Position: Associate Professor
Tel/fax: +30 210 727 6109
Section: Gymnastics & Dance
E-mail: odonti[at]phed.uoa[dot]gr
Scientific discipline
Didactics and Theory of Training in Basic Gymnastics
Office hours for students
Tuesday: 14.00-16.00
Teaching
Undergraduate lessons
-Didactics and Theory of Training in Basic Gymnastics
-Didactics and Theory of Training in Gymnastics for all
-Pilates
-Functional Training
Postgraduate lessons:
-Special Issues of Gymnastics and Dance (co-teaching)
-Theory of Athletic Training (co-teaching)
-Methods of Εvaluating Athletic Training (co-teaching)
-Biological basics of sports performance
Research interests
-Youth sports
-Neuromuscular function and adaptations
-Performance in gymnastics sports
-Muscle architecture
Degrees
-Bachelor of Science (B.sc), Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Science (Specialisation Diploma in Artistic Gymnastics), National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1988
-Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Pedagogy (Sport Coaching), Faculty of Physical Education, Sports and Health, P.F.Lesgaft, National State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2000
Selected Publications
- Panidi, I., Donti, O., Konrad, A., Terzis, G., Gaspari, V., Donti, A., Bogdanis, G.C. (2022). Muscle architecture adaptations to static stretching training: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Sports Medicine-Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00591-7
- Konrad, A., Nakamura M., Donti, O., Gabriel, A. (2022). (accepted for publication). A review on the contralateral effect of foam rolling on range of motion and muscle performance. European Journal of Applied Physiology. https://doi.10.1007/s00421-023-05142-2
- Donti, O., Konrad, A., Panidi, I., Dinas, P. C., & Bogdanis, G. C. (2022). Is There a “Window of Opportunity” for Flexibility Development in Youth? A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis. Sports Medicine-Open, 8(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-022-00476-1
- Konrad, A., Nakamura, M., Tilp, M., Donti, O., & Behm, D. G. (2022). Foam Rolling Training Effects on Range of Motion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine, 8, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-023-05142-2
- Panidi, I., Bogdanis, G. C., Terzis, G., Donti, A., Konrad, A., Gaspari, V., & Donti, O. (2021). Muscle Architectural and Functional Adaptations Following 12-Weeks of Stretching in Adolescent Female Athletes. Frontiers in Physiology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.701338
- Donti, O., Donti, A., Gaspari, V., Pleksida, P., Psychountaki, M. (2021). Are they too perfect to eat healthy? Association between eating disorders and perfectionism in adolescent rhythmic gymnasts. Εating Behaviors, 41, 10151.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101514
- Gaspari, Bogdanis, G.C., Panidi, Giannakopoulou, G., Terzis, G., Donti, A, Kotsala, E., Donti, O. (2021). Force-Time Characteristics of Dynamic and Isometric Muscle Actions: Association with Muscle Architecture in Female Athletes. Αpplied Sciences, 11(11), 5272. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115272
- Panidi, I., Bogdanis, G.C., Gaspari, V., Spiliopulou, P., Donti, Α., Terzis, G., Donti, O. (2020). Gastrocnemius medialis architectural properties in flexibility trained and not trained child female athletes: a pilot study. Sports, 8(29). https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8030029
- Donti, O., Panidis, I., Terzis, G., & Bogdanis, G.C. (2019). Gastrocnemius medialis architectural properties at rest and during stretching in athletes with different flexibility training background. Sports, 7, 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7020039
- Donti, O., Papia, K., Toubekis, A., Donti, A., Sands, W.A., Bogdanis, G.C. (2018). Flexibility training in preadolescent female athletes: acute and long-term effects of intermittent and continuous static stretching. Journal of Sport Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1397309