Editorial board
Editor in Chief
Prof. Francesco Oliva
Chairman of Orthopaedic and Traumatology; Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Roma Open University, Rome, Italy; Doctor (PhD) in Research on Diseases of the Locomotor System at Univeristy of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
olivafrancesco@hotmail.com
Emeritus Editor
Prof. Nicola Maffulli
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy; Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
n.maffulli@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editors
Medical Statistics Quality Assesment and Protocols
Filippo Migliorini, M.D., PhD., Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Link University, SABES Academic Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.
migliorini.md@gmail.com
Johnny Padulo, PhD., FECSS, Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
sportcinetic@gmail.com
Regenerative Medicine
Elizabeth L. Bondi, DPM, FAAPSM, FABPM, F
Towne Club Parkway SE, Rochester (MN), U.S.A.
bondi.elizabeth@mayo.edu
Paola De Luca, M.D.
Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
deluca.paola@grupposandonato.it
Basic Science
Francesca Veronesi, M.D.
Struttura complessa Scienze e Tecnologie Chirurgiche, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
francesca.veronesi@ior.it
Hand and Wrist Surgery
Eleonora Piccirilli, M.D., PhD.
UOC Orthopedics and Traumatology, Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
eleonoramed88@gmail.com
Foot Surgery
Carlo Biz, M.D.
Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology DiSCOG, Orthopedic Clinic, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
carlo.biz@unipd.it
Kristian Efremov, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
efremov.kd@gmail.com
Shi-Ming Feng, M.D., Fellowship Trained Foot and Ankle Surgeon
Department of Orthopaedic, Sports Medicine, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China; Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Provice, P.R. China.
fengshiming_04@163.com
Nermine Habib, M.D.
Swiss Diabetic Foot Centers, Fribourg, Switzerland; Clinique Moleson, Bulle, Switzerland.
nermine.emad@gmail.com
Hip Surgery
Alessio Giai Via, M.D.
Orthopaedic and Traumatology Unit, Department Emergency and Acceptance, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
alessiogiaivia@hotmail.it
Knee surgery
Sureshan Sivananthan, MB BCh, MS Orth, Dip Sc. (NUS), MRCS, FRCS (Tr&Orth), England, CCST.
Pantai Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
drsureshsiva@gmail.com
Shoulder Surgery
Francesco Cuozzo, M.D.
Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Resident at Università degli studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
fra.cuoz@gmail.com
Biomechanics
Edoardo Bori, M.D.
Lecturer-Researcher ECAM, Brussels, Belgium.
edoardo.bori@gmail.com
Gusztáv Fekete, M.D.
Department of Materials Science and Technology, AUDI Hungaria Faculty of Vehicle Engineering, Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary.
Fekete.gusztav@sze.hu
Biomechanics and control systems in musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Yousef Bazargan Lari, PhD., Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran
yo.bazargan@iau.ac.ir; imana6061@gmail.com
Rehabilitation
Bruno Corrado, M.D.
Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
bruno.corrado@unina.it
Calogero Foti, M.D., FEBPRM, Professor
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Tor Vergata, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
foti@med.uniroma2.it
Antonio Frizziero, M.D.
ASST “Gaetano Pini” CTO, Milan, Italy.
antonio.frizziero@gmail.com
Disability and Paraolimpic Sports
Augusto Fusco, M.D.
Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, I.R.C.C.S. Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.
augusto.fusco@policlinicogemelli.it
Luigi di Lorenzo, M.D.
IRCCS Neuro med NeuroRehab Unit D.O.C, V State and Minimally Consciousness State, Pizzilli, Isernia, Italy.
drluigidilorenzo@gmail.com
Silvia Giovannini, M.D.
IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
silvia.giovannini@policlinicogemelli.it
Orthotics & Prosthetics
Mobina Khosravi, PhD.
Department of Orthotics & Prosthetics, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mo.khosravi@sbmu.ac.ir; mobinaoandp@gmail.com
Sport Science
Muscles Injuries
Filippo Vittadini, M.D.
Venezia FC, 30174 Venezia, Italy.
filippo.vittadini@gmail.com
Trauma
Thomas Walter Nau, M.D., Adjunct Professor
King’s College Hospital London Dubai, Mohammed Bin Rashid University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, U.A.E
thnau@hotmail.com
Shock Waves
Angela Notarnicola, M.D., PhD., Associate Professor
Orthopaedics Unit, Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bari, General Hospital, Bari, Italy.
angelanotarnicola@yahoo.it
Diagnostic imaging, technologies and innovation
Michela Bruno, M.D., PhDs.
University of Molise, Italy.
dr.michelabruno@gmail.com
Editorial board
Paul Ackermann, M.D.
Integrative Orthopedic Laboratory, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Satish Kumar Anumula, MSc., PhD., Associate Professor
Gitam School of Physiotherapy, GITAM (Deemed to be university), Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Ashokan Arumugam, MPT, PhD., Post-doc, Associate Professor
Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Rafael Inácio Barbosa, M.D., PhD., Professor
Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC/Araranguá, Brazil
Anna Berardi, M.D.
UOC Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Laboratories, Laboratory of Stem Cells, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy
Chiara Busso, M.D., Research Associate
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Filippo Calderazzi, M.D., PhD.
University of Parma, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
Cesare Faldini, M.D.
Department of Clinic I of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Francesco Feletti, M.D., PhD.
University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Neil Heron, BSc Hons, MBChB, DRCOG, DCH, DipSEM(UK&I), MRCGP, MPhil, FSEM PhD
Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast; School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, U.K.
Mona Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, PhD.
Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and its Surgery, Faculty of physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Yasmeen Imtiaz G., MPT, PhD., Assistant Professor
SRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India
Bernardo Innocenti, M.D.
Department BEAMS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
Mobina Khosravi, PhD., Professor
Department of Orthotics & Prosthetics., School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Senthil Kumar, PhD.
Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, India
Asmaa Mahmoud, M.D.
Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Mary B. McCarthy, M.D.
Translational Research Coordinator Human Soft Tissue Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Institute at UConn Health, Farmington and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington (CT), U.S.A.
Antonio Musarò, M.D.
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Rodrigo Ribeiro de Oliveira, M.D.
Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará; Tendon Research Group-Brazil, Fortaleza and Master Program in Physiotherapy and Functioning, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Giannis Papathanasiou, D.M., Prof.
Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Giuseppe Peretti, M.D.
IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Vinodhkumar Ramalingam, MPT, BPT, PhD., Professor
Department of Sports and Manual therapy, Saveetha College of Physiotherapy, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India
Carlo Ramponi, PT Physiotherapist
Kinè Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Center, Treviso, Italy
Wlaldemir Roberto dos Santos, PhD., Associate Professor
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Amol Saxena, M.D.
Department of Sports Medicine, Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Sutter, Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.
P. Senthil, MPT, MIAP, PhD.
Chettinad School of Physiotherapy, Chettinad Academy and Research Education (CARE), Chennai, India
Saurabh Sharma, PhD, Associate Professor
Center for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, India
Tuba Yerlikaya, M.D, PhD., Assistant Professor
Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
Marcello Zappia, M.D.
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso and Varelli Institute, Naples, Italy