David Opar (@davidopar) 's Twitter Profile
David Opar

@davidopar

Director of the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre
Australian Catholic University.

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linkhttps://www.acu.edu.au/research/our-research-institutes/sprint-research-centre calendar_today11-03-2012 12:05:56

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SPRINT Research Centre (@sprint_acu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are excited to announce our partnership with the Sacramento Kings. Our team look forward to providing leading edge research and practice and a passion for developing the next generation of high performance talent. Read more here - bit.ly/3aTlnyz #sprintinaction

We are excited to announce our partnership with the <a href="/SacramentoKings/">Sacramento Kings</a>. Our team look forward to providing leading edge research and practice and a passion for developing the next generation of high performance talent. Read more here - bit.ly/3aTlnyz 
#sprintinaction
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The SPRINT Research Centre website now has our academic staff profiles, PhD & Honours student projects (links below). If you are interested in a research degree in our performance, recovery or injury research programs please get in touch. bit.ly/3tKZlUR bit.ly/3o9Rxeg

The <a href="/SPRINT_ACU/">SPRINT Research Centre</a> website now has our academic staff profiles, PhD &amp; Honours student projects (links below). If you are interested in a research degree in our performance, recovery or injury research programs please get in touch.  

bit.ly/3tKZlUR
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Professor Kristian Thorborg (@kthorborg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big congrats to Dr. Jordi Vicens Bordas 🎗 successfull PhD defence. Main supervisor Azahara Fort Vanmeer Hard working Sports Scientists with excellent work on hamstring injury risk factors and flywheel/traditional strength training. Also PhD student number 10 that I have had the honor to supervise

Big congrats to Dr. <a href="/jordivicensb/">Jordi Vicens Bordas 🎗</a> successfull PhD defence. Main supervisor <a href="/afortvan/">Azahara Fort Vanmeer</a> Hard working Sports Scientists with excellent work on hamstring injury risk factors and flywheel/traditional strength training. Also PhD student number 10 that I have had the honor to supervise
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A great opportunity to network & collaborate with your industry & receive Continued Professional Development Points (CPD) from Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA)! Registrations for final 2 days are still OPEN. acu.edu.au/about-acu/facu… #acufabula

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Grant Duthie and the team at @TrackVU have been helping FIFA improve the accuracy of the player tracking systems. Read more below: ausleisure.com.au/news/australia…

Ryan Timmins (@ryan_timmins) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Muscle Activity and Activation in Previously Strain-Injured Lower Limbs: A Systematic Review. First PhD Paper Joel Presland. Swing+Propul phase deficits, plus ecc strength tests show more than conc? Dyno also dif to NHE. Considerations for testing modes? link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Muscle Activity and Activation in Previously Strain-Injured Lower Limbs: A Systematic Review. First PhD Paper <a href="/JoelPresland/">Joel Presland</a>. Swing+Propul phase deficits, plus ecc strength tests show more than conc? Dyno also dif to NHE. Considerations for testing modes? link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Congrats to David Opar Ryan Timmins Nirav Maniar Jack Hickey on being part of the research team awarded US$4m in funding from the NFL for hamstring injury research. Full press release here nfl.com/news/nfl-scien…

Congrats to <a href="/davidopar/">David Opar</a> <a href="/ryan_timmins/">Ryan Timmins</a> <a href="/niravmaniar91/">Nirav Maniar</a> <a href="/JackHickey89/">Jack Hickey</a> on being part of the research team awarded US$4m in funding from the NFL for hamstring injury research.

Full press release here nfl.com/news/nfl-scien…
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Installation of our new Bertec instrumented triaxial dual belt treadmill is almost complete! Block out blinds and motion capture cameras are the last few pieces before our new research lab is up and running.

Installation of our new <a href="/BertecHQ/">Bertec</a>  instrumented triaxial dual belt treadmill is almost complete! Block out blinds and motion capture cameras are the last few pieces before our new research lab is up and running.
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We are excited to welcome new postdoctoral research fellow, Dr Suzy Russell Suzy Russell to the ACU team. The position, in partnership with the AIS Australian Institute of Sport, aims to evaluate and improve mental fatigue and recovery in elite athletes

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Applications for PhDs now open at ACU. We will be posting presentations on the PhD opportunities for the Peformance, Recovery and Injury Research Programs in SPRINT Research Centre very soon. Stay tuned.

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Join Dr David Opar on Wednesday 10th November @ 10am AEDT to discuss all things hamstrings. #SPRINTinACTION Link here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

Join Dr <a href="/davidopar/">David Opar</a> on Wednesday 10th November @ 10am AEDT to discuss all things hamstrings. #SPRINTinACTION Link here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…
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We get a lot of practitioners asking us these 4 questions. In a talk for our SPRINT Research Centre Research Centre I'll provide the evidence that informs our answers. If you are keen to have a listen, details for the presentation are provided in the tweet below

We get a lot of practitioners asking us these 4 questions. In a talk for our <a href="/SPRINT_ACU/">SPRINT Research Centre</a> Research Centre I'll provide the evidence that informs our answers. If you are keen to have a listen, details for the presentation are provided in the tweet below
Jobs in Sport Science (@jobsinsportsci) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomechanics Place: ⁦⁦SPRINT Research Centre⁩ 🇦🇺 💰Salary: $104,430 - $145,913 📆 Deadline: 20/2/22 ℹ️ For more info👇 acu.edu.au/about-acu/care…

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A PhD scholarship opportunity to join the SPRINT Research Centre team. The project will utilise data collected as part of the HAMIR study, be the largest hamstring injury risk factor study every conducted (study protocol …sportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10…)