Giorgio Scivoletto (Neurologist, Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, PhD in Advanced Technology in Rehabilitation Medicine) is the director of the Spinal Cord Unit and the Neurorehabilitation Clinical Unit 1 and the Head of the Spinal Rehabilitation (SpiRe) Lab ati IRCCS Fondazione S. Lucia. He authored more than 100 papers published on indexed journals (H index=33), several book chapters and contributions to conferences. He serves as reviewer for several indexed journals and is member of the Editorial Board of Spinal Cord. He has been involved in several national and international research projects. His research is focused on the study of the outcomes of spinal cord injury patients and of the evaluation scales for these patients. He is member of the editorial board and / or associate editor of several journals and has been the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS).

Stefano Negrini, MD PhD, is Professor in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM), University “La Statale”, Milan; Director of the Evidence Based Rehabilitation Laboratory, Research Hospital Galeazzi Sant’Ambrogio, Milan; Director of Cochrane Rehabilitation; Scientific Director of ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute). He is a member of the European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine, an Italian delegate at the European Union Medical Specialists-PRM Section, and on the Advisory Board of the International Society On Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT). He chaired multiple National and International Meetings and Master courses. He was Chief-Editor of the “European Journal of PRM” 2004-20. He won 19 Awards, published >500 PubMed/Medline papers and gave >120 Lectures. He has a Scopus H-Index of 52.

Linn Christin Risvang is a PhD fellow at the Department of Physical Performance. She works on the project «Improving bone health in wheelchair users by a long-term intervention combining bone-specific exercise and nutrition (BoneWheel)”. Linn completed a master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Nutrition from London Sport Institute, Middlesex University in 2017, and has extensive experience as a strength coach.

Maxime van Oort is a junior researcher at the research department of the Sint Maartenskliniek (Nijmegen, the Netherlands). Her research aims to improve cardiovascular health in people who have suffered a spinal cord injury.

Joost Baardman is a physician who finished his PMR residency in May 2023 in De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation in Utrecht, the Netherlands. His clinical and research interests lie in the field of rehabilitation after spinal cord injury. His research projects about the use of Extended Reality in spinal cord injury rehabilitation are part of a PhD programme since 2022.