Dr Nikolaos Malliaropoulos

Profile

Dr Nikos Malliaropoulos is a Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine based at the Sports Clinic Bart’s and the London Mile End Hospital and Senior Clinical Lecturer at QMUL Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine Academic Department.

He has been Director of the Sports Medicine clinic of the Track and Field Hellenic Association in Thessaloniki, from 1986-2017 and was Chief Medical Officer of the Hellenic Olympic Team XXVIII Athens Olympics 2004.

He is a Fellow of the UK Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. He is a Founding member of the European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians – ECOSEP and current Secretary in General, a Fellow of the International Federation of Sports Medicine FIMS.
Nikos as a Judo athlete was Balkan Judo Champion – is a 7th DAN in Judo, and Head Coach of Aris Judo Team. 

Memberships

•    Fellow of the Faculty Sports and Exercise Medicine   (U.K.)                                                  
•    Fellow of the International Sports Medicine Federation FIMS 
•    Founding Member European College of Sports and Exercise Medicine (E.C.O.S.E.P.)

Research

His main clinical interests are in the diagnosis, management and rehabilitation of sports injuries and mechanical musculoskeletal pathologies. One of his main areas of expertise is hamstring and judo research. He has significant experience in MSK ultrasonography and interventional procedures since 2000. Special interests are all soft tissue injuries including hamstring and troublesome muscle Injuries, tendon injuries, ankle and knee injuries, bone stress injuries, and low back pain. His main management approaches are injuries specific exercise prescription as a treatment for musculoskeletal pathologies, ultrasound-guided injections, extra shock wave therapy - ESWT, and low level laser treatment - LLLT. 

Publications

• Alghamdi NH, Malliaropoulos N, Daoukas S . Optimizing Rehabilitation Outcomes Through Rehabilitative Ultrasonography: Applications in Musculoskeletal Care.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1177/87564793241297148

  
  

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• Vogiatzi G, Michou V, Malliaropoulos N et al. . Assessment of Cardiac Autonomic Function by Short-Term Sensor-Based and Long-Term Heart Rate Variability Analyses in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury After Long-Term Table Tennis Training.

  
  

  DOI: 10.3390/s24227167

  
  

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• Singh K, Malliaropoulos N, Callan M et al. (2024). Loss of Consciousness in Judo: Not Always a Concussion..

  
  

  DOI: 10.1097/jsm.0000000000001281

  
  

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• Malliaropoulos N, Daoukas S (2024). MSK ultrasound imaging-assisted clinical examination..

  
  

  DOI: 10.1177/1742271x241280911

  
  

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• Fathima D, Lobo J, Angioi M et al. . Sedentary Lifestyle, Heart Rate Variability, and the Influence on Spine Posture in Adults: A Systematic Review Study.

  
  

  DOI: 10.3390/app14166985

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/99138
• Rydzik Ł, Kopańska M, Wąsacz W et al. (2024). Brain Punch: K-1 Fights Affect Brain Wave Activity in Professional Kickboxers.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/s40279-024-02082-5

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/100379
• Scheer V, Lohrer H, Pakravan A et al. (2023). Role of pan-national associations such as the European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ECOSEP) in advancing the specialty of sports and exercise medicine in the 21st century.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001703

  
  

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• Kakavas G, Forelli F, Malliaropoulos N et al. . Periodization in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation: New Framework Versus Old Model? A Clinical Commentary.

  
  

  DOI: 10.26603/001c.73035

  
  

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• Wąsacz W, Sobiło-Rydzik E, Niewczas M et al. (2023). In search of muscular fitness and its relation to training experience and sports performance of athletes of modern combat sports such as mixed martial arts (MMA) and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ).

  
  

  DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.2746

  
  

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• Sasaki E, Ikumi A, Sakuyama N et al. (2022). High-rate settlement and unconsciousness with shime-waza in young judo athletes from a video analytic study in Judo World Championships.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.09.001

  
  

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Collaborators

• European College of Sports Physicians