Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Performance enhancement in sport and in the general public
  • Musculoskeletal injury rehabilitation
  • Recovery in athletes
  • Elite and junior athlete development
  • Athletic performance monitoring

Available to supervise research students

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About George Elias

George has over 20 years of expertise in working in the area of strength and conditioning, including working with both athletic and non-athletic populations. This experience includes working with team sport and individual athletes:

  • at the professional level (Australian Football League, Soccer),
  • at the semi-professional level (Aussie rules, basketball, soccer, combat sports, golf)
  • as collegiate athletes in the North American collegiate system (Olympic wrestling, basketball, American football, soccer, ice/field hockey, track and field, swimming/diving.

He also has an extensive background working with non-athletes and injured populations

George is a qualified strength and conditioning coach (ASCA level 2) and is currently putting that to use and with a number of athletes and research projects.

His areas of research interest/expertise are:

  • Post Exercise athletic recovery
  • Athlete tracking and monitoring
  • Elite and junior athlete development
  • Injury tracking
  • Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
  • Performance enhancement for team sport and individual athletes.

Qualifications

  • Phd in Exercise Physiology, Victoria University, Australia, 2013
  • Masters in exercise rehabilitation, Ballarat University, Australia, 2004

Key publications

Year Citation
2019 Bhargava, A., Elias, G., Lloyd, R., Taylor, S., & Nelson, A. (190605). The effect of biological maturity on physical performance measures and muscle range of motion following eccentric training in adolescent soccer players Smart Connection Consultancy and IHeS.

Year Citation
2022 Kovacevic, D., Elias, G., Ellens, S., Cox, A., & Serpiello, F. R. (220104). Moving Toward a More Comprehensive Analysis of Acceleration Profiles in Elite Youth Football. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3

doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.802014

2018 Pazit, L., Jeremy, D., Nancy, B., Michael, B., George, E., & Hill, K. D. (181101). Safety and feasibility of high speed resistance training with and without balance exercises for knee osteoarthritis: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Physical Therapy in Sport, 34 (154-163).

doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.10.001

2018 Esmaeili, A., Hopkins, W. G., Stewart, A. M., Elias, G. P., Lazarus, B. H., & Aughey, R. J. (180921). The individual and combined effects of multiple factors on the risk of soft tissue non-contact injuries in elite team sport athletes. Frontiers in Physiology, 9(SEP),

doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01280

2018 Esmaeili, A., Stewart, A. M., Hopkins, W. G., Elias, G. P., Lazarus, B. H., Rowell, A. E., & Aughey, R. J. (180227). Normal variability of weekly musculoskeletal screening scores and the influence of training load across an Australian football league season. Frontiers in Physiology, 9(FEB),

doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00144

2017 Levinger, P., Dunn, J., Bifera, N., Butson, M., Elias, G., & Hill, K. D. (170818). High-speed resistance training and balance training for people with knee osteoarthritis to reduce falls risk: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18(1),

doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2129-7

2017 Esmaeili, A., Stewart, A. M., Hopkins, W. G., Elias, G. P., & Aughey, R. J. (170401). Effects of training load and leg dominance on achilles and patellar tendon structure. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12 (122-126).

doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2016-0397

2016 Aughey, R. J., Elias, G. P., Esmaeili, A., Lazarus, B., & Stewart, A. M. (160201). Does the recent internal load and strain on players affect match outcome in elite Australian football?. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19(2), (182-186).

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.02.005

2013 Elias, G. P., Wyckelsma, V. L., Varley, M. C., McKenna, M. J., & Aughey, R. J. (130101). Effectiveness of water immersion on postmatch recovery in elite professional footballers. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 8(3), (243-253).

doi: 10.1123/ijspp.8.3.243

2012 Varley, M. C., Elias, G. P., & Aughey, R. J. (120101). Current match-analysis techniques' underestimation of intense periods of high-velocity running. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 7(2), (183-185).

doi: 10.1123/ijspp.7.2.183

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Load inside and outside academy training in the context of maturation
From: Melbourne Victory Football Club
Other investigators: Aspr Fabio Serpiello
For period: 2023-2026
$238,338

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

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Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 PhD Associate supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (1) Associate supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 Masters by Research Associate supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

Students & level Role
Masters by Research (1) Associate supervisor

Careers

Details of this Researcher's career are currently unavailable.