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Call for papers - Mind-body interventions: mindful movement practices

Guest Editors:
Marcelo Demarzo: The Brazilian Center for Mindfulness and Health Promotion – Department of Preventive Medicine – Universidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP, Brazil.
Linda Zhong: School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 28 February 2024


BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies is calling for submissions to our Collection on mind-body interventions: mindful movement practices. 
Albeit more commonly associated with meditation and relaxation, mindfulness practice exists in many forms, including mindful movements. Movement is a fundamental aspect to human life and has been used as a form of both physical and mental therapy since the beginning of time. Mindful movement practices have repeatedly been shown to result in significant health benefits. This includes improved joint and bone function, improved brain and mental health, pain management, cardiovascular conditioning, prevention of injuries, improvement in respiratory functions. As a mindfulness practice, mindful movement-based therapies promote relaxation, increased awareness and improved emotional regulation. 

Meet the Guest Editors

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Marcelo Demarzo: The Brazilian Center for Mindfulness and Health Promotion – Department of Preventive Medicine – Universidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP, Brazil.

Marcelo Demarzo is Associate Professor of the Escola Paulista de Medicina (São Paulo School of Medicine), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), and M.D., Ph.D., and Family doctor specialized in Mindfulness, Family and Community Medicine, and in Sports Medicine and Exercise. He is permanent Advisor in the Master's Program and Doctorate in Population Health of UNIFESP, Senior Fellow of the International Primary Care Research Leadership Program (Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford) since 2012, and Senior Fellow of the International Complementary & Integrative Medicine Research Leadership and Capacity Building Program since 2021. Dr. Demarzo is also Coordinator of the Mente Aberta ("Mind Open") - Brazilian Center for Mindfulness and Health Promotion.


Linda Zhong: School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Linda Zhong  is currently Associate Professor and Director of Chinese Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Zhong has worked in Chinese Medicine education, research, and service for more than 20 years. Her research focuses mainly on integrative medicine and globalization of Chinese Medicine. She is also a Visiting Professor of Integrative Medicine Centre, the University of Toronto, and Visiting Fellow of Australian Research Centre for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, the University of Technology Sydney. She serves as the Vice President of Hong Kong Association for Integration of Chinese-Western Medicine. In 2020, she was awarded a Qi Huang Young Scholar by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in recognition of her excellence in clinical practice and studies of Chinese medicine.



 



About the collection

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies is calling for submissions to our Collection on Mind-body Interventions: Mindful Movement Practices. 

Albeit more commonly associated with meditation and relaxation, mindfulness practice exists in many forms, including mindful movements. Movement is a fundamental aspect to human life and has been used as a form of both physical and mental therapy since the beginning of time. Mindful Movement practices have repeatedly been shown to result in significant health benefits. This includes improved joint and bone function, improved brain and mental health, pain management, cardiovascular conditioning, prevention of injuries, improvement in respiratory functions. As a mindfulness practice, mindful movement-based therapies promote relaxation, increased awareness and improved emotional regulation. 

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies has launched this collection calling for research on all aspects relating to broad movement practices as therapy, including but not limited to, mindfulness-based programs, dance therapy, yoga, qigong, martial arts, tai chi, moving and walking meditation, and restorative movement. We welcome clinical studies, basic research, study protocols, studies on patterns of use, knowledge and prevalence, systematic reviews, and studies addressing implementation science. 

In support of UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 of ensuring healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies has launched this collection calling for research on all aspects relating to broad movement practices as therapy, including but not limited to, mindfulness-based programs, dance therapy, yoga, qigong, martial arts, tai chi, moving and walking meditation, and restorative movement. We welcome clinical studies, basic research, study protocols, studies on patterns of use, knowledge and prevalence, systematic reviews, and studies addressing implementation science. 

This collection is a part of the “Mind-body interventions” collection series by BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. Other collections in the series include: Mind-body interventions: mindfulness and meditation.


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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of Research Articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Mind-body Interventions: Mindful Movement Practices" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.