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 Musculoskeletal Disorders, School of Medicine and Surgery,
University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Orthopedic Clinic, San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D’Aragona Hospital,
Hospital of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine,
Queen Mary University of London, London, England
n.maffulli@qmul.ac.uk

Associate Editor
Prof. Antonio Frizziero
Associate Professor
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Department of Medicine and Surgery
General Hospital, University of Parma
antonio.frizziero@unipr.it 

Editorial board
Amol Saxena, Department of Sports Medicine, Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Sutter, Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.
Angela Notarnicola, Orthopaedics Unit, Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bari, General Hospital, Bari, Italy
Anna Berardi, UOC Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Laboratories, Laboratory of Stem Cells, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy
Antonio Musarò, Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Asmaa Mahmoud, Physical medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Augusto Fusco, Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, I.R.C.C.S. Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
Bernardo Innocenti, BEAMS Department, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
Bruno CorradoDepartment of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Calogero Foti, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Tor Vergata, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Carlo Biz, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology DiSCOG, Orthopedic Clinic, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Cesare Faldini, Department of Clinic I of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Christos D Papageorgiou, Department of Οrthopedics, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Enrico Gervasi, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ospedale Civile di Latisana, Udine, Italy
Francesco Feletti, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Ausl Romagna, S. Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna and Department of Electronics Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano University, Milan, Italy
Francisco Forriol, School of Medicine, San Pablo-CEU University, Madrid, Spain
Giuseppe Peretti, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
James H-C. Wang, Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, MechanoBiology Laboratory, Bioengineering, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (PA), U.S.A.
Jannis Papathanasiou, Department of Medical Imaging, Allergology and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv and Department of Kinesitherapy, Faculty of Public Health “Prof. Dr. Tzecomir Vodenicharov, Ph.D”, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Jhon P. Furia, SUN Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Division of Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg (PA), U.S.A.
Johnny Padulo, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Eleonora PiccirilliUOC Orthopedics and Traumatology, Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Karin Grävare Silbernagel, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Center for Human Research Coordination, Newark (DE), U.S.A.
Louis J. Soslowsky, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Mahmut Doral, School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ufuk University, Dr. Ridvan Ege Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Mandeep Singh Dhillon, Department of Orthopaedics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Marcello Zappia, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso and Varelli Institute, Naples, Italy
Mary B McCarthy, 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.
Michael Lavagnino, Laboratory for Comparative Orthopaedic Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
Nicola Maffiuletti, Human Performance Lab, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland
Nikos Malliaropoulos, Sports and Exercise Medicine Clinic, Thessaloniki, Asklipiou, Greece
Paul Ackermann, Integrative Orthopedic Laboratory, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Olga Kiritsi, Department of Radiology, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Stafford, U.K.
Pauline Lui Po-Yee, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Piero Volpi, Knee Surgery and Sport Traumatology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
Pietro Picerno, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Università Telematica “e-Campus”, Novedrate, Como, Italy
Rodrigo Ribeiro de Oliveira, 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
Scott Rodeo, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York (NY), U.S.A.
Silvia Giovannini, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy
Stefano Masiero, Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University-General Hospital of Padova; Laboratory of Clinical Analysis and Biomechanics of Movement NEUROMOVE-Rehab, University Hospital of Padova and PNC, Padova Neuroscience Center, Padua, Italy
Tero Järvinen, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Anatomy, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Thomas M. Best, University of Miami Sports Medicine Institute, Team Physician – U of M; Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Team Physician – Miami Marlins and The Lennar Foundation Medical Center, Coral Gables (FL), U.S.A.
Walter Herzog, Faculties of Kinesiology, Engineering, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
W.R. Walsh, Surgical and Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, University of New South Wales, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
William Murrell, Plancher Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, New York, U.S.A.