Dr. Luca Petrigna completed a Ph.D. 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 Ph.D., he studied at the Lithuanian Sports University and the University of Colorado in 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.
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Musumeci works as a Professor of Human Anatomy and Sports Sciences at the Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Italy. He is also 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. He graduated with a degree in Human Movement Sciences (Kinesiology) at Catania University Medical School. He was then awarded a four-year Human Movement Science Ph.D. (doctorate) grant. Additionally, he carried out his research activity at the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Maryland, USA); the AO Research Institute, Davos (Switzerland); and
the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz (Austria). He is a member of different Italian and international associations of Anatomy, Histology, Kinesiology, Sport Medicine, and Exercise. 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. Further areas of interest include tissue engineering for tissue regeneration, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, neuroscience, and cancer.
