Monika Łapot

Strength and Neuromuscular Training in Tennis Players: Effects on Physical and Sport-Specific Performance - A Narrative Review

Current evidence supports strength and neuromuscular training's role in improving key physical capacities relevant to tennis performance, and future research should focus on standardized intervention protocols, larger randomized controlled trials, and long-term follow-up to establish evidence-based training recommendat...

Exercise Modalities for the Management of Menopausal Symptoms: A Structured Narrative Review

Background: Menopause is associated with vasomotor, psychological, somatic, and urogenital symptoms that can markedly reduce quality of life. Although hormone therapy is the most effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms, many women seek safe, non-pharmacological alternatives. Exercise is increasingly recommended; how...

Perioperative Rehabilitation After Radical Prostatectomy: A Narrative Review

Background. Prostate cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies in men worldwide. Radical prostatectomy is the standard treatment for localized disease, providing excellent oncological control. However, postoperative complications, including urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, impaired physical...

LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL–BASED CHATBOTS IN MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT: A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF OPPORTUNITIES, RISKS, AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES

Background: Mental disorders represent a major global public health challenge. Mental health care is affected by limited access to services, shortages of mental health professionals, stigma, and growing healthcare costs. In response to these challenges, artificial intelligence-based technologies, including chatbots and...

SELECTED PLANT-DERIVED POLYPHENOLS IN THE PREVENTION OF CIVILIZATION DISEASES: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION

Civilization diseases — including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and selected cancers — are non-communicable conditions closely tied to modern lifestyle patterns, and they account for a substantial share of premature mortality worldwide. A growing body of evidence indicates that dietary...

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CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS: CURRENT EVIDENCE, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES – A NARRATIVE REVIEW

Introduction: Childhood obesity has become one of the most significant global public health challenges of the twenty-first century. The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents continues to increase worldwide, contributing to the growing burden of metabolic, cardiovascular, endocrine and psychological disor...

QUALITY IN SPORT

This narrative review evaluated current evidence on the effects of exercise on executive function recovery in individuals with MDD, identified exercise characteristics associated with the greatest cognitive benefits, and summarized the underlying neurobiological mechanisms.

How Does Exercise Improve Executive Function During Recovery from Major Depressive Disorder? A Narrative Review

An Integrated Exercise–Neurobiology Model linking exercise prescription with coordinated physiological and neurobiological adaptations that may guide future mechanistic research and precision exercise interventions is proposed.

Long COVID and Mental Health: Neurobiological Mechanisms, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment Challenges

Background: Long COVID is a heterogeneous multisystem condition associated with fatigue, cognitive difficulties, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic symptoms. Methods: This narrative review examined PubMed/MEDLINE literature published between January 2020 and July 2026, supplemented by major rev...