Leader Professor Dr. Sigitas Kamandulis
The strategic research area programme Athlete Training Technologies is designed to develop research on fitness enthusiasts and elite athletes by integrating the knowledge of physiology, biomechanics, biochemistry, education, psychology, sport theory, systems theory and other state-of-the-art knowledge. Researchers analyse the relevant issues of training process planning and management, improvement of physical and functional fitness, injury prevention, overtraining, modelling of training technologies for athletes of various sports. Exceptional attention is given to basketball research considering the popularity of this sport in Lithuania. Methods for athlete performance testing and monitoring are developed, improved and implemented in a variety of sports with the aim of providing the coach with more information about the athlete’s changing state. Simple non-invasive but informative tests and methods to personalise the training process for young and elite athletes are sought. The aim is also to find out the model characteristics of elite athletes and to create a database of athletes of different age, gender and fitness levels.
Researchers use the latest technologies such as GPS, wireless electromyography, electrocardiography, gas analysis, near-infrared spectroscopy, CO rebreathing to quantify blood volume and haemoglobin mass, and other modern systems. Athletes are tested in stationary laboratories at LSU and in their training places around the country using the University’s Mobile Lab.
The researchers will collaborate with other LSU research groups, with researchers from other Lithuanian universities and especially with foreign researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Sports Science (Norway), Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), Foro Italico University of Rome (Italy), University of Tartu (Estonia) and other institutions.
RESEARCH GROUPS
CONTROL OF THE TRAINING PROCESS OF ATHLETES (Leader lecturer Dr. Inga Lukonaitienė)
| Name and surname of the researcher | Position, department | Scientific degree and pedagogical title |
| Inga Lukonaitienė | Lecturer, DSC
Researcher, ISSI |
dr. |
| Antanas Skarbalius | Professor Emeritus, DSC | Professor, Habil. Dr. |
| Sigitas Kamandulis | Senior researcher, ISSI
Professor, DSC |
Professor, Dr. |
| Jūratė Stanislovaitienė | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Kristina Bradauskienė | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Daniele Conte | Senior researcher, ISSI | Dr. |
| Audinga Kniubaitė | Lecturer, DSC;
Junior researcher, ISSI |
Dr. |
| Lolita Dudėnienė | Lecturer, DSC | Dr. |
| Marco Pernigoni | Assistant, PhD student, DSC | |
| Dominykas Bartusevičius | PhD student, DSC | |
| Austra Skujytė | PhD student, ISSI |
ADAPTATION OF AEROBIC CAPACITY (Leader Professor Dr. Arvydas Stasiulis)
| Name and surname of the researcher | Position, department | Scientific degree and pedagogical title |
| Arvydas Stasiulis | Professor, DHPR | Professor, Dr. |
| Loreta Stasiulė | Associate Professor, DHPR | Dr. |
| Vidas Bružas | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Pranas Mockus | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Ligita Šilinė | Lecturer, DHPR | Dr. |
| Gintas Volungevičius | Lecturer, DSC | Dr. |
| Kęstutis Pužas | PhD student, DHPR | |
| Eligijus Mačinskas | PhD student, DHPR | |
| Ričardas Nekriošius | PhD student, DHPR | |
| Viktorija Maconytė | Master student | |
| Aura Mažuolytė Binderienė | Master student | |
| Ernesta Strainytė | Master student | |
| Evelina Ramanauskienė | Master student |
EARLY DIAGNOSTICS OF INJURY RISK IN ATHLETES (Leader Professor Dr. Vytautas Streckis)
| Name and surname of the researcher | Position, department | Scientific degree and pedagogical title |
| Vytautas Streckis | Professor, DSC | Professor, Dr. |
| Viktoras Šilinskas | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Pranas Mockus | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Rima Solianik | Senior researcher, ISSI
Associate Professor, DHPR |
Dr. |
| Vidas Bružas | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Mantas Mickevičius | Researcher ISSI
Lecturer, DSC |
Dr. |
| Monika Vieversytė Dvylienė | PhD student, ISSI | |
| Augustė Elena Staugaitytė | Master student |
MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN BASKETBALL TRAINING (Leader lecturer Dr. Kęstutis Matulaitis)
| Name and surname of the researcher | Position, department | Scientific degree and pedagogical title |
| Kęstutis Matulaitis | Lecturer, DSC | Dr. |
| Ramūnas Butautas | Associate Professor of Partnerships, DSC | Dr. |
| Rasa Kreivytė | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Daniele Conte | Researcher, ISSI | Dr. |
| Inga Lukonaitienė | Lecturer, DSC
Researcher, ISSI |
Dr. |
| Marco Pernigoni | Assistant, PhD student, DSC |
FITNESS AND FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF ATHLETES (Leader professor Dr. Jonas Poderys).
| Name and surname of the researcher | Position, department | Scientific degree and pedagogical title |
| Jonas Liudas Poderys | Professor, DSC
Senior researcher, ISSI |
Professor, Habil. Dr. |
| Alfonsas Buliuolis | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Eugenijus Trinkūnas | Associate Professor, DSC;
Researcher, ISSI |
Dr. |
| Kristina Motiejūnaitė | Junior Researcher, ISSI | Dr. |
| Kristina Poderienė | Researcher, ISSI | Dr. |
| Viktoras Šilinskas | Associate Professor, DSC | Dr. |
| Živilė Kairiūkštienė | Assistant, FSUK | Dr. |
| Rūta Brazdžionytė | PhD student, DHPR | |
| Jolita Čiuderė | PhD student, DSC | |
| Monika Trinkūnaitė | Master student, DHPR | |
| Elvinas Bracevičius | Master student, DSC |
Abbreviations: DSC – Department of Coaching Science; ISSI – Institute of Sports Science and Innovation; DHPR – Department of Health Promotion and Rehabilitation; DPSE – Department of Physical and Social Education
