FE JOHNSON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
Dr David Green, Australian Catholic University
Musculoskeletal Health of in active young populations
Dr Greene is a leading researcher in musculoskeletal health and currently lectures at the School of Exercise Science at the Australian Catholic University. Dr Greene has peer reviewed more than 50 academic papers and abstracts and worked on many research projects that focus on the health of young athletes.
Dr Greene's research project involved the investigation of the bone health of several young athletes including female gymnasts, track and field athletes, water polo players and apprentice jockeys.
As part of the study, Dr Greene conducted and reviewed more than 500 bone scans to identify markers of risk in young athletes. He is one of the first researchers to look at bone strength using 3-dimensional bone-imaging technology.
The results of profiling muscle and bone parameters in young athletes produced a number of findings including that there are osteogenic benefits from weight-loaded compared with weight-supported sports.
His research into apprentice jockeys found that they had high training loads and displayed poor dietary habits to control their weight both which contributed to compromised bone health of their lower legs.
Dr Greene intends to use the scholarship to visit the bone imaging laboratory at the University of Calgary, in Canada that houses a high-resolution CT device, known as Xtreme CT as well as a micro CT scanner.
As part of the scholarship Dr Greene intends to study the work undertaken by a researcher at Dublin City University, in Ireland who is currently replicating musculoskeletal assessment of jockeys using bone imaging technology known as peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography. During this study he will also examine musculoskeletal health of apprentice jockey's in a controlled setting at the Ireland's Racing Academy and Centre of Education.
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