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Department of Physical Education and Sport Science

OLYVIA DONTI

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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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

 

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