Editorial Board

Associate Editor

Dimitra Mazaraki, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany
Dimitra is a neuroscientist with a strong focus on translational research and sensory physiology. She earned her Ph.D. at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. During her doctoral studies, she specialized in electrophysiology, investigating the neural pathways of the somatosensory system, with a particular emphasis on the role of hearing-related genes in touch and pain perception. Before pursuing her Ph.D., she completed her master’s at Oxford University, where she explored novel therapeutic targets for Parkinson’s disease. Her research experience reflects a commitment to advancing the understanding of neural mechanisms and their implications for human health. After her PhD, Dimitra worked for a year as a commissioning editor for the BMC series, which provided her a strong understanding of the publishing process and she successfully implemented strategies for managing scientific collections. She is deeply committed to fostering a culture of data sharing and openly accessible scientific communication, recognizing the critical impact these practices have on the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. She is based in the Berlin office.

Senior Editorial Board Members

Theodoros Bampouras, PhD, Liverpool John Moores, UK

Theo received a BSc (Hons) degree in Sports Science from Coventry University and an MSc degree in Sport and Exercise Science from the Manchester Metropolitan University, where he subsequently completed his PhD. He has held various academic posts and responsibilities in the different Institutions he has worked at. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Research Methods for the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University and holds an Honorary position with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Blackburn Hospital. Theo is the Membership representative for the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Division of Biomechanics and Motor Behaviour. Theo’s research interests span over athletic, older and clinical populations and areas such as muscle performance, mechanics and function, ageing, athletic training and performance assessment.

Fred DiMenna, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Fred DiMenna earned a PhD in exercise physiology from University of Exeter in the UK in 2010. His PhD research was in oxygen uptake kinetics. After returning to the USA, he continued to work with the group at Exeter in addition to assuming a position as a Research Associate at the New York Obesity Research Center at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan. He is also working with researchers at the Lung Institute at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel and the Faculdade de Ciências at São Paulo State University in Brazil. DiMenna, who is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Movement Sciences at Columbia University Teachers College, joined the Editorial Board of BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation as Section Editor for the ‘Exercise physiology’ section in April 2014. Prior to studying exercise, DiMenna had a 20-year career as a competitive bodybuilder including 10 years at the professional level.


Angela Fearon, PhD, M(Physio), B(Physio), GCTE, University of Canberra, Australia
Angie was appointed a Senior Editorial Board Member with BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation in December 2020. Angie obtained her B(App)Sc (Physio) from Lincoln Institute of Health Science, her Masters (Physio) from the University of South Australia, and her PhD (Medical Science) from the Australian National University. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.  Angie’s areas of research interest include quantitative and qualitative research and outcome measure design and has published works covering tendinopathy, osteoarthritis, rehabilitation, exercise science, outcome measures and biomechanics. Angie is committed to improving the quality of published research. 




Stuart Goodall, PhD, Northumbria University, UK
After completing a BSc in Sport Science, Stuart stayed on to complete an MSc in Applied Sport Science at St. Mary's University College. Stuart then studied for a PhD within the Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance at Brunel University before taking up a Research Associate post at Northumbria in February 2011. Stuart began as a Senior Lecturer in October 2012 and was appointed Associate Professor in September 2019. Stuart’s research interests include studying the mechanisms of fatigue, exercise performance and recovery, and sex differences in physiology. In addition to Stuart being a Senior Board Member for BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, he also acts as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Exercise Physiology and Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

 

Assistant Editors
Gayatri Rashinkar, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Gauri Gokhale, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Manuscript Editors
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Gayatri Kanade, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pravin Giri, PhD, MSc, Bsc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Swayamsidha Pati, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India

Editorial Board Members 
Millán Aguilar-Navarro, PhD, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
Nuray Alaca,  Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Turkey
Gopala Alaparthi, PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Hosam Alzahrani, PhD, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
Sampath Kumar Amaravadi, PhD, University of Chichester, UK
Felipe Araya-Quintanilla, PhD, Universidad San Sebastian, Chile
Esha Arora, PhD, Asian Institute of Science and Technology, Malaysia
Abdul Rashid Aziz, PhD, Singapore Sport Institute, Singapore
Stephen Bailey, PhD, Loughborough University, UK
Filippo Bertozzi, BSc; MSc; PhD, Aspire Academy, Qatar
Kalyana Chakravarthy Bairapareddy, PhD, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Russell Baker, PhD, DAT, University of Idaho, USA
Ladislav Batalik, PhD, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Deniz Bayraktar, PhD, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey
Alexander Beletsky, MD, Riverside Community Hospital, USA
Fabrizio Brindisino, MSc, University of Molise, Italy
Ben Buckley, PhD, Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, UK
Chiara Busso, MD, University of Torino, Italy
Daniel Cabral, PhD, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, USA
Dario Calafiore, Dr. med., Territorial Social Health Company of Mantua, Italy
Carlos Augusto Camillo, Universidade Pitágoras Universidade Norte do Paraná / State University of Londrina, Brazil
Francesco Campa, PhD, University of Bologna, Italy
Andoni Carrasco-Uribarren, PhD, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain
Luis Ceballos-Laita, PhD, University of Valladolid, Spain
Christoph Centner, Dr. rer. nat., University of Freiburg, Germany
Giuseppe Cerullo, PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Helmi Chaabene, Dr. habil., PhD, University of Potsdam, Germany
Matthew Chiwaridzo, PhD, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Antonio Cicchella, PhD, Tongji University, China
Błażej Cieślik, PhD, ​IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Italy
Tom Clifford, PhD, Loughborough University, UK
Tara Coppinger, PhD, Munster Technological University, Ireland
Claudio Curci, MD, ASST Carlo Poma, Italy
Andrea Demeco, University of Parma, Italy
Raúl Domínguez, PhD, University of Seville, Spain
Yaoshan Dun, PhD, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
Mário Espada, PhD, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Roberto Falz, Dr. phil., University of Leipzig, Germany
Gary Farkas, PhD, MSCTI, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, USA
Damiano Formenti, PhD, University of Insubria, Italy
Amador García-Ramos, PhD, University of Granada, Spain
Jovan Gardasevic, PhD, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
Lewis Gough, PhD, Birmingham City University, UK
Cassia Goulart, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Gurkan Gunaydin, PhD, PT, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Turkey
Jeffery Heileson, PhD, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, USA
Souhail Hermassi, PhD, Qatar University, Qatar
Mathew Hill, PhD, Coventry University, UK
Tao Huang, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Ozkan ISIK, PhD, Balikesir University, Turkey
Radhika Jadhav, PhD, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
Chen Jiebo, MD, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, China
Ivan Jukic, PhD, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Hyunsik Kang, PhD, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Raci Karayigit, Ankara University, Turkey
George Kelley, Boise State University, USA          
Hyojune Kim, PhD, Chung-Ang University Hospital, South Korea
Zhaowei Kong, PhD, University of Macau, Macao
Maryam Koushkie-Jahromi, PhD, Shiraz University, Iran
Ernesto Anarte Lazo, PhD, University of Limoges, France
Luciana Labanca, PhD, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Italy
Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez, PhD, SALBIS Research Group, Universidad de León, Spain
Lorenzo Lippi, University of Easten Piedmont, Italy
Heather Logan-Sprenger, Ontario Tech University, Canada
Alvaro Lopez-Samanes, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Spain 
Debora Di Mauro, PhD, University of Messina, Italy
Marcin Maciejczyk, PhD, University of Physical Education, Poland
Tahir Mahmood, PhD PT, MSPT, DPT, Rashid Latif Khan University, Pakistan
Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo, PhD, University of Almería, Spain
Dominic Malcolm, PhD, Loughborough University, UK
Enzo Mameri, MD, MSc, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM UNIFESP), Brazil
Nicola Marotta, MD, University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia”, Italy
Bojan Masanovic, PhD, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
Filippo Maselli, PT BSc, MSc, OMPT, PhD, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy
Amit Meena, MBBS, MS, DNB, Shalby Hospital, Jaipur, India
Júlio Mello, PhD, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Jan Mieszkowski, Dr. med., Dr. hab., University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk, Poland
Mohamad Motevalli, PhD, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Firas Mourad, Department Health, LUNEX, Luxembourg
Thomas Mühlbauer, PhD, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Eisuke Ochi, PhD, Hosei University, Japan
Anna Ogonowska-Slodownik, PhD, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland
Sam Orange, PhD, Newcastle University, UK
Giorgio Orlando, PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Angela Palomba, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Giorgos Paradisis, PhD, University of Athens, Greece
Daniel Peart, PhD, Northumbria University, UK
Stevo Popovic, PhD, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
Valentina Presta, University of Parma, Italy
Saúl Martín Rodríguez, PhD, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Domingo J. Ramos-Campo, PhD, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, INEF, Spain
Ravi Shankar Reddy, PhD, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Alvaro Reischak-Oliveira, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Heitor Ribeiro, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Federico Roggio, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
Giacomo Rossettini, PhD, University of Verona, Italy
Lorenzo Rum, PhD, University of Sassari, Italy
Helmi Ben Saad, MD, PhD, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Antonio Jesús Sanchez-Oliver, PhD, University of Seville, Spain
Fabio Santacaterina, DPT,  MSc, OMPT, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy
Devrim Can Sarac, PhD, Izmir Katio Celebi University, Turkey
Boris Schmitz, PhD, Dr. rer. nat., University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
Anthony Shepherd, PhD, University of Portsmouth, UK
Sofia Sieczkowska, PhD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ehsan Sinaei, MSc, MGH Institute of Health Professions, USA
Yang Song, PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong
Wayne Spratford, PhD, University of Canberra, Australia
Domiziano Tarantino, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Rohit Thapa, PhD, Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences, India
Apostolos Theos, PhD, Umea University, Sweden
Derek Tran, PhD, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital & The University of Sydney School of Medicine, Australia
Mike Trott, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Eric van Breda, Dr. med., PhD, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Marco Vecchiato, MD, University of Padova, Italy
Kavitha Vishal, MPT, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
Szczepan Wiecha, PhD, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education,  Poland
Keith Winwood, PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Liangliang Xiang, PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Junjie Xiao, PhD, Shanghai University, China
Junjie Xu, PhD, MD, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Chen Yang, PhD, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, USA
Ali Kerim Yilmaz, PhD, Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi, Turkey
Takuji Yokoe, MD, PhD, University of Miyazaki, Japan
Yanwei You, PhD, Tsinghua University, China
Xiangdong Yun, PhD, Lanzhou university second hosipital, China
Damir Zubac, PhD, University Hospital Cologne, Germany

Editorial Advisors

Anthony Blazevich, BSc (Honours), PhD (Biomechanics), Edith Cowan University, Australia   
Professor Blazevich graduated with a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) from the University of Queensland in 1995 and a PhD (Biomechanics) from Southern Cross University in 2001. After working in the UK for nearly 7 years (Brunel University) he moved to Perth, Australia, where he is currently Professor in Biomechanics at Edith Cowan University. He is also the Director of the Centre for Exercise and Sports Science Research (CESSR). 
His research aims to determine: (1) the relative influence of musculo-tendinous and neural factors on human movement performance; and (2) the adaptive responses of these factors to exercise training and detraining.
Tony became Section Editor for the ‘Training, injury prevention, and biomechanics’ section of BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation in March 2015.          
                                         
Antonio Cuesta-Vargas, BSc (Physio), MSc (Physiotherapy ), MSc (Manual Therapy), PhD, University of Malaga, Spain    
Professor Antonio Cuesta-Vargas graduated from the University of Malaga in 1994, having completed the BSc (Physio) Honours in Science Degree. In 1996 he gained an MSc in Sports Physiotherapy and in 1999 an MSc in Manual Therapy, and was awarded a PhD in Human Exercise Physiology in Faculty of Medicine by the University of Malaga in 2007.
Antonio is currently Professor of Physiotherapy and Associate Dean, International & Engagement of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Malaga, Spain. He holds a Chair in Physiotherapy and Disability at the University of Málaga and is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Areas of particular interest include clinical physiology and biomechanics with ICT solutions, as well as integrations of biomedical engineering in human movement like main biomarkers across the different populations and public health.
Antonio has been Section Editor of the ‘Exercise and Health’ section of BMC Sport Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation since January 2014.

   
                                                       
Nicola Maffulli, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Professor Nicola Maffulli is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Surgeon. 
Professor Maffulli has published more than 1000 peer reviewed articles in scientific journals and 12 books on Orthopaedic Surgery and in Sports Medicine. He has a particular scientific interest in physiopathology of sports injuries, including anterior cruciate ligament and tendon injuries, and great expertise in arthroscopic techniques of the knee and foot and ankle.  He was Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at Keele University School of Medicine (2001-2008), Centre Lead and Professor of Sports and Exercise Medicine, at Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London (2008-2013), and has now taken up the Chair in Musculoskeletal Disorders in Salerno University School of Medicine, Italy, maintaining an Honorary Chair in Sport and Exercise Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, and a Visiting Professorship in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at Keele University School of Medicine.
A keen athlete in his younger day, his old dream of going to the Olympics has been granted in London: he has been the Field of Play doctor for the Olympic Wrestling Tournament, and has lead of a group of seven orthopaedic surgeons to administer the Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle care for both the Olympics and the Paralympics. He is one of small handful of surgeons to have been awarded the FRCP.
He is the Past President of the Sport and Exercise Section of the Royal Society of Medicine (2011-2012), the Immediate Past President of the European Federation of the National Societies of Orthopaedic Sports Trauma (EFOST) for the period 2012-2014.
At present, he leads the Italian Muscle Ligaments and Tendons Society, and is the organiser of the ECOSEP-EFOST-ISMuLT Summer Camp, held in Greece the last week of August.
Professor Maffulli is Section Editor of the 'Musculoskeletal regenerative medicine' section.