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rom the Queensland Maroo ns to the Australian Olympic swim ming squad, behind every winning tea m is a group of experts who keep them in top form. Sports scientists help coach athlet es to avoid injuries, while dietitians develop nu trition plans for peak performance. With around 14 million Australians participating in sport each year, there are plenty of career s in food and fitness.
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Fitness up close
Tech that saves your hamstrings
chelor of Clinical Students enrolled in the Ba the opportunity Exercise Physiology have fessionals in to work with accredited pro gy Clinic the QUT Exercise Physiolo nts. QUT and work directly with clie re than 500 students also complete mo ent in hours of professional placem al loc s, tal spi settings such as ho d with an ns tio government organisa . private health providers ise Science Bachelor of Sport and Exerc 28 th 0 hours of students also keep busy wi associations, placement with sporting of sport, fitness centres, academies nal sport teams, community and professio and plenty of others.
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QUT exercise scientist Dr Ton Shield invented a portable y that can measure the strendevice gth of athletes’ hamstring muscles. Known as the NordBord Ha Testing System, the device usemstring sensors to predict the likeliho s injury or track an athlete’s recod of an overy and strength-building progress. The hamstring tester has attrac attention from some of the wo ted biggest sporting groups, such rld’s the English Premier League. as
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