Dr Vassilis GERODIMOS
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Position Training & Physical Conditioning Building: C Office: 20 |
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| Research Expertise Muscular adaptations to exercise, exercise testing and prescription in health and sports, vibration training, isometric and isokinetic evaluation |
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| Vassilis Gerodimos is Professor of Training & Physical Conditioning in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at the University of Thessaly, Greece. He received his BSc in Sports Science (1994) and his PhD in Physical Performance and Health (2002) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He has worked (1999-2003) as a part time lecturer in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki teaching courses related to Training and Coaching. Since 2003, Dr. Gerodimos is a faculty member at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science at the University of Thessaly teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to physical conditioning and evaluation in health and sports. He has published 9 books-chapters in books and more than 70 peer reviewed papers in International and Greek journals, and has presented more than 115 papers in international conferences in the areas of physical conditioning, team sports, evaluation and health. His work has been internationally recognized and has been cited by more than 1.000 other authors. He serves as a reviewer for several journals in the sports science field. As a principal investigator he has secured more than 1.000.000€, the last four years, from 6 research grants. He has also participated in more than 15 research grants. His research interests include muscular adaptations to exercise, exercise testing and prescription in health and sports, vibration training, isometric and isokinetic evaluation. He is also an experienced coach of physical conditioning in basketball, and he has worked in many elite basketball teams in Greece and Poland. | ||
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Selected Publications
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| 1 | Karatrantou K., Gerodimos V., Voutselas V., Manouras N., Famisis K. & Ioakimidis P. (2019). Can sport-specific training affect vertical jumping ability during puberty? Biology of Sport, 36(3),217-224 (IF2018: 2,2, PubMed). |
| 2 | Karatrantou K, Stavrou V, Hasioti P, Varveri D, Krommidas C, Gerodimos V. (in press). An enjoyable school-based swimming training program improves students’ aquaticity. Acta Paediatrica (IF2018: 2,26, PubMed). |
| 3 | Gerodimos, V., Karatrantou K., Psychou D., Vasilopoulou, T., & Zafeiridis, A. (2017). Static and dynamic handgrip strength endurance: Test-retest reproducibility. Journal of Hand Surgery American volume, 42, 175-184 (IF2017: 1,78, PubMed). |
| 4 | Karatrantou K., Gerodimos V., Hakkinen K., & Zafeiridis A. (2017). Health-promoting effects of serial vs. integrated combined strength and aerobic training. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 38, 55-64 (IF2017: 2,45, Pubmed). |
| 5 | Gerodimos, V., Zafeiridis, A., Karatrantou, K., Vasilopoulou, T., Chanou, K., & Pispirikou, E. (2010). The acute effects of different whole-body vibration amplitudes and frequencies on flexibility and vertical jumping performance. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13(4):438-443. (IF2010:2.54, PubMed). |