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Editorial Board

Barbara Jensen, Associate Editor

Barbara Jensen pictureBarbara joined BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, BMC Rheumatology, and BMC Sport Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation in March 2023 as an editor. She obtained her PhD in Medicine, Nephrology at University College London (UCL) in 2018. Afterwards, she stayed at UCL as a postdoctoral research associate where she worked for over 5 years across several fields including molecular genetics, molecular biology, skin and autoinflammatory diseases and gene therapy. During her first postdoctoral position she was involved in developing a gene panel of scleroderma-mimicking diseases before moving on to her second project which focused on exploring and developing gene therapy strategies for rare autoinflammatory diseases. She is passionate about open science and is excited to continue contributing towards making research accessible for everyone and maximizing its impact.

Senior Editorial Board Members

Henry Atkinson

Henry D.E. Atkinson is a Consultant Lower Limb Surgeon with Fellowship training in Joint Reconstruction and Replacement, Sports Injury Surgery, Knee, Hip, and Foot and Ankle Surgery. His NHS practice is based at London’s North Middlesex University Hospital, in partnership with the Royal Free Hospital. Henry also provides Orthopaedic Services in association with London Sports Orthopaedics (LSO) at London Bridge Hospital, Highgate Hospital, Hendon Hospital, Kings Oak/Cavell Hospitals and Lyca Health. Henry contributes to Medicolegal reporting and is a Director of Think Medicolegal Ltd. He holds several strategic roles within the North Central London ISC, and is the Clinical Chair at the Kings Oak and Cavell Hospitals. He was awarded an NHS Clinical Excellence Award in both 2012 and 2018, and was listed in the Tatler Best Doctors Guide 2013, as one of Britain’s top 250 Doctors. He also achieved the “I Want Great Care” Certificate of Excellence in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Henry has a keen interest in his own research and medical education. He has published over 100 original scientific journal articles, and has over 200 other publications.

Zoe Dailiana

Experienced Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Thessaly, Greece. Skilled in Microsurgery, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, Emergency Medicine, Medical Devices, Arthroplasty, Biomechanics. Strong education professional with a Diplome Universitaire de Chirurgie de la Main et Membre Superieur focused in Hand Surgery from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) in France and a PhD from the University of Ioannina in Greece. 

Panagiotis Korovessis

Panagiotis Korovessis MD, PhD is Orthopedic Spine Surgeon in Patras Greece, chief in the Orthopedic Department Olympion Medical Center since 2022. He studied Medicine at University of Athens, Greece. He obtained his PhD title at the Medical School University of Zurich, Switzerland in 1979. He specialized in Orthopedics in University Clinic Balgrist in Zurich, Switzerland, and German Scoliosis & Center for Major Spine Surgery in Bad Wildungen Germany. He has been chief of the Orthopedic Department of the General Hospital “Agios Andreas”, Patras. Dr Korovessis is author of more than 190 peer reviewed manuscripts, with 3,300 citations, h-index 29 in spine pathology & research, total hip arthroplasty. His research has focused on the spine deformities, correction of spinal alignment, injuries and tumors, Pelvic and Acetabulum injuries, hip arthroplasty.  He is currently member of AAOS, SRS, NASS, Spine Society of Europe. 

Leping Li

Dr. Li is a full professor in the mechanical and biomedical engineering programs at the University of Calgary. His recent research is focused on the mechanics and mechanobiology of articular cartilage of human and animal knee joints, using both computational and experimental methods. His research contributions include the development of a fibril-reinforced theory of articular cartilage, and the investigation of fluid pressure and flow in the cartilaginous tissues within intact knee joint loading conditions. One of his ongoing research projects is finite element simulation of virtual knee joint constructed with statistical shape modeling, which may help extend the current understanding of knee joint mechanics to a large population. He has graciously devoted substantial time to peer review of journal papers and grant applications during his tenure at Calgary. He joined the editorial board in 2015.

Umile Giuseppe Longo

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New Content ItemUmile Giuseppe Longo (MD, PhD, MSc) is Full Professor and Consultant in Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome (Italy). He has been the recipient of several prestigious national and international awards and travelling fellowships in the field of orthopaedic sports medicine, joint replacement and regenerative medicine. Prof Longo is author of more than 300 peer reviewed manuscripts, 2 books, and more than 80 chapters published in international books. He joined the editorial board of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders in 2009. His main clinical and research interests include orthopaedic sports medicine, regenerative medicine and joint replacement.

Ali Mobasheri

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New Content ItemAli Mobasheri is President of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) and Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology in the Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology in Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oulu in Finland. Ali holds the position of Chief Researcher in the State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine in Vilnius, Lithuania and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and the Departments of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands. 

Ali has authored more than 300 papers and served several editorial boards. He was educated at Dulwich College London, Imperial College London, the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford, where he obtained his doctorate from Wolfson College Oxford. His current H-index is 59 and he is ranked as one of the top 10 leading experts in the world on osteoarthritis on expertscape.com.

Ara Nazarian

My primary focus is on translational studies at Harvard Medical School, where we can identify an unmet clinical need and set out to find appropriate solutions. Relying on my biomechanics, bioimaging and animal models expertise, I have forged partnerships with clinical and research collaborators to establish a cohesive and results oriented network. Specialties: Orthopedic Biomechanics and bioimaging, mechanobiology, animal models of disease and intervention, project and personnel management.

Together, we have produced a body of work, consisting of over 150 peer-reviewed publications, 2 books, more than 15 patents and patent applications, 5 startups and over 200 abstracts and conference proceedings. I have been Editorially involved with BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders since 2019.

Jason Pui Yin Cheung

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Jason Pui Yin Cheung has been an editor with BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders since 2017. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong. He is a spine surgeon with research interests in paediatric growth, spinal deformity, lumbar degenerative diseases, management of cervical myelopathy and orthopaedic infections. He has authored over 180 peer-reviewed articles in these disciplines. He is obtained his MBBS in 2007, Masters of Medical Sciences (2012), Master of Surgery (2017), Postgraduate Diploma in Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology (2018), and Doctor of Medicine (2019) from The University of Hong Kong. He is committed to providing a fair and robust editorial process for authors. 

Bart Staal

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New Content ItemBart Staal studied Physiotherapy (BSc) in Breda and Human Movement Sciences (MSc) at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam in the Netherlands and graduated in 1996. He further specialized in Clinical Epidemiology and completed his PhD-thesis at the same institution in 2003 researching the effects of a graded activity program for airline workers with low back pain. He currently works as a senior research fellow at the Radboud University Medical Centre and as a professor of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation at the HAN University of Applied Sciences, both in Nijmegen the Netherlands. His research themes mainly include: effectiveness of physiotherapy, musculoskeletal disorders, occupational health, sports injuries and guideline development. He was an Associate Editor of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders since 2010 and became Section Editor of the section Rehabilitation, hysical therapy and occupational health in 2014.

Kuang-Ting Yeh

Kuang-Ting is an Orthopedic surgeon in Taiwan. He obtained his PhD in Institute of Medical Science from Tzu-Chi University in Hualien, Taiwan. His research has focused on the spine alignment and surgery correlated with the patients’ life qualities. He is now committed to doing research on the spine alignment, surgical complication prevention, osteoporosis, and arthroscopic wrist surgery. He is now a Senior Board Member of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders and an associate professor of Tzu-Chi University.


Associate Editor
Barbara Jensen, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Editorial Quality Editor
Marym Mohammad Hadi, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, UK

Manuscript Editors
Harshal Dhondge, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Nikhil Ghate, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Vaishnavi Nimbalkar, MSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Senior Editorial Board Members
Henry Dushan Edward Atkinson, MBChB, BSc Med Sci, MRCS, FRCS Tr & Orth, North Middlesex University Hospital, UK
Zoe Dailiana, University of Thessaly, Greece
Jiong Jiong Guo, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China
Panagiotis Korovessis, General Hospital of Patras, Greece
LePing Li, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Umile Giuseppe Longo, Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy
Ali Mobasheri, University of Oulu, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Utrecht University, EU
Ara Nazarian, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA
Bart Staal, HAN University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands 
Jason Pui Yin Cheung, The University of Hong Kong
Kuang-Ting Yeh, MD, PhD, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan

Editorial Board Members
Christina Abdel Shaheed, University of Sydney, Australia 
Yousef Abu-Amer, Washington University - Saint Louis, USA
Ashfaq Ahmad, University Institute of Physical Therapy, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
Ghalib Ahmed, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Sakir Ahmed, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Hisaki Aiba, MD and PhD, Nagoya City University, Japan
Mustafa Akkaya, MD, PhD, Ankara Guven Hospital, Health Campus, Turkey
Mohammad Al-Amri, PhD, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Domenico Albano, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy
Aqeel Alenazi, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Saudi Arabia
Cristiano Alessandro, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Anita Amorim, The University of Sydney, Australia
Jorge Arias de la Torre, PhD, Agency for Heath Quality and Assessment of Catalonia, Spain
Jiyo Athertya, PhD, University of California, San Diego, USA
Opeyemi O Babatunde, Keele University, UK
Soroush Baghdadi, MD, Lurie Children's Hospital of Ch, USA
Alexander Beletsky, MD, Riverside Community Hospital, USA
Francesco Bosco, University of Turin, Italy
Jacome Bruges Armas, HSEIT/ CHRC, Portugal
John Arnold, PhD, University of Leeds, UK
Asbjørn Årøen, University of Oslo, Norway
Ashokan Arumugam, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Inoshi Atukorala, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Angelo Gabriele Aulisa, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Italy
Mariana Avila, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil
Soroush Baghdadi, MD, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, USA
Jiaxiang Bai, Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China, China
Zsolt Balogh, MD, PhD, FRACS(ortho), FACS, FIOTA, University of Newcastle, UK
Saliu Balogun, PhD, University of Tasmania, Australia
Gul Baltaci, Istanbul Atlas University, Turkey
Abdelwahed Barkaoui, International University of Rabat, Morocco
Sebastian Baumbach, LMU Munich, Germany
Elisa Belluzzi, PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Marcel Betsch, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
Abhiram Bhashyam, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
Bahar Bilgen, Brown University, USA
Emre Bilgin, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Saad Bindawas, PT, Ph.D., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Davide Bizzoca, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Dana Bliuc, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Francesca Bonetti, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA
Adriano Braile, MD, Ospedale del Mare, Italy
Marco Bravi, MSc, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Italy
Alex Breen, AECC University College, UK
Adam Bryant, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Cristina Maria Nunes Cabral, Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gianfilippo Caggiari, University of Sassari, Italy
Filippo Calderazzi, PhD, Department of Orthopedic Clinic, Maggiore Hospital, University of Parma, Italy
Vincenzo Candela, Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
Alessandro Carrozzo, MD, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Danilo Cassano, MD, University of Foggia, Italy
Nunzio Catena, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Children's Hospital Genova, Italy
Ibrahim Fatih Cengiz, University of Minho, Portugal
Ke-Vin Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Pongsthorn Chanplakorn, MD, Mahidol University, Thailand
Bin Chen, Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, China
Qiang Chen, Southeast University, China
Brian Po-Jung Chen, PT, MD, PhD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Cheng-Fong Chen, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Guoliang Chen, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, China
Jiebo Chen, MD, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, China
Yennien Chen, Asia University, Taiwan R.O.C.
Hsin-Hua Chen, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Tegan Cheng, University of Sydney, Australia
Wing Hoi Cheung, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Avneesh Chhabra, University of Texas Southwestern, USA
Rita Chiaramonte, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
Chee Kidd Chiu, MBSS, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Simon Chow, Stanford Medical, San Francisco, USA
Flavia Cicuttini, Monash University, Australia
Berta Cillero-Pastor, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Derek Clewley, Duke University, USA
Alberto Crimi', University Hospital of Padova, Italy
Boyi Dai, Dr. phil., University of Wyoming, USA
Miki Dalmau-Pastor, University of Barcelona, Spain
Francesca de Caro, Istituto di Cura Citta di Pavia, Italy
Diederik De Cock, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Domenico De Mauro, MD, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
Massimiliano De Paolis, MD, IRCCS University Hospital of Bologna, Italy
Cid André Fidelis de Paula Gomes, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil
Rocco De Vitis, Policlinico A. Gemelli Foundation - Catholic University, Italy
Stefano Di Paolo, PhD, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Italy
Joseph P. DeAngelis, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA
Laura Diamond, Griffith University, Australia
Almir Dibai-Filho, Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil
Zichuan Ding, MD, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Sabrina Donzelli, Instituto Scientifico Italiano Colonna Vertebrale, Italy
Aron Downie, PhD, Macquarie University, Australia
Xing Du, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Sampat Dumbre Patil, Noble Hospital, India
Cory Dungan, PhD, Baylor University, USA
Vicky Duong, The University of Sydney, Australia
Emma Dures, University of West England / Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK
Costantino Errani, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy
Daniel Espino, University of Birmingham, UK
Jillian Eyles, University of Sydney, Australia
Shih-Chen Fan, I-Shou University, Taiwan R.O.C.
Giacomo Farì, PhD, University of Salento, Italy
Luca Farinelli, PhD, MD, Università Politecnica delle Marche , Italy
Sebastian Farr, Orthopaedic Hospital Speising, Austria
LI-YU FAY, TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL, TAIWAN, Taiwan R.O.C.
Giovanni E Ferreira, University of Sydney, Australia
Andrea Fidanza, PhD, MD, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Michele Fiore, MD, IRCCS University Hospital of Bologna, Italy
David Fitch, University of Memphis, USA
Fabricio Fogagnolo, PhD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Robert Forsyth, Keele University, UK
Maryse Fortin, Concordia University, Canada
Calogero Foti, Tor Vergata University, Italy
Michael Freeman, Med.Dr., Ph.D., MScFMS, MPH, Maastricht University, USA
Helen French, PhD, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Kai Fu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Jun Fu, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Camillo Fulchignoni, MD, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Italy
Masanori Fujii, PD, PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Japan
Ryogo Furuhata, MD., PhD., Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Japan
Takeo Furuya, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Somnath Gangopadhyay, PhD, FCIEHF, FABMS, FPSI, CErgHF, University of Calcutta, India
Liang Gao, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany
You-Shui Gao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Guanying Gao, medical doctor, Peking University Third Hospital, China
Georgi Georgiev, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Rajesh Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
Sherief Ghozy, MD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Tiffany Gill, University of Adelaide, Australia
Anne Gingery, PhD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Graham Goh, MD, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Marcos Gonzalez, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Philippe GORCE, full Professor, Toulon University, France
Tommaso Greco, MD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Nataliia Grygorieva, D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Yaodong Gu, PhD, Ningbo University, China
Henrik Gudbergsen, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital & Copenhagen University, Denmark
Daniel Guenther, Hannover Medical School, Germany
Boyko Gueorguiev, PhD, AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland
Zbigniew Gugala, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Qinwei Guo, MD, Peking University Third Hospital, China
Shang-Chun Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Latika Gupta, SGPGIMS, India
Nishant Gupta, Columbia University Medical Center, USA
Yang Haitao, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, China
Sascha Halvachizadeh, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Shuyang Han, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA
Zhihua Han, Shanghai General Hosptial, China
Ashraf Hantouly, MD, MSc, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Matthew Harkey, Michigan State University, USA
Maximilian Hartel, MD, BG Trauma Hospital Hamburg, Germany
Masahiro Hasegawa, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Dominik Haudenschild, University of California Davis, USA
Junbo He, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Lars Helbig, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
Camilo Helito, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Kai-Yu Ho, University of Nevada, USA
Sandro Hodel, Dr. med., Balgrist University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Victor Hoe, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Shayan Hosseinzadeh, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Zhiyong Hou, MD, PhD, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China
John Houten, MD, Maimonides Medical Center, USA
Kuen-Chang Hsieh, Big Data Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Ming-Kai Hsieh, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Lifang Hu, PhD, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Wenbin Hua, MD, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Kuo-yuan Huang, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Hui-Kuang Huang, MD, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chiayi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Taiwan
Julie Hughes, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, USA
Sultana Monira Hussain, Monash University, Australia
Nathan Hutting, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, Netherlands
Hiroyuki Ike, Yokohama City University, Japan
Mohamed Imam, Smart Health Centre, University of East London, United Kingdom
Moritz Innmann, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
Hirokazu Inoue, Jichi Medical University, Japan
Amanda Isaac, MBChB MRCS FRCR, Kings college london, United Kingdom
Kazunari Ishida, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, Japan
JaeHoon Jang, Ph.D., Dong-eui Hospital, South Korea
Eugenio Jannelli, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples-Italy, Italy
Dong Jiang, Peking University Third Hospital, China
Nan Jiang, M.D., Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital, China
Koroush Kabir, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Germany
Shaji Kachanathu, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Tomoyuki Kamenaga, MD, PhD, Kobe University, Japan
Sinan Kardeş, Istanbul University, Turkey
Joseph Kardouni, U.S. Army Forces Command, USA
Karthik Karuppaiah, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Sandeep Kaur, Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, India
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Shinya Kawahara, Kyushu University, Japan
Kohei Kawaguchi, MD, PhD, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Toshiyuki Kawai, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
Deepak Kumar Khajuria, Penn State University, USA
Ahmed Khalifa, MD, FRCS, MSc., Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Egypt
Ashutosh Khandha, PhD, University of Delaware, USA
Ata Kiapour, PhD, Harvard Medical School, USA
Simon Kim, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
Gi Beom Kim, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, South Korea
Hyeun-Sung Kim, Gangnam Nanoori Hospital, South Korea
Seong Hwan Kim, MD,PhD, Mstat, Chung-Ang University Hospital, South Korea
Tae-Hwan Kim, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, South Korea
Young-Yul Kim, Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
Matthew King, La Trobe University, Australia
Kazutaka Kituka, Tochigi Cancer Center, Japan
Matthias Klotz, Marienkrankenhaus Soest, Germany
Alexander Klug, PhD, MD, BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Mattthias Knobe, Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Germany
Jesper Knoop, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Dylan Kobsar, McMaster University, Canada
Daisuke Koga, Japanese Red Cross Saitama Hospital, Japan
Hisashi Koga, Dr. med., Iwai FESS Clinic, Japan
Amin Komeili, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Xiangpeng Kong, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Philipp Kriechling, MD, Balgrist University Hospital, Switzerland
Lei Kuang, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China
Feng-Chih Kuo, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Umito Kuwashima, MD, PhD, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
Lisa Langsetmo, University of Minnesota, USA
Chun Man Lawrence Lau, Ph.D., FRCS(ED), FHKAM, FHKCOS, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Henrik Hein Lauridsen, University of South Denmark, Denmark
Belinda Lawford, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dana Lawrence, DC, MMedEd, MA, Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, USA
Robert Layfield, University of Nottingham, UK
Asimina Lazaridou, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
Hyungjin Lee, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Soonchul Lee, M.D. degree , DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, CHA BUNDANG MEDICAL CENTER, CHA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE , Korea (South)
Claudio Legnani, IRCCS Instituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy
Ulrich Lenze, Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Germany
Adam Lepley, University of Connecticut, USA
Kang Li, Rutgers University, USA
Quan Li, Department of Orthopedics, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Xin-Feng Li, Department of spinal surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Xinning Li, Boston University, USA 
Yusheng Li, Central South University, China
Zhenfeng Li, QI LU HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY, China
Bing Li, Tianjin Hospital, China
Le Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Wongthawat Liawrungrueang, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Sara Liguori, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy 
Jinn Lin, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Lorenzo Lippi, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Kai Liu, Ph.D, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, China
Yueju Liu, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China
Francesco Liuzza, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Italy
Mattia Loppini, Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy
Jörg Lützner, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Germany
Hsuan-Hsiao Ma, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Christina Zong-Hao Ma, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Yajun Ma, Ph.D., UC San Diego, USA
Giuseppe Maccagnano, University of Foggia, Italy
Julian Maempel, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
Satoshi Maki, MD, Chiba University, Japan
Ajith Malige, Cedars Sinai-Kerlan Jobe Institute and Advanced Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, USA
Shahbaz Malik, MB BCh, LLM, FRCS, Worcestershite Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Enzo Mameri, PhD, DOT - EPM at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
Ramakrishnan Mani, PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand
Stefano Marcia, MD, SS Trinitá Hosptial, Italy
Michelle Marshall, Keele University, UK
Filippo Maselli, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Geert Meermans, Bravis Hospital, Belgium
Panayiotis Megaloikonomos, University of Athens, Greece
Alexandrina Mendes, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Carmelo Messina, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy
Bobin Mi, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Sandra Miccinilli, MD, Ph.D., Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Italy
Christopher Miller, MD, MHS, Harvard Medical School, USA
Marco Minetto, MD, University of Turin, Italy
Yoshishige Miyabe, Nippon Medical School, Japan
Hideki Mizu-uchi, Kyushu University, Japan
Gabriel Moisan, DPM,PhD, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Ingrid Moller, Instituto Poal, Spain
Johnny Monu, University of Rochester, USA
Andrew Moore, University of Bristol, UK
Antimo Moretti, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Kanji Mori, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
Sei Morinaga, PhD, Kanazawa University, Japan
Javad Mortazavi, Imam University, Iran
David Musson, PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Giuseppe Musumeci, University of Catania, Italy
Satoshi Nagano, MD, PhD, Kagoshima University, Japan
Aurélie Najm, University of Glasgow, UK
Arata Nakajima, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Japan
Shinichiro Nakamura, MD, PhD, Kyoto University, Japan
Gopal Nambi, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Rachel Nelligan, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Subas Neupane, Tampere University, Finland
Guo-Xin Ni, Beijing Sport University, China
Imran Khan Niazi, PhD, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, New Zealand
Jinghui Niu, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China
Leandro A Calazans Nogueira, Federal institute of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Giovanni Noia, University of Foggia, Italy
Pardis Noormohammadpour, MD, University of Toronto, Canada
Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada
Tetsuro Ohba, Yamanashi University, Japan
Ichiro Okano, Showa University Hospital, Japan
Shun Okuwaki, Institute of Medicine, University of TsukubaJapan, Japan
Crystian Bitencourt Oliveira, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
Roxana Ramona Onofrei, University of Medicine and Pharmacy TImisoara, Romania
Win Min Oo, University of Medicine, Myanmar
Reinhold Ortmaier, Ordensklinikum Barmherzige Schwestern Linz, Austria
Yusuke Osawa, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Georg Osterhoff, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Simon Otter, PhD, University of Brighton, UK
Nihan Ozunlu Pekyavas, PhD, Baskent University, Türkiye
Patrick Pabian, PhD, University of Kentucky, USA
Rosimeire Simprini Padula, UNICID, Brazil
Shyamsundar Pal China, University of California, San Diego, USA
Stefano Palermi, Public Health Department, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Shea Palmer, Coventry University, UK
Angela Palomba, University of Campania, Italy
Feng Pan, MD, PhD, University of Tasmania, Australia
Qianqian Pang, PhD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Marco Paoletta, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Hyung Bin Park, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Korea
Jong-Beom Park, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Korea
Yong-Beom Park, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Korea
Marco Passiatore, ASST Spedali Civili (Brescia, ITALY), Italy
Kade Paterson, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Jennifer Paxton, University of Edinburgh, UK
Mark Pearson, Aston University, UK
Liam Peebles, BA, Tulane University School of Medicine, USA
Leonardo Pellicciari, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Italy
Baogan Peng, Orthopeadic Department, The Third Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Samuel Garciá Perez, PhD, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Spain
Andrea Perna, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
Jessica Piasecki, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Philipp Pieroh, University of Leipzig, Germany
Robinson Esteves-Pires, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Daniele Piscitelli, PhD, Pacific University, USA
Maciej Płaszewski, The Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland
André Pontes-Silva, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Feifei Pu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Prabhudevprasad Purudappa, Boston University School Of Medicine, USA
Jun Qiao, Nanjing University, China
Xinhua Qu, Jiaotong University, China
Christopher Rathbone, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, USA
Hamid Razak, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Mohammad Razi, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Valentin Rausch, University Hospital Cologne, Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Germany
Andrea Redler, University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy
Ignacio Rego-Pérez, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Yinshi Ren, PhD, Scottish Rite Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Asghar Rezaei, Mayo Clinic, USA
Daniel Cury Ribeiro, University of Otago, New Zealand
Allan Riis, Aalborg University, Denmark
Lorenzo Rocchi, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
Edward Rodriguez, Harvard Medical School, USA
Xin Rong, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Gholamreza Rouhi, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Iran
Giuseppe Rovere, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Markus Rupp, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Germany
Fabrizio Russo, PhD, Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
Loay Salman, MBBS, MSc(Oxon), Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Stacie Salsbury, PhD, RN, Palmer College of Chiropractic, USA
Rebekah M. Samsonraj, University of Arkansas, USA
Valerio Sansone, Università degli Studi di Milano, Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute of Milan, Italy
Fabio Santacaterina, DPT, Msc, OMPT, Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy
Michela Saracco, MD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Fabio Sarto, PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Olga Savvidou, National and Kapodistrian University Of Athens, Greece
Dalila Scaturro, University of Palermo, Italy
Hagen Schmal, Odense University, Denmark
Tannin A. Schmidt, University of Calgary, Canada
Kristian Schneider, MD, University Hospital of Münster, Germany
Aimy Sebastian, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Ronnie Sebro, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Hitesh Shah, Kasturba Medical College, India
Pranav Sharma, Yale University, USA
Saurab Sharma, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Nepal
T Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Ganga Medical Centre, India
Lei Si, George Institute, Australia
Siddhartha Sikdar, George Mason University, USA
Anabela Silva, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Peter Simon, PHD, Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and Education, United States
Harshvardhan Singh, PhD, University of Alabama, USA
Felice Sirico, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
Amarildo Smakaj, MD, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
Federico Solla, Lenval Children's Hospital, France
Paolo Spinnato, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy
Kai Sprengel, University Hosptial Zurich, Switzerland
Kevin Staats, PhD, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Kathryn Stok, University of Melbourne, Australia
Wei Ren Su, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Taiwan R.O.C.
Yuxi Su, PhD, MD, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Yoshiyuki Suehara, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan
Changjiao Sun, MD, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, China
Tao Sun, Hebei Medical University Third Affiliated Hospital, China
Akinobu Suzuki, Osaka City University, Japan
Marta Anna Szychlinska, University of Catania, Italy
Dominik Szymski, University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany
Akihiko Takeuchi, Kanazawa University, Japan
Divya Talwar, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Atul Kumar Taneja, MD, PhD, Hospital I. Albert Einstein and HCor/Teleimagem, Brazil
Xin Tang, PhD, MD, Wuhan Union Hospital, China
Hiromasa Tanino, MD, PhD, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan
Sachin Tapasvi, MS, DNB, FRCS, The Orthopaedic Speciality Clinic, India
Shi-Cong Tao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Luigi Tarallo, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Domiziano Tarantino, MD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Masaki Tatsumura, Tsukuba University Hospital Mito Clinical Education and Training Center / Mito Kyodo General Hospital, Japan
Tulyapruek Tawonsawatruk, MD, PhD, Ramathibodi Hospital, The University of Mahidol, Thailand
Scott Telfer, University of Washington, USA
Alexandre Terrier, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Gianluca Testa, MD, University of Catania, Italy
Christoph Theil, Priv.-Doz. Dr.med., University Hospital Münster, Germany
Jing Tian, PhD, University of Tasmania, Australia
Faming Tian, PhD Degree, The School of Public Health, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China, China
Andreas Toepfer, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, Switzerland
Sofia Tomasello, Medical Degree, PhD student, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Christy Tomkins-Lane, Mount Royal University, Canada
Giuseppe Toro, PhD, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Sujit Kumar Tripathy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, India
Chun-Hao Tsai, PhD, China Medical University, Taiwan R.O.C.
Tsung-Yuan Tsai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Shang-Wen Tsai, MD, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Konstantinos Tsikopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Hsi-Kai Tsou, Functional Neurosurgery Division, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Fon-Yih Tsuang, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Chao Tu, Central South University, China
Ji Tu, PhD, Cornell University, USA
Masashi Uehara, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan
Koki Uno, National Hospital Organization Kobe Medical Center, Japan
Payman Vahedi, MD, Tehran medical Branch, IAU, Iran
Epaminondas Markos Valsamis, University of Oxford, UK
Ans Van-Ginckel, Ghent University, Belgium
Ivan Vechetti, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Raffaele Vitiello, PhD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Roma, Italy
Francesco Violante, University of Bologna, Italy
Christian von-Ruden, Parcelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
Amirreza Vosoughi, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
David Waddell, University of North Flordia, USA
Thomas Wainwright, Bournemouth University, UK
Nike Walter, University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany
Beiyu Wang, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
YuanYuan Wang, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Biao Wang, Xi’an Honghui Hospital, China
Hongwei Wang, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command of Chinese PLA, China
Liao Wang, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, China
Alexandra Louise Webb, Australian National University, Australia
Ishanka Weerasekara, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Norway
Yiyong Wei, MD, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Mieszko Wieckiewicz, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Maud Wieczorek, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Łukasz Wiktor, Upper Silesian Children’s Health Centre, Poland
Jan Wilke, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Prince of Wales Hosptial, China
Arnold Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Cuiyan Wu, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Meng-Huang Wu, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
Ai-Min Wu, The Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children’ Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, China
Tingkui Wu, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Xiang-Dong Wu, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Fourth Clinical College of Peking University, National Center for Orthopaedics, China
Markus Wurm, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Germany
Caroline Wyers, PhD, VieCuri Medical Center and Maastricht University, Netherlands
Vikki Wylde, Bristol University, UK
Liangliang Xiang, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Guoming Xie, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, China
Jinwei Xie, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Kai Xie, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Hong Xu, Sichuan University, West China Hospital, China
Chi Xu, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Nanfang Xu, Peking University Third Hopsital, China
Junjie Xu, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Yoshiaki Yamanaka, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Mengning Yan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Xi Yang, West China Hospital, China
Shuman Yang, PhD, Jilin University, China
Dejin Yang, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, China
Huiliang Yang, MD, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Wei Yang, Washington University St Louis, US
Simon Yeung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Christos Yiannakopoulos, MD, MS, PhD, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Takuji Yokoe, MD, PhD, University of Miyazaki, Japan
Varah Yuenyongviwat, Prince of Songkla university, Thailand
Aihemaitijiang Yusufu, PhD, Affiliated First Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, China
Joshua Zadro, PhD, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
Fabio Zaina, ISICO, Italy
Fabio Zanchini, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Italy
Wei Zeng, University of Virginia, USA
Wei-Nan Zeng, Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, China
Guangju Zhai, PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Jiliang Zhai, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Shi Zhan, Shanghai sixth hospital affliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Chaofan Zhang, MD, PhD, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, China
Shaoyun Zhang, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, China
Chaofan Zhang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, China
Yu Zhao, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China
Gongyin Zhao, Mayo Clinic, Nanjing Medical University, China
De-jun Zhong, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, China
Weiyang Zhong, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Zhiyu Zhou, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat_sen University, China
Zhaohua Zhu, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, China
Yuan Zhu, Shanghai Ruijin hospital, China
Zezhang Zhu, Nanjing University Medical School, China

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