Faculty of Sport and Physical Education

The University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Email: sergej@panet.rs

Qualifications

2003 Ph.D., faculty of medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia

1996 M.S., faculty of medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Publications (Selected)

1. Ostojic SM, Stojanovic M, Calleja-Gonzalez J.Ultra short-term heart rate recovery after maximal exercise: relations to aerobic power in sportsmen.Chin J Physiol 2011; 54(2): 105-110.
2. Stojanovic MD, Ostojic SM,Stretching and injury prevention in football: current perspectives.Res Sports, Med 2011; 19(2): 73-91.
3. Ostojic SM, Stojanovic MD, Stojanovic V, Maric J, Njaradi N. Correlation between fitness and fatness in6-14-year-oldSerbian school children.J Health Popul Nutr 2011; 29(1): 53-60.
4. Ostojic SM, Stojanovic MD.High aerobic fitness is associated with lower total and regional adiposity in 12-yr-old overweight boys.J Sports Med Phys Fitness 2010; 50(4): 443-449.
5. Ostojic SM, Stojanovic M, Stojanovic V, Maric J.Adiposity, physical activity and blood lipid profile in 13-year-old adolescents.J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2010; 23 (4): 333-344.
6. Ostojic SM, Markovic G, Calleja-Gonzalez J, Jakovljevic DG, Vucetic V, Stojanovic MD. Ultra short-term heart rate recovery after maximal exercise in continuous versus intermittent endurance athletes. Eur J Appl Physiol 2010; 108 (5): 1055-1059.
7. Ostojic SM, Calleja-Gonzalez J. Aerobic capacity and ultra short-term heart rate recovery after maximal exercise in sportswomen. Sci Sports 2010; 25(5):267-271.
8. Ostojic SM, Stojanovic M, Jukic I, Pasalic E, Jourkesh M.The effects of six weeks of training on physical fitness and performance in teenage and mature top-level soccer players. Biol Sport 2009; 26(4):379-387.
9. Sporis G, Jukic I, Ostojic SM, Milanovic D. Fitness profiling in soccer: physical and physiological characteristics of elite players.J Strength Cond Res 2009; 23(7): 1947-53.
10. Ostojic SM, Ahmetovic Z.Indicators of iron status in elite soccer players during the sports season. Int J Lab Hematol 2009; 31(4): 447-452.
11. Ostojic SM.Estimation of body fat in athletes: skinfolds vs. bioelectrical impedance.J Sports Med Phys Fitness 2006; 46 (3): 442-446.
12. Ostojic SM, Mazic S, Dikic N.Profiling in basketball: physical and physiological characteristics of elite players.J Strength Cond Res 2006; 20(4): 740-744.
13. Ostojic SM, Creatine supplementation in young soccer players. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metabol 2004; 14 (1): 95-103.
14. N. Terrados, J. Calleja-Gonzales, I. Jukic, S. M. Ostojic. Physiological and medical strategies in post-competition recovery: practical implications based on scientific evidence. Serb J Sports Sci 2009; 3(1): 29-38.
15. A. M. Azarbayjani, A. Mehranpor, S. Hasani, F. Tojari, P. Pournemati, M. Jourkesh, S. M. Ostojic, R. S. Stannard. The effects of mental challenge during running on heart rate and salivary cortisol in young active males. Serb J Sports Sci 2009; 3(4): 149-156.
16. B. Yazdanparast, M. A. Azarbayjani, M. J. Rasaee, M. Jourkesh, S. M. Ostojic. The effect of different intensity of exercise on salivary steroids concentration in elite girl swimmers. Facta Univ Phys Educ Sport 2009; 7(1) 69-77.
17. P. Drid, S. M. Ostojic, N. Maksimovic, J. Pejcic, R. Matic, S. Obadov. The effects of judo training on anthropometric characteristics and motor abilities of primary school boys. Homo Sporticus 2009; 11(1): 28-32.
18. P. Farzanaki, M. A. Azarbayjani, M. J. Rasaee, M. Jourkesh, S. M. Ostojic, S .Stannard. Salivary immunoglobulin A and cortisol response to training in young elite female gymnasts. Braz J Biomotr 2008; 2(4): 252-258.
19. S. M. Ostojic, M. D. Stojanović. Range of motion in the lower extremity: elite vs. non-elite soccer players. Serb J Sports Sci 2007; 1(2): 74-78.
20. M. D. Stojanovic, M. V. Stojanovic, S. M. Ostojic, F. Fratric. Is the maximal oxygen consumption single best predictor of shuttle-run test? Serb J Sports Sci 2007; 1(2): 67-73.
21. S. M. Ostojic, N. Dikić. Elite soccer players – attributes of success.
22. Medicina Sportiva 2005; 3: 175-179.
23. S. M. Ostojic. Seasonal alterations in body composition and sprint performance of elite soccer players. J Exerc Physiol. 2003; 6(3): 11-14.