Nirav Maniar

New meta-analysis on the incidence/prevalence of hamstring injuries in field based team sports in @BJSM_BMJ bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/… ✅5952 injuries ✅Over 7 million exposure hours ✅Cool findings (see thread ⬇️) Team: All-star @ACUmedia team from @SPRINT_ACU and @LibraryACU

@MQuintanaPT Well done Marcos!

My PhD thesis is finally deposited! I can't wait to defend it🥳 #HockeyScience #AstuRES

🔝"This article investigated joint mechanics during maximal effort ACC & DEC running" ➡️Peak joint moments were usually ⬆️ during DEC compared to ACC, except for the ankle plantar flexion & hip flexion moments 👉E. Fitzwilliam @davidopar et al, 2024 🇦🇺 📂 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/abst…

#RTS earlier than 9 months after #ACLR does not increase the risk of a new injury. "How" an athlete returns is more important than "when." bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…

⚽🤕 The Structure, Function, and Adaptation of Lower-Limb Aponeuroses: Implications for Myo-Aponeurotic Injury sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

Delighted to share my first PhD publication, where we review lower limb aponeurosis structure, function, adaptation and injury. We identify the calf and hamstrings as useful case examples and provide directions for future work in this space (Open Access) sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

@bryce_killen @JBiomech @FWOVlaanderen Great work Bryce, looking forward to reading this.

Our latest paper is now published in @JBiomech Open Access & Open-Source code. A great effort from all those involved both as (co)-authors and those involved in the periphery and @FWOVlaanderen for helping fund these developments across and benefitting multiple projects

@JesusyOlivares @davidopar @SPRINT_ACU @LaTrobeSEM Hi Jesús, no problem! Drop me your email in a DM and I'll send it through.

@niravmaniar91 @davidopar @SPRINT_ACU @LaTrobeSEM Interesting analysis Nirav! Is it possible to have a copy of the full text?

Peak joint moments were usually larger during deceleration compared to acceleration, except the ankle plantar flexion and hip flexion moments (where the opposite was true).

@lahti_johan @SPRINT_ACU @ACUmedia @BrakingPerform Thanks Johan, we do indeed have more coming! Some more modelling work on muscle contributions, hamstring mechanics, and potentially some groin/calf mechanics during accel, decel and sidestep cutting. Also have some running drills with this data set.

@niravmaniar91 @SPRINT_ACU @ACUmedia @BrakingPerform Well done yet again Nirav! Any change of direction studies coming up ? Loved your modelling one on cuts!

Our latest paper online @MSSE investigated joint mechanics during maximal effort accelerative and decelerative running. journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/abst… Key findings in thread below 👇

Our work found that acceleration was largely driven by positive work from the ankle, followed by the hip then the knee. Deceleration was associated with negative joint work, largely driven by relatively similar contributions for the hip and knee, followed by the ankle.

External forces when DECELERATING can be huge compared to ACCELERATING❗️ What about comparison of internal joint forces ❓ DECELERATION (~5m Reactive) = 📌Hip Extensor = 164% Greater 📌Knee Extensor = 39% Greater ACCELERATION = 📌 Ankle Plantar Flexor = 63% Greater

Nice new study from @davidopar @niravmaniar91 et al. Lower limb joint mechanics during maximal accelerative and decelerative running journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/abst…

Come along to an evening of networking with @SpringbokTech, hosted at ACU Melb Campus. Please register using the QR below by Thurs 12th Sept. We look forward to seeing you there!

@BenHorsley89 @StuCormack @p_tof @ShonaHalson @SPRINT_ACU Well done Ben!

Officially official! 🙌 Can't express my gratitude to @StuCormack, @p_tof, @ShonaHalson and Prof. Justin Kemp enough for helping me come out the other side of this PhD. A big thank you to everyone at @SPRINT_ACU, too! Now for a Saints win tonight to top the day off! #PhDone

"The Impact of Eccentric or Isometric Training on Strength, Architecture, and Sprinting across an Australian Football Season" NHE or ISO training over 38-weeks + a periodised sprint program.⬆️fascicle length, thickness, 5m sprint (NHE) + NHE strength journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/abst…

@BenHorsley89 @StuCormack @p_tof @ShonaHalson @SPRINT_ACU Well done mate!

After a 4.5 year grind, seeing that PASS is pretty bloody satisfying! 🥳🙌 Very lucky to have been led by a superstar team of supervisors and co-investigators through which this milestone is possible. 🙏 #PhD

Second time today,@niravmaniar91’s work making an appearance in a symposium. This time establishing the extent of the problem in men’s sport.

@TylerCollings3 @DavidJohnSaxby1 @benji_dutaillis @MBourne5 We can consider which muscles we want to target to unload the ACL. Prior work which shows both knee spanning and non-spanning muscles are important. While considering local muscles is great, we should expand our thinking. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35437711/