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European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2022 October;58(5):659-65

DOI: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07668-7

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Stefano NEGRINI ^{1, 2}, Kristian BORG ^{3, 4}, Anne CUSICK ⁵, Giorgio FERRIERO ^{6, 7}, Walter R. FRONTERA ⁸, Douglas P. GROSS ⁹, Allen HEINEMANN ¹⁰, Wendy MACHALICEK ¹¹, Ann P. MOORE ^{12, 13}, Randolph J. NUDO ¹⁴, Dominic PÉRENNOU ¹⁵, Henk STAM ^{16, 17}, Carlotte KIEKENS ¹⁸ ✉

¹ Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University “La Statale”, Milan, Italy; ² IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy; ³ Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet Danderyd University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; ⁴ Chief Editor Journal Rehabilitation Medicine; ⁵ Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁶ Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Scientific Institute of Tradate, IRCCS, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Tradate, Varese, Italy; ⁷ Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; ⁸ Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Sports Medicine and Department of Physiology, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico; ⁹ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ¹⁰ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA; ¹¹ Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA; ¹² Editor in Chief Musculoskeletal Science and Practice an International Journal of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy; ¹³ Professor Emerita, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK; ¹⁴ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA; ¹⁵ University Grenoble Alpes, UMR CNRS 5105 Neuropsychology and NeuroCognition, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Department of NeuroRehabilitation South Hospital, Cs 10217 - 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France; ¹⁶ Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; ¹⁷ Chief Editor Journal Rehabilitation Medicine; ¹⁸ IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy