Senior Lecturer
Email: evilla@ugr.es
Active member of the PROFITH research group since its creation in 2013.
Emilio Villa-González studied Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at Alfonso X el Sabio University (2004-2009), later completing the Research Master’s in Physical Activity and Sport at the University of Granada, and the Biomedicine Doctoral Program, both at the University of Granada. In terms of academics, he received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award in the health area, and holds a total of 2 additional official master’s degrees and 4 postgraduate university experts.
– Active transportation.
– Physical fitness assessment.
– Muscle strength training programs in youth.
– Physical activity promotion intervention programs in an educational context.
– Early initiation and specialization in sports.
– New trends in health-oriented fitness.
Contribution: Article compiling information on the effect of interventions based on improving the muscle strength of young people in an educational context. This contribution has been disseminated in different media such as: ABC; Marca; Munideporte.com; COLEF Andalucía; Canal UGR.
Contribution: Review of interventions based on promoting active commuting to school in young people. This contribution has an Altmetrics index = 23, ranking within the top 25% of qualified research results. It is in the 93rd percentile: it is in the top 10% of all research results ever tracked by Altmetric. Politically, this reference has been used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) in the United States for the creation of physical activity guidelines for children and young people: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph17/evidence
Contribution: Article analyzing the relationship between the physical literacy of young people and their level of muscle strength. This article is related to different doctoral theses currently being developed in the group, and it opens up a new line of research and addresses a gap that existed in the literature on this subject.
Contribution: Article analyzing the effect of active commuting to school by bicycle on the levels of physical fitness, body composition, and metabolic syndrome in young Colombians.
Contribution: Article analyzing the effect of an intervention based on promoting active commuting to school on the physical fitness levels of young people and the long-term commuting frequency.
