Dr Christopher Papic

PhD, MAppSci (Research), BAppSci (ExSc/Nutr)

Research Fellow

c.papic@uq.edu.au

RECOVER Injury Research Centre
The University of Queensland
Level 7, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service
296 Herston Road
HERSTON QLD 4029

Chris is a Research Fellow in Musculoskeletal Injury at RECOVER Research Injury Centre. Chris has worked as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist for a decade in a rehabilitation hospital, with expertise in musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiac rehabilitation.

Chris lectured and currently holds an adjunct position at the University of New England as a Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology; focussed on musculoskeletal rehabilitation. He has a mixed-research background, including sports biomechanics and health and social outcomes following road traffic injury. Chris led the development of the new Australian Whiplash Guidelines for health professionals.

Chris joined the RECOVER team in February 2024 and will continue research in the management of whiplash injury.

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (8)

Conference Paper (1)

Book Chapter

Papic, Christopher and Sanders, Ross (2018). Towards an understanding of how torso shape influences human swimming performance. The science of swimming and aquatic activities. (pp. 1-13) edited by Ricardo J. Fernandes. New York, NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers.

Journal Articles

Papic, Christopher, McCabe, Carla, Gonjo, Tomohiro and Sanders, Ross (2023). Effect of torso morphology on maximum hydrodynamic resistance in front crawl swimming. Sports Biomechanics, 22 (8), 982-996. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2020.1773915

Sacilotto, Gina, Sanders, Ross, Gonjo, Tomohiro, Marinho, Daniel, Mason, Bruce, Naemi, Roozbeh, Vilas-Boas, Joao Paulo and Papic, Christopher (2023). "Selecting the right tool for the job" a narrative overview of experimental methods used to measure or estimate active and passive drag in competitive swimming. Sports Biomechanics, 22 (12), 1572-1589. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2023.2197858

Papic, Christopher, Kifley, Annette, Craig, Ashley, Grant, Genevieve, Collie, Alex, Pozzato, Ilaria, Gabbe, Belinda, Derrett, Sarah, Rebbeck, Trudy, Jagnoor, Jagnoor and Cameron, Ian D. (2022). Factors associated with long term work incapacity following a non-catastrophic road traffic injury: analysis of a two-year prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 22 (1) 1498, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13884-5

Ruiz-Navarro, Jesús Juan, Cuenca-Fernández, Francisco, Papic, Christopher, Gay, Ana, Morales-Ortíz, Esther, López-Contreras, Gracia and Arellano, Raúl (2022). Does jumping conducted before the swimming start elicit underwater enhancement?. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 18 (2), 427-436. doi: 10.1177/17479541221078279

Papic, Christopher, Andersen, Jordan, Naemi, Roozbeh, Hodierne, Ryan and Sanders, Ross H. (2021). Augmented feedback can change body shape to improve glide efficiency in swimming. Sports Biomechanics, 23 (7), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1900355

Morais, Jorge E., Sanders, Ross H., Papic, Christopher, Barbosa, Tiago M. and Marinho, Daniel A. (2020). The influence of the frontal surface area and swim velocity variation in front crawl active drag. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 52 (11), 2357-2364. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002400

Papic, Christopher, Sanders, Ross H., Naemi, Roozbeh, Elipot, Marc and Andersen, Jordan (2020). Improving data acquisition speed and accuracy in sport using neural networks. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39 (5), 513-522. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1832735

Papic, Christopher, Sinclair, Peter, Fornusek, Che and Sanders, Ross (2018). The effect of auditory stimulus training on swimming start reaction time. Sports Biomechanics, 18 (4), 378-389. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2017.1409260

Conference Paper

Papic, Christopher, McCabe, Carla, Naemi, Roozbeh and Sanders, Ross (2019). A method of quantifying torso shape to assess its influence on resistive drag in swimming. 37th International Society of Biomechanics in Sport Conference, Oxford, OH, United States, 21-25 July 2019. NMU Commons.