost-utility analysis of a 12-week whole-body vibration based treatment for people with type 2 diabetes: reanalysis of a RCT in a primary care context. Public Health. 2015. pii: S0033-3506(15)00092-X.

25.    de Hoyo M, Pozzo M, Sañudo B, Carrasco L, Gonzalo-Skok O, Domínguez-Cobo S, Morán-Camacho E. Effects of a 10-week in-season eccentric-overload training program on muscle-injury prevention and performance in junior elite soccer players. IJSP. 2015 Jan;10(1):46-52.

26.    Sañudo B, Carrasco L, de Hoyo M, Figueroa A, Saxton JM. Vagal modulation and symptomatology following a 6-month aerobic exercise program for women with fibromyalgia. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Jan-Feb;33(1 Suppl 88):S41-5. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

27.    de Hoyo M, de la Torre A, Pradas F, Sañudo B, Carrasco L, Mateo-Cortes J, Domínguez-Cobo S, Fernandes O, Gonzalo-Skok O. Effects of eccentric overload bout on change of direction and performance in soccer players. Int J Sports Med. 2015 Apr;36(4):308-14.

28.    Russell D, Álvarez-Gallardo IC, Hughes CM, Davison GW, Sañudo B, McVeigh JG. The Effectiveness of Exercise in the Management of Fatigue and Sleep Dysfunction in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Rheumatology; 2014; 10.1093/rheumatology/keu116.001

29.    del Pozo-Cruz B, Alfonso-R, del Pozo-Cruz J, Sañudo B, Rogers ME. Effects of a 12-wk whole-body vibration based intervention to improve type 2 diabetes. Maturitas. 2014 Jan;77(1):52-8.

30.    Alfonso-Rosa RM, Del Pozo-Cruz B, Del Pozo-Cruz J, Sañudo B, Rogers ME. Test-Retest Reliability and Minimal Detectable Change Scores for Fitness Assessment in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes. Rehabil Nurs. 2014; 39(5):260-8.

31.    Sañudo B, Alfonso-Rosa R, Del Pozo-Cruz B, et al. WBV training improves leg blood flow and adiposity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2013 Sep;113(9):2245-52.

32.    Del Pozo-Cruz J, Alfonso-Rosa RM, Ugia JL, McVeigh JG, Pozo-Cruz BD, Sañudo B. A primary care-based randomized controlled trial of 12-week whole-body vibration for balance improvement in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Nov;94(11):2112-8.

33.    Alfonso-Rosa RM, Del Pozo-Cruz B, Del Pozo-Cruz J, Sañudo B. The relationship between nutritional status, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life in older adults with type 2 diabetes: a pilot explanatory study. J Nutr Health Aging. 2013 Apr;17(4):315-21.

34.    Sañudo B, Carrasco L, de Hoyo M, Oliva-Pascual-Vaca Á, Rodríguez-Blanco C. Changes in body balance and functional performance following whole-body vibration training in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. J Rehabil Med. 2013 Jul;45(7):678-84.

35.    Del Pozo-Cruz B, Alfonso-Rosa RM, Del Pozo-Cruz J, Sañudo B, Rogers ME. Effects of a 12-wk whole-body vibration intervention to improve type 2 diabetes. Maturitas. 2013. 5122(13)00289-2.

36.    Sañudo B, César-Castillo M, Tejero S, et al. Cardiac autonomic response during recovery from a maximal exercise using whole body vibration. Complement Ther Med. 2013 Aug;21(4):294-9.

37.    de Hoyo M, Álvarez-Mesa A, Sañudo B, Carrasco L, Domínguez S. Immediate effect of kinesio taping on muscle response in young elite soccer players. J Sport Rehabil. 2013 Feb;22(1):53-8.

38.    Sañudo B, Carrasco L, de Hoyo M, McVeigh JG. Effects of exercise training and detraining in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: a 3-yr longitudinal study. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Jul;91(7):561-9; quiz 570-3

39.    Sañudo B, de Hoyo M, Carrasco L, et al. Effect of whole-body vibration exercise on balance in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. J Altern Complement Med. 2012 Feb;18(2):158-64

40.    Sañudo B, Feria A, Carrasco L, de Hoyo M, Santos R, Gamboa H. Gender differences in knee stability in response to whole-body vibration. J Strength Cond Res. 2012 Aug;26(8):2156-65.

41.    Sañudo B, Galiano D, Carrasco L, et al. Effects of a prolonged exercise program on key health outcomes in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial. J Rehabil Med. 2011 May;43(6):521-6.

C.2. Research projects and grants:

•    I+D projects: 5(1 IP); Funds: ≈ 170.000€
•    Contracts with companies: 14 (6 IP); ≈20.000€

Research Interest: Exercise training, sirtuin, myocardial infarction, heart failure, inflammation

Research Interest: Gene Therapy in Orthopaedics; Clinical treatment of orthopaedics diseases; Gene therapy for bone and cartilage regeneration; Aging and Metabolism; New animal models for gene therapy in orthopaedics; Study on biomaterials as bone substitutes in Orthopaedics; Intervertebral disc aging and disc degeneration; Spine Trauma in adults; Spine diseases and spine trauma in athletes; Trauma and surgical treatments in sport medicine

Research Interest: Pain, health management, pain management and cost economy

Research Interest: Physical training, physical exercise, thermoregulation, hypertension, nitric oxide, cardiac myocytes, heart excitation-contraction coupling, cardiovascular pathophysiology, bone pathophysiology

Research Interest: Knee Surgery, Shoulder Surgery, Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic Surgery, 3D-Printing

Research Interest: Sports medicine and physiotherapy

Research Interest: Orthopedic Rehabilitation; Sports Rehabilitation; Chronic pain; Matrix Rhythm Therapy

Research Interest: Elite athletes, spirometry, genetics, gene polymorphisms, body composition assessment.

Research Areas:

(1) articular cartilage lesions: the clinical and related basic research in articular cartilage lesions and the treatment.

(2) The surgical technique of shoulder and knee arthroscope

Research Grant Details: cartilage, sports medicine

Publications:

1. Daohong Zhao; Yanlin Li; Xizong Zhou; Zhongde Yang, Peripheral blood mesenchymal stem cells combined with modified demineralized bone matrix promote pig cartilage defect repair, Cells Tissues Organs, 2018.9.26, 9(1): 1~9.

2. Daohong Zhao; Yanlin Li; Yan Li; Zhaowei Jiang; Duo Shen; Zhi Zhao;Fuke Wang, MiR-181a regulates the chondrogenic differentiation in pig peripheral blood mesenchymal stem cells, Int J Clin Exp Pathol , 2018.2.15, 11(2): 947~955.

3. Hong Chen; Daohong Zhao;Jingming Xie; Qihui Duan; Jun Zhang;Zhidan Wu; Jia Jiang, The outcomes of the modified Fulkerson osteotomy procedure to treat habitual patellar dislocation associated with high-grade trochlear dysplasia, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2017.2.8, 18(1): 73~79.  

4. Zhi Zhao ; Wei Xu ; Jingming Xie; Yingsong Wang; Tao Li; Ying Zhang; Daohong Zhao; Ni Bi; Zhiyue Shi, Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) inhibit apoptosis of spinal cord cells in a kaolin-induced syringomyelia-associated scoliosis rabbit model, Int J Clin Exp Pathol, 2018.4.15, 11(4): 1890~1899.

My name is Andriy Vovkanych and I am 61 years old. I was born in the west of Ukraine in the city of Lviv, my father - Stepan Vovkanych was a famous scientist in the field of economics and sociology, doctor of sciences, a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in the Vatican, my mother - a geologist, worked at the Research Institute of Gas Exploration. 

I studied at a school with in-depth study of the English language, received the qualification of a translator of English scientific and technical literature. In addition, I participated in student competitions in English and biology.

Since I liked biology, after graduating from school I entered the Faculty of Biology of Ivan Franko University, specialized in human and animal physiology, did internships in institutions of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, my Dyploma was about transmembrane ionic currents in the salivary glands of the chironomus larva. While studying at the university, I was engaged in archery, was a member of the university team.

After graduating from the university, I was hired to work at the Institute of Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the Department of Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism. After four years of work, I enrolled in graduate school (part-time) at the Central Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow. In order to be able to carry out research related to the study of the impact of repeated static loadings on the athletes of different specialties, I moved to work at the Institute of Physical Culture, where I have been working for 35 years.

I started working as a laboratory assistant at the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, and after defending my PhD thesis, I became a lecturer. At that time, as a volunteer, I began working with a non-government organization of people with spinal cord injuries, became interested in the issues of training specialists in physical therapy, and, in fact, under my influence, my university was the first in Ukraine to start training specialists in this field. I was entrusted with organizing the Department of Physical Therapy, which I headed and managed for 18 years. I was repeatedly awarded with diplomas and awards from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, regional and city administrations.

I was the head of several projects in the field of training personnel in physical therapy, as well as recreational sports with the disabled in partnership with colleagues from Poland, Canada, Holland and Sweden. I repeatedly participated in international trainings, seminars and scientific conferences abroad and in Ukraine. Given my significant scientific experience and experience in establishing international contacts, I was appointed to the position of Vice-Rector for Science and International Relations, where served 2 terms (10 years). For my successful work, I was awarded the State Award - "Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine". I currently work as the Dean of the Faculty of Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Research Interest: Kinanthropometry, Exercise Physiology