EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE

Fully open access journal

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SIMFER), European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM), European Union of Medical Specialists - Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Section (UEMS-PRM)
In association with International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM)
Indexed/Abstracted in: Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, EMBASE, PubMed/MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Impact Factor 3.3 (2023)

Bi-Monthly

pISSN 1973-9087

eISSN 1973-9095

EDITORIAL BOARD

Chief Editor
Giorgio Ferriero
University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
ICS Maugeri, IRCCS Institute of Tradate, Tradate, Italy

Deputy Editors
Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
Politecnica delle Marche University, Ancona, Italy

Mauro Zampolini
San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Perugia, Italy

Associate Editors
Anna Cantagallo
BrainCare, Clinic Center, Padua, Italy

François Constant Boyer
Université Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA, UFR Sante), Reims, France

Marco Franceschini
IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy

Elena Ilieva
Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Levent Özçakar
Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

Stefano Paolucci
IRCCS, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy

Marco Di Monaco
Presidio Sanitario San Camillo, Opera San Camillo Foundation, Turin, Italy

Jean-François Kaux
Liège University, Liège, Belgium

Aydan Oral
University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Marco Paoloni
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Alessandro Picelli
University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Federico Posteraro
Versilia Hospital, Lucca, Italy

Nicola Smania
University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Fabio Zaina
ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Milan, Italy

Editorial Board
Yvona Angerova
First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Alessio Baricich
University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Andrea Bernetti
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Helena Burger
University Rehabilitation Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Paolo Capodaglio
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Roberto Casale
Opusmedica PC&R, Persons Care & Research Network, Piacenza, Italy

Francesca Cecchi
University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Scientific Institute Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy

Richard Crevenna
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Elena Dalla Toffola
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Alessandro de Sire
University of Catanzaro “Magna Grecia”, Catanzaro, Italy

Pietro Fiore
University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy - ICS Maugeri, Bari, Italy

Calogero Foti
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Francesca Gimigliano
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Xiaolei Hu
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Jaro Karppinen
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Ayse Kücükdeveci
Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

Sara Laxe
Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Marie-Martine Lefevre-Colau
Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France

Stefano Masiero
University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Franco Molteni
H. Valduce, Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Costa Masnaga, Italy

Marco Monticone
University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Giovanni Morone
University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Kristine M. Oostra
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Luca Padua
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Teresa Paolucci
“G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti - Pescara, Italy

Susana Pinto
University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Michael Quittan
Karl Landsteiner Institute for Remobilisation, Vienna, Austria

Valter Santilli
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Silvia Sterzi
Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy

Peter Takac
L. Pasteur University Hospital, Kosice, Slovak Republic

Carlo Trompetto
University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

Tonko Vlak
Clinical Hospital Center Split, Split, Croatia

Board of Directors
Klemen Grabljevec
European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM)

Calogero Foti
Mediterranean Forum of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (MFPRM)

Giovanni Iolascon
Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SIMFER)

Mauro Zampolini
European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) - PRM Section

Statistical Advisors
Coordinator: Sabrina Donzelli
ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Milan, Italy

Chiara Arienti
IRCCS Fondazione Don Gnocchi, Milan, Italy

Susan Armijo-Olivo
University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Carlos Cordero García
Juan Ramón Jiménez Hospital, Huelva, Spain

Scientific Secretaries
Francesco Agostini
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Elisa Andrenelli
Politecnica delle Marche University, Ancona, Italy

Daniele Coraci
University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Timur Ekiz
Turkmenbasi Medical Center, Adana, Turkey

Sandra Miccinilli
Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy

Francesco Negrini
ICS Maugeri, IRCCS Institute of Tradate, Tradate, Italy
University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Patrizio Sale
Ospedale Sant’Isidoro FERB Onlus, Trescore Balneario, Italy

Piotr Tederko
Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Senior Editor
Paolo Di Benedetto
University Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy

Honorary Consulting Editor
Franco Franchignoni
ICS Maugeri, IRCCS Institute of Tradate, Tradate, Italy

Stefano Negrini
University “La Statale”, Milan, Italy
IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy

Managing Editor
Alberto Oliaro
University of Turin, Turin, Italy