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Dr Georgios Mavropalias

Dr Georgios Mavropalias is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow within the School of Medical and Health Sciences. His research interests are eccentric exercise and ‘exercise medicine’ for chronic diseases, specifically targeted for cancer and neurological diseases. He specializes in biochemical analyses, muscle architecture and body composition measurements, and data analysis and visualization.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2020.
  • Degree of Master of Science, Sweden, 2015.
  • Degree in Physical Education & Sport Science, Greece, 2012.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Kirk, B., Mavropalias, G., Blazevich, T., Cochrane Wilkie, J., Molan, A., Nosaka, K. (2025). Effects of a daily, home-based, 5-minute eccentric exercise program on physical fitness, body composition, and health in sedentary individuals. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2025(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-025-05757-7.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Mavropalias, G., Baynton, SL., Teo, S., Donkers, SJ., Van Rens, FE., Learmonth, YC. (2024). Allied health professionals knowledge and clinical practice in telehealth exercise behavioural change for multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 87(2024), article number 105689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2024.105689.
  • Koeda, T., Mavropalias, G., Mizumura, K., Katanosaka, K., Nosaka, K. (2024). Changes in nerve growth factor in vastus lateralis muscle after the first versus second bout of one-leg eccentric cycling. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 34(1), article number e14497. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14497.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Mavropalias, G., Cormie, P., McIntyre, C., Galvao, D., Taaffe, D., Schofield, C., Ray, S., Zissiadis, Y., Newton, R. (2023). The effects of home-based exercise therapy for breast cancer-related fatigue induced by radical radiotherapy. Breast Cancer, 30(1), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-022-01408-3.
  • Mavropalias, G., Boppart, M., Usher, K., Grounds, M., Nosaka, K., Blazevich, T. (2023). Exercise builds the scaffold of life: muscle extracellular matrix biomarker responses to physical activity, inactivity, and aging. Biological Reviews, 98(2), 481-519. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12916.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Mavropalias, G. (2022). Elastic tubes: the ideal equipment for telehealth exercise medicine in the management of prostate cancer?. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(7), 5553-5555. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-06858-1.
  • Mavropalias, G., Sim, M., Taaffe, D., Galvao, D., Spry, N., Kraemer, W., Häkkinen, K., Newton, R. (2022). Exercise Medicine for Cancer Cachexia: Targeted Exercise To Counteract Mechanisms And Treatment Side-Effects. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 148(2022), 1389–1406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-022-03927-0.
  • Mavropalias, G., Wu, Y., Boppart, M., Blazevich, T., Nosaka, K. (2022). Increases in Integrin-ILK-RICTOR-Akt proteins, muscle mass, and strength after eccentric cycling training. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 54(1), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002778.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Mavropalias, G., Calapre, L., Morici, M., Koeda, T., Poon, W., Barley, O., Gray, E., Blazevich, T., Nosaka, K. (2021). Changes in plasma hydroxyproline and plasma cell‑free DNA concentrations after higher‑ versus lower‑intensity eccentric cycling. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 121(4), 1087-1097. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-020-04593-1.
  • Newton, R., Mavropalias, G., Fragala, M., Kraemer, W., Hakkinen, K., Taaffe, D., Spry, N., Joseph, D., Galvao, D. (2021). Radiotherapy before or during androgen-deprivation therapy does not blunt the exercise-induced body composition protective effects in prostate cancer patients: A secondary analysis of two randomized controlled trials. Experimental Gerontology, 151(Aug 2021), Article number 111427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2021.111427.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Barley, O., Chapman, D., Mavropalias, G., Abbiss, C. (2020). The Influence of Heat Acclimation and Hypohydration on Post-Weight-Loss Exercise Performance. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 15(2), 213-221. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0092.
  • Mavropalias, G., Koeda, T., Barley, O., Poon, W., Fisher, A., Blazevich, T., Nosaka, K. (2020). Comparison between high‑ and low‑intensity eccentric cycling of equal mechanical work for muscle damage and the repeated bout effect. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 120(5), 1015-1025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-020-04341-5.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Usher, K., Zhu, S., Mavropalias, G., Carrino, J., Zhao, J., Xu, J. (2019). Pathological mechanisms and therapeutic outlooks for arthrofibrosis. Bone Research, 7(1), Article number 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41413-019-0047-x.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Assistant Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Characteristics of eccentric lunge walking and its effects on physical fitness, health, cognitive function and quality of life in older adults

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Effects of low-dose eccentric exercise on health and fitness in sedentary individuals and workers with limited time
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