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BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine Editorial Board members have agreed and adhere to the BMJ Editor Roles and Responsibilities guidelines; including our Editor policy on competing interests.
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Evert Verhagen, PhD
Amsterdam UMC - Locatie VUMC
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area of expertise: Injury prevention, Sports medicine, Epidemiology
orcid.org/0000-0001-9227-8234 @evertverhagen
Declaration of Interests, see here

Senior Associate Editors
Dr Nash Anderson, BSc, MSc
Tuggeranong Chiropractic Centre
Canberra, Australia
Area of expertise: Chiropractic
orcid.org/0000-0002-1786-8805 / @sportmednews
Prof. Daniel Belavy, PhD
Hochschule für Gesundheit (University of Applied Sciences)
Bochum, Germany
Area of expertise: Musculoskeletal disorders, Low-back pain, Physiotherapy
orcid.org/0000-0002-9307-832X
Dr Amy Harwood, PhD
Coventry University
Coventry, UK
Area of expertise: Exercise physiology Cardiovascular Disease Implementation
orcid.org/0000-0002-5745-2564



Dr Yorgi Mavros, PhD
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Area of expertise: Resistance training, Sarcopoenia, Mental health, Diabetes, Cognitive impairment
orcid.org/0000-0002-2588-0425
Associate Prof. Diana Robinson, MBBS, FACSEP
Sydney Sportsmed Specialists
Sydney, Australia
Area of expertise: Education Anti-doping
orcid.org/0000-0002-2627-2309
Dr Nicola Sewry, PhD
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Area of expertise: Epidemiology Prevention
orcid.org/0000-0003-1022-4780



Associate Editors
Dr Osman Ahmed, PhD
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Poole, UK
Area of expertise: Para athletes, eHealth
orcid.org/0000-0002-1439-0076
Dr Ana Azevedo, PhD
Lisbon, Portugal
Area of expertise: MSK Physiotherapy, Dance medicine and science, Lower extremity rehabilitation and prevention
Dr Callum Baker, PhD AEP
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Area of Expertise: Obesity, insulin resistance, ectopic fat and diabetes complications
orcid.org/0000-0002-7818-8440
Dr Justine Benoit-Piau, PT MSc
Centre de recherche du CHU
Sherbrooke, Canada
Area of expertise: Qualitative Research, Dance Injury, Dance Medicine
orcid.org/0000-0001-9943-2978
Prof. Stijn Bogaerts, MD, PhD
UZ KU Leuven,
Leuven, Belgium
Area of expertise: Muscle and tendon injuries, sports medicine, leadership
orcid.org/0000-0001-5708-2439
@stijnbog
Dr Justin Carrard, MD
Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Switzerland
Area of expertise: Exercise medicine, Metabolomics applied to SEM, Fatigue and overtraining, SEM in healthcare and education
orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-105X
Miss Sonia Cheng, PhD
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Area of expertise: Physiotherapy, Physical activity, Accelerometery
orcid.org/0000-0001-7783-6891
Professor Pascal Edouard
University Hospital of Saint-Etienne & University Jean Monnet, University of Lyon
Lyon, France
Area of expertise: Athletics, Data Science, Implementation, Injury Prevention, Muscle, Epidemiology
orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-3612
Dr Frida Eek, PhD
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Area of expertise: Epidemiology, sports injury, stress/behavioural medicine
orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-589X
Dr Allison Ezzat, PT, PhD
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Area of expertise: injury prevention, osteoarthritis, implementation science, qualitative research
orcid.org/0000-0003-2576-0412
Kristina Fagher, PhD
Physiotherapist
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Area of expertise: Para-athletes, Qualitative Research, Physiotherapy
orcid.org/0000-0002-9524-7553
Dr Tess Flood, PhD
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, UK
Area of expertise: Exercise physiology, Female Endocrinology, Environmental Physiology (thermal)
orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-0957
Candy Foelix LMT, NMT
Child of this Culture Foundation
Florida, USA & Aarau, Switzerland
Area of expertise: Fascia, Somatic Therapy, Resistance Flexibility, Hip Hop Culture Education, Breaking
Dr Larisa Gomaz, MSc
TU Delft
Delft, Netherlands
Area of expertise: Data Science, Statistics, Modelling
orcid.org/0000-0002-1282-984X
Prof. Vincent Gremeaux, MD, PhD
Swiss Olympic Medical Center, Sport Medicine Unit, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital
Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Area of expertise: Sports Medicine, overuse injuries, exercise physiology, evaluation, prevention
0000-0002-3444-908X
@drvgremeaux
Miss Blair Hamilton, PHD
School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Brighton, UK
Area of expertise: Transgender Athletes, Bone Health
orcid.org/0000-0003-2509-9767
Dr Sharief Hendricks, PhD
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Area of expertise: Rugby, Implementation, Stakeholder engagement
orcid.org/0000-0002-3416-6266
Professor Luiz Hespanhol, PhD
Universidade Cidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Area of expertise: Epidemiology, Injury prevention, Running
orcid.org/0000-0003-1774-4746
Professor Karsten Hollander, MD, PhD
Institute of Interdisciplinary Exercise Science and Sports Medicine
MSH Medical School Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Area of expertise: Biomechanics, Epidemiology, Athletics, Running
orcid.org/0000-0002-5682-9665
Dr Matthew Hollings, PhD
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular disease, Cardiac rehabilitation, Exercise physiology, Resistance training, Ageing
orcid.org/0000-0003-1083-1062
Dr. Aminu Alhassan Ibrahim, PhD, PT
Skyline University Nigeria
Kano State, Nigeria
Area of expertise: Musculoskeletal disorders, Low back pain, Physiotherapy, Patient reported outcomes, Epidemiology
orcid.org/0000-0002-5711-1639
Abbis Jaffri PT, MS, PhD
Department of Physical Therapy, Creighton University
Omaha, US
Area of expertise: Lower extremity injury, ultrasound imaging, sports medicine, physical activity
Moa Jederström, MD, PhD student
Athletics Research Center, Linköping University
Sweden
Area of expertise: Youth sports, Aesthetic sports, Psychiatry/Mental health, Safeguarding
orcid.org/0000-0003-0938-084X
Dr David M. Keohane, MB, MSc, FFSEM, FRACGP
Cork University Hospital
Cork, Ireland
Area of expertise: Physical activity, Metabolic health, Injury
orcid.org/0000-0003-2231-0029
Dr Sietske Luijten, MSc
Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Epidemiology, Injury Prevention , Para athletes
orcid.org/0000-0003-1987-9986
Dr Rina Magnani, PhD
Universidade Estadual de Goiás
Anapolis, Brazil
Area of expertise: Gait, Biomechanics
orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-5119
Dr Laurent Malisoux, PhD
Luxembourg Institute of Health
Strassen, Luxembourg
Area of expertise: Injury prevention, epidemiology, biomechanics, physical activity measurement
orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-5630
Robert Mann, MSc
Research Fellow
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Area of expertise: Running injury, Implementation, Load Monitoring
orcid.org/0000-0003-3704-6881
Dr Myles Murphy, PhD FASMF MACP
Edith Cowan University
Joondalup, Australia
Area of expertise: Tendon, pain, neuroscience, systematic review
orcid.org/0000-0001-6068-1096
Ms Nikki McLeary
Extreme Medicine Fellow/Honorary Senior Lecturer
Department of Sports & Health Sciences
University of Exeter, UK
Area of expertise: Challenging environments, Extreme sports, Human factors


























Anna Melin, PhD, RD
Linnaeus University
Växjö/Kalmar, Sweden
Areas of expertise: Sports nutrition, relative energy deficiency in sports, eating disorders
orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-1311
Dr. Katelyn Mitchell, PhD, PT, CAT(C)
University of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada
Area of Expertise: Concussion, motor control, para athletes
orcid.org/0000-0002-7889-9568
Dr Trine Moholdt, PhD
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
Area of expertise: Randomised controlled trials, Coronary heart disease, Obesity
orcid.org/0000-0003-1024-8088
Dr Joske Nauta, PhD
Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Areas of interest: Injury Prevention, Children & Adolescents, Motor Development
orcid.org/0000-0002-4516-1049
Dr Greig Nicol, PhD
Aberdeen Football Club
Aberdeen, UK
Area of expertise: General-Practice, Osteoarthritis, Biopsychosocial
orcid.org/0000-0003-4345-5745
Dr Habib Noorbhai, MPhil, PhD
University of Johannesburg,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Area of expertise: Exercise science, Cricket, Healthcare technology
orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-6854
Mr Rilind Obërtinca, PT, PhD candidate
Institute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University.
Saarbrücken, Germany
Area of expertise: Injury prevention, sports physiotherapy, sports epidemiology
orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-8822
Dr IK Ogbonmwan, MRes, MBBS, MSc, MRCGP
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Manchester, UK
Area of expertise: Achilles tendinopathy, Rugby injury, Football injury
orcid.org/0000-0002-8317-9792
Carole Akinyi Okoth, MBChB, MMed IMed
National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital, Ministry of Health
Kenya
Area of expertise: Internal Medicine, Sports Medicine
Dr Fabio Oliveira, PT, PhD
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris)
Laval University
Quebec, Canada
Area of expertise: Tennis, Physiotherapy, Rotator cuff tendinopathy, Upper extremities rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal disorders
orcid.org/0000-0002-7127-6560
Instagram: @fabiofisiosports
Associate Prof. Patrick Owen, PhD
Eastern Health & Monash University
Victoria, Australia
Area of expertise: Emergency medicine, Low back pain, Research methods, Biostatistics
orcid.org/0000-0003-3924-9375
Mr Tej Pandya, BSc
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
Area of expertise: Medical education, Quality of life, Reviews
orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1211
Dr Nirmala Perera, PhD
Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians
Victoria, Australia
Area of expertise: Social media, Injury prevention
orcid.org/0000-0001-6110-8945
Dr Larissa Pinheiro, PT MSc
UFMG
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Area of expertise: Para athletes, Physical Therapy
orcid.org/0000-0001-5927-2893
Mr Aamir Raoof Memon, DPT, MPhil, PGD
Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women
Nawabshah, Pakistan
Area of expertise: Activity monitoring, Cost-effectiveness, PA promotion
orcid.org/0000-0002-3203-418X
Prof Stevo Popovic, PhD
University of Montenegro
Podgorica, Montenegro
Area of expertise: Physical Activity and Population Health
orcid.org/0000-0002-6633-3575
Dr Mike Reiman, PhD
Duke University
Durham, USA
Area of expertise: Hip, ACLm Athletics
orcid.org/0000-0003-4557-3446
Dr Renan Resende, PhD
Area of expertise: Para-athletes, Biomechanics
orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-3278
Dr Daniel Rojas-Valverde, PhD
Universidad Nacional / Escuela Ciencias del Movimiento Humano y Calidad de Vida
Costa Rica
Area of expertise: Monitoring, Performance, Accelerometers
orcid.org/0000-0002-0717-8827
Dr Colin Solomon, PhD
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Areas of Expertise: Exercise Physiology, Respiratory Physiology, Environmental Physiology
Dr Norasak Suvachittanont, MD, MSc (Sport Cardiology)
Heart Institute, Samitivej Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
Area of expertise: Sport Cardiology, Preventive Cardiology
orcid.org/0000-0002-0022-8369
Dr Daniel Tinnion, PhD
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, United Kingdom
Area of expertise: Sport and exercise physiology and nutrition.
orcid.org/0000-0002-3116-0985
Nefeli Tsiouti, PT, MA, MSc
Advance Medical Centre
European University Cyprus, Scientific Collaborator
Nicosia, Cyprus
Area of expertise: Dance medicine & science, Physiotherapy, Injury prevention, Injury Epidemiology
orcid.org/0000-0003-0019-9622
Laila Usacka
Sports Physician
University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Area of expertise: Exercise physiology, Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
orcid.org/0000-0003-1688-5926
Dr Femke van Nassau, PhD
Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area of expertise: Implementation, Public Health
orcid.org/0000-0002-3726-550X
Sandro Vella, MSc SEM
Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff & Malta Football Association
Malta
Area of expertise: Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Injury Prevention, Mixed-Methods
orcid.org/0000-0001-7571-9018
Dr Dane Vishnubala, MBBS PGCME MRCGP MSc SEM DipSEM (UK) FFSEM FHEA
University of Leeds, Hull York Medical School, Imperial College London, British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
UK
Area of expertise: Qualitative research, medical education, physical activity, concussion, medical speciality of sport and exercise medicine
orcid.org/0000-0003-2135-8258
Dr Liam West, BSc (Hons), MBBCh, MSc, SEM
Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic (ASMC)
Melbourne, Australia
Area of expertise: Undergraduate SEM, Physical activity, Concussion
orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-1613
Dr Patrick Wheeler, MBChB, PhD, MSc, FFSEM, MRCGP
Department of Sport & Exercise Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Leicester, UK
Area of expertise: Tendinopathy, Plantar Fasciitis, Trials
orcid.org/0000-0003-2509-9767
Irina Zelenkova
Spain
Area of expertise: Injury prevention, cervical spine, female athletes
orcid.org/0000-0002-2166-6704
Bianca Zietsman, MChiro
Central Queensland University
Brisbane, Australia
Area of expertise: Injury prevention, cervical spine, female athletes
orcid.org/0000-0002-6980-7369





























Statistical Editors
Dr Chao Cao, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, USA
Area of expertise: Exercise, Human Metabolism, Cancer Survivorship
orcid.org/0000-0002-0455-1171
Dr Lingxiao Chen, MBBS, MMed, PhD
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Area of expertise: Musculoskeletal disorder, Epidemiology, Statistical Modelling
orcid.org/0000-0001-7721-0493


Dr Tao Xiao, PhD
Shenzhen University
Shenzhen, China
Area of expertise: Machine Learning, Exercise Prescription
orcid.org/0000-0002-5477-156X

Qualitative Research Editors
Dr Marelise Badenhorst, PhD
Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ)
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Area of expertise: Qualitative methods, Physiotherapy, Para athletes
orcid.org/0000-0001-8443-9173

Dr Sheree Bekker, PhD
University of Bath
Bath, UK
Area of expertise: Qualitative methods, Equality, Diversity
orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-6280

Student Panel
Naila Babayeva
Turkey
Areas of interest: Snowsports, Injury Prevention, Qualitative Research
orcid.org/0000-0002-2695-0456
Loic Bel, PT, MSc
Fribourg, Switzerland
Oriol Bonell, PT, MSc
Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Areas of interest: Snowsports, Injury Prevention, Qualitative Research
orcid.org/0000-0003-4865-5922
Madhav Chowdry
India
Areas of interest: Sports Injury & Illness Prevention; Biomechanics; Sports Psychology
orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0326
Pierre-Eddy Dandrieux, MSc
Jean-Monnet University
Saint-Etienne, France
Areas of interest: Data Science, Biomechanics
orcid.org/0000-0001-7230-6728
Kathryn Dane, PhD candidate
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Areas of interest: Rugby, Female Athletes, Injury Prevention, Epidemiology
orcid.org/0000-0001-8083-6278
Janesh Ganda, PhD Candidate
Cape Town, South Africa
Area of interest: Injury Prevention, Sports Medicine, Concussion
orcid.org/0000-0002-8724-4838
Romina Gollan, MSc
Deakin University
Victoria, Australia
Areas of interest: Back Pain, Sports Injuries, Musculoskeletal Health
Daniel Humpreys, BExSc, BChiroSc, GradDipEd
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity
Rockhampton, Australia
Area of Interest: Exercise Science, Chiropractic, Education
orcid.org/0009-0000-3244-9628
Carley Jewell, MSc
Brock University
St. Catharines, Canada
Areas of Interest: Concussion, Sport and Exercise Psychology, University Athletes
orcid.org/0009-0008-7681-5843
Svenja Kaczorowski, MSc
Hochschule für Gesundheit (University of Applied Sciences)
Bochum, Germany
Areas of Interest: Low Back Pain, Physiotherapy, Telerehabilitation
orcid.org/0000-0001-8794-3252
Nahwera Loyce, MSc
Kyambogo University, Uganda
Kenyatta University, Kenya
Areas of Interest: Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, Fitness Instruction, Exercise Science









Jack Maclean
The University of Notre Dame
Sydney, Australia
Areas of Interest: Public Health, Elderly, Lifestyle
Joseph Menezes BSc (Hons)
Rīga Stradiņš University
Riga, Latvia
Areas of Interest: Pitch-side Care, Anti-Doping, Public Health, Safeguarding
orcid.org/0009-0008-9921-5744
Joseph Muchiri, MSc
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Embu, Kenya
Areas of Interest: Design, Sports Science
Wanda van Niekerk, MPhil
Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre (HPALS), University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Areas of Interest: Sports Physiotherapy, Youth Sports
Cameron Pfeffer, BSc
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton, Australia
Areas of Interest: Athlete Development, Running Kinematic and Injuries, Body Systems Effects While Training
Matheus Pontes, PT, MSc, GrDip
LUNEX International University of Health, Exercise & Sports
Differdange, Luxembourg
Areas of Interest: Sports Epidemiology, Ankle Sprain, Neuromuscular Control, Biomechanics, Return to Performance
orcid.org/0000-0002-1657-5605
Ludwig Rappelt
Germany
Area of Interest: Exercise Physiology
orcid.org/0000-0002-2593-8025
Nilavan Sathasivam
Université de Lausanne,
Lausanne, Switzerland
Area of Interest: Sports medicine, Neurology, Sports and Exercise psychology
orcid.org/0009-0008-0880-7630
Isla Shill, PhD Candidate
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Areas of Interest: Injury Prevention, Epidemiology, Rugby
orcid.org/0000-0003-0175-2354
Melissa Tan, B.Med.Sc. M.Chiro. M.Res
Absolute Care Chiropractic & Sports Therapy
Sydney, Australia
Areas of Interest: Chiropractic, Sports Injury Management, Sports-related Concussion, Sport Science
orcid.org/0000-0002-5934-7645
Tomer Yona, PT, MSc
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, Israel
Areas of Interest: Biomechanics, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Lower Extremity Injury






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