Kamila Niewolak, PT – Head of the Medical Rehabilitation Department at "Solanki" Health Resort, Inowrocław. She graduated in July 2006 from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Since then, she has worked as a physiotherapist, primarily with neurological, cardiological, and geriatric patients. Her main research interests include gait re-education and fall prevention. Since 2015, she has been an active member of the Polish Physiotherapy Society, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Branch. She also collaborates with medical universities as a clinical instructor and practical training educator.

Joanna Antkiewicz, PT is a licensed physiotherapist specializing in neurorehabilitation. Since 2019, she has been part of the therapeutic team at the "Solanki" Health Resort in Inowrocław. She earned her BSc in Physiotherapy in 2016 and completed her MSc in December 2018 at the Military Medical Faculty of the Medical University of Łódź. Her clinical and academic interests focus on integrating advanced technologies, especially robotics, into gait re-education for neurological patients. She is certified as a G-EO System user (REHA Technology) and has completed Clinical Training Levels 1 and 2 with EKSO BIONICS™, which has strengthened her expertise in robotic-assisted rehabilitation

Laura Piejko, PT, PhD – Assistant Professor at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Poland. She earned her PhD in January 2018 and holds an MSc in Physiotherapy (2013). She has several years of professional experience as a licensed physiotherapist. Currently, she heads the Clinical Unit of Physiotherapy in Psychiatry at the Academy. Her research focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to skin aging prevention, including the use of physical treatments and chemical agents for managing various skin conditions, such as scars.

Grzegorz Sobota MsC, PhD is an associate professor in the Department of Biomechanics and Head                                    of Biomechanics Laboratory at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. He received his PH.D. in 2008  and habilitation in 2019 at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. His research interests include gait analysis, biomechanical movement analysis, and biological signal processing. He is a member of the Polish Society of Biomechanics.

Prof. Adam Maszczyk is a full professor, Head of the Department of Statistics, Methodology, and Informatics, and Director of the Doctoral School at the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Poland. He earned his PhD in 2007, habilitation in 2014, and was awarded the title of professor in 2020. With over 20 years of academic experience, his work focuses on advanced statistics, machine learning, biomechanics, and performance optimization in elite sport. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Technical-Statistical Editor of the Journal of Human Kinetics. His research interests include predictive analytics in sport, neurophysiological adaptations, and evidence-based training design. Prof. Maszczyk is an active member of several scientific societies and has received multiple national awards for academic excellence and methodological innovation.

Agnieszka Nawrat-Szołtysik, PT, PhD is an assistant professor at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Faculty of Physiotherapy, and Head of the Department of Diagnostics and Rehabilitation Programming. She also leads the Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy Unit at the Święta Elżbieta Centre in Ruda Śląska. She earned her MSc in Physiotherapy in 2007 and PhD in Physical Culture Sciences in 2014 from the same institution. She also completed postgraduate studies in Healthcare Management in 2010. Since 2010, she has been part of the Academy’s research and teaching staff. She has worked as a physiotherapist at the Święta Elżbieta Centre since 2003 and since 2023 has also provided home rehabilitation at the Euromed Clinic. She conducts training for healthcare professionals in geriatrics and coordinates national senior programs. Her research interests include aging, physical activity, body composition, bone mass, fracture prevention, and geriatric syndromes.

Prof. Józef Opara, MD, PhD is a Full Professor in the Chair of Clinical Physiotherapy at the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. He graduated as a physician from the Silesian Academy of Medicine in 1967 and holds specializations in Neurology (1977) and Medical Rehabilitation (1982). He earned his MD in 1983 and completed habilitation in 1998. In 2008, he was awarded the title of Full Professor. From 1980 to 2006, he led the Department of Neurological Rehabilitation at the Silesian Centre of Rehabilitation in Tarnowskie Góry. Since 1999, he has been affiliated with the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. His research covers stroke rehabilitation, spasticity, spinal cord injury, low back pain, spondylotic cervical myelopathy, post-polio syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, clinimetrics, quality of life, and physical activity. He is a member of the World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation (WFNR), the European Society for NeuroRehabilitation, and the Polish Society for Neurological Rehabilitation.

Prof. Cezary Kucio, MD is a professor of medical and health sciences and a specialist in internal medicine. From 1981 to 1992, he worked as an assistant and assistant professor at the Department and Clinic of Gastroenterology, Silesian Medical University in Katowice. Between 1992 and 2024, he served as Head of Internal Medicine Departments in hospitals in Czeladź, Jaworzno, and at the District Railway Hospital in Katowice. Since 2003, he has been a professor at the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, and since 2007, Head of the Department of Physiotherapy in Internal Medicine. He was also Dean of the Faculty of Physiotherapy at the Academy from 2008 to 2016. His scientific achievements include authorship or co-authorship of 92 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 19), 27 congress reports, 3 textbooks (as editor or co-editor), and 15 book chapters. He has supervised nine doctoral theses and led internal medicine specialization training for 21 physicians.

Anna Polak, PT, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. She currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Physiotherapy and Head of the Department of Clinical Physiotherapy. She holds a PhD in Medical Sciences (1999) and a postdoctoral degree (habilitation) in Medical and Health Sciences, in the field of Physical Culture Sciences (2018). Her clinical and academic expertise focuses on chronic wound treatment and geriatric rehabilitation. Her research specialization includes the use of physical modalities—particularly electrotherapy—in chronic wound management, as well as physiotherapy in geriatric and neurological patients. She is a member of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.