Author Biographies

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Luca Petrigna completed a PhD in Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences with a scholarship funded by the University of Palermo (Italy) in partnership with the Lithuanian Sports University (Lithuania) in 2021. During his PhD, he studied at the Lithuanian Sports University and the University of Colorado Boulder (United States of America), where he worked on different projects. At the beginning of 2016, he took part in a research project on the potential benefits of Zumba Gold for people with Parkinson’s at Oxford Brookes University (United Kingdom) as an Honorary Research Associate. In 2015, he obtained a Master’s degree with Distinction, “Menzione alla Carriera”, and “Dignità di Stampa” in Sports Sciences and Adaptive Activities at the University of Turin (Italy). He graduated from the University of Palermo (Italy) in 2013 with a First Class Bachelor’s degree with Distinction in Sport and Exercise Science. During his period at the University of Palermo (Italy), Luca completed a 6-month Erasmus experience at the University of Greenwich (United Kingdom), where he took part in a research program on Critical Power in cyclists. Currently, his scientific interest, at the University of Catania, is to evaluate the morphological aspects of musculoskeletal pathologies (osteoarthritis) and to predict astrometric, thermal, and kinematic changes in patients with early osteoarthritis through infrared thermography.
Giuseppe Musumeci is a Full Professor of Exercise and Sports Sciences at the Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania. He completed his PhD studies in Human Movement Science at the University of Catania in 2009. He is the Director of the Research Center on Motor Activities (CRAM), the Director of the Master’s Program in the School of Posturology and Physical Exercise Sciences, the Vice Dean of the Human Movement Sciences Faculty, and the Head of the Movement Innovation PosturaLab at the University of Catania. His main research fields include the morphological, molecular, and biochemical aspects of osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal conditions, and the relative effects of diet, aging, and physical activity. His further areas of interest include tissue engineering for tissue regeneration, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, neuroscience, and cancer. In these fields, he has investigated the biological, molecular, morphological, and histopathological characteristics of the tissues involved. He has 292 publications with 7445 citations and an h-index of 48 (Scopus, 21 November 2023).
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