Virginia Tejada Medina

Virginia Tejada Medina serves as a Contracted Professor (Indefinite) within the Department of Physical Education and Sports at the Faculty of Education and Sports Sciences Melilla, University of Granada. Based in Melilla, Spain, she maintains regular tutoring hours for students across two semesters, holding sessions in Office 211 with specific weekday schedules reflecting her active teaching responsibilities in physical education and sports sciences.

Her research spans interdisciplinary domains including sports psychology (with emphasis on women's football resilience, anxiety, and team dynamics), motor development in preschool children, physical activity interventions for older adults, and nutritional impacts on athletic performance. She employs systematic review methodologies to investigate psychological determinants in sports, injury rehabilitation protocols, and sociocultural factors influencing exercise participation, particularly within Melilla's multicultural context. Her work consistently bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications across diverse populations.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2023-2025) reveals dominant patterns in systematic reviews and bibliometric studies focused on women's football evolution, psychological performance factors, and lifespan physical activity. Key themes include pandemic-related exercise resumption protocols, patriarchal barriers to senior fitness, intermittent fasting effects on athletes, and menopausal symptom management through exercise. Her research demonstrates methodological rigor in addressing real-world challenges, with strong regional relevance to Melilla's unique sociocultural environment while contributing to global sports science discourse.