Biography

Prof. Nicola Lovecchio

University of Bergamo, Italy


Email: [email protected], [email protected]


Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., University of Study of Milan, Italy

2001 M.Sc., Faculty of Sport Science, University of Study of Milan, Italy

1999 B.Sc., Physical Education, University of Study of Milan, Italy


Publications (Selected)

  1. Vandoni, M., Gatti, A., Pellino, V. C., Cavallo, C., Pirazzi, A., Giuriato, M., & Lovecchio, N. (2025). Temporal Trends of Linear Speed and Change of Direction Performance in Italian Children. Journal of Human Kinetics, 95.
  2. Poerio, C., Colleoni, M., Zaccaria, D., Maffioletti, S., Tornaghi, M., Lovecchio, N., & Giuriato, M. (2024). Changes in physical performance across the season in professional soccer players: A comprehensive evaluation of aerobic capacity, jump performance, and anthropometric characteristics. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT, 24(10), 1406-1412.
  3. Gatti, A., Azzali, G., Tornaghi, M., Lovecchio, N., & Giuriato, M. (2024). “Who’s Got Talent?” Change of Direction, Anthropometric Characteristics and Maturity Offset Differences Between Elite and Sub-Elite Young Soccer Player. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1-6.
  4. Valeriani, F., Masini, A., Baldelli, G., Dallolio, L., Eid, L., Lovecchio, N., ... & Gallè, F. (2024). A snapshot of Physical Education in Italian primary schools: assessing the resources available for an instrument of health promotion. ANNALI DI IGIENE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA E DI COMUNITÀ.
  5. Lovecchio, N., Giuriato, M., Passera, M., Gatti, A., Vandoni, M., & Codella, R. (2024). Is change of direction influenced by motor competencies? A possible response from a MOBAK-based study in Italian schoolchildren. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness.
  6. Del Bianco, M., Lovecchio, N., Pirazzi, A., Gatti, A., Pellino, V. C., Cucco, L., ... & Vandoni, M. (2023). Self-reported physical activity level, emotions, feelings and self-perception of older active women: is the water-based exercise a better enhancer of psychophysical condition?. Sport Sciences for Health, 19(4), 1311-1317.
  7. Gatti, A., Cudicio, A., Giuriato, M., & Lovecchio, N. (2023). Exploring shuttle run test performance and adiposity indices among Italian high school students: a comparative analysis with European norms. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 23(8), 1982-1989.
  8. Lovecchio, N., Zago, M., & Mainardi, L. (2022). Progettare e monitorare l'attività motoria in spazi difficili. Territorio: 102, 3, 2022, 41-45.
  9. Puci, M. V., Cavallo, C., Gatti, A., Pellino, V. C., Lucini, D., Calcaterra, V., ... & Vandoni, M. (2023). International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity. PeerJ, 11, e15765.
  10. Giuriato, M., Pellino, V. C., Cavallo, C., Farronato, L., Pirazzi, A., Beghetto, A., ... & Lovecchio, N. (2023). Physical fitness trend after COVID-19 restrictions in Italian school-aged children: A cross-sectional study. The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, 63(9), 995-1002.
  11. Azzali, G., Bellato, M., Giuriato, M., Pellino, V. C., Vandoni, M., Ceccarelli, G., & Lovecchio, N. (2023). Are anthropometric characteristics powerful markers to predict the Cooper Run Test? Actual Caucasian data. PeerJ, 11, e15271.
  12. Giuriato, M., Pellino, V. C., Lovecchio, N., Codella, R., Vandoni, M., & Talpey, S. (2023). Do maturation, anthropometrics and leg muscle qualities influence repeated change of direction performance in adolescent boys and girls?. Biology of Sport, 40(4), 1033-1038.
  13. Magni, M., Zago, M., Vago, P., Vandoni, M., Carnevale Pellino, V., & Lovecchio, N. (2023). Technical Differences over the Course of the Match: An Analysis of Three Elite Teams in the UEFA Champions League. Sports, 11(2), 46.
  14. Lovecchio, N., Vandoni, M., Codella, R., Rovida, A., Carnevale Pellino, V., Giuriato, M., ... & Tomkinson, G. R. (2022). Trends in means and distributional characteristics of cardiorespiratory endurance performance for Italian children (1984–2010). Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(22), 2484-2490.
  15. Della Guardia, L., Pellino, V. C., Filipas, L., Bonato, M., Gallo, G., Lovecchio, N., ... & Codella, R. (2023). Nordic Walking Improves Cardiometabolic Parameters, Fitness Performance, and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes. Endocrine Practice, 29(2), 135-140.
  16. Cocca, A., Greier, K., Drenowatz, C., Lovecchio, N., Baños, R., Wirnitzer, K., & Ruedl, G. (2022). Relation between physical fitness components and the occurrence and subjective intensity of back pain in secondary school adolescents. Behavioral Sciences, 12(10), 353.
  17. Gatti, A., Pugliese, L., Carnevale Pellino, V., Del Bianco, M., Vandoni, M., & Lovecchio, N. (2022). Self-declared physical activity levels and self-reported physical fitness in a sample of Italian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 12(6), 655-665.
  18. Carnevale Pellino, V., Lovecchio, N., Puci, M. V., Marin, L., Gatti, A., Pirazzi, A., ... & Vandoni, M. (2022). Effects of the lockdown period on the mental health of elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative review. Sport Sciences for Health, 18(4), 1187-1199.


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