The Running Athlete (PDF)

Gian Luigi Canata is Orthopaedic Surgeon, specialized in Orthopaedics and Traumatology and in Sports Medicine. He is Director of the Centre of Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopic Surgery at Koelliker Hospital, Turin, Italy. He is also Director of the Medical Services of CUS Torino (University Sports Centre), ESSKA-ESMA Chairman and Chair of the ISAKOS Ankle and Foot Committee.
Henrique Jones is Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist. He works at the Hospital da Luz, Setubal and is the Clinical Director of the Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Clinic, Montijo, Lisbon. He is the Former Vice President of the UEFA Medical Committee, Past President of ESSKA - ESMA, and SPAT (Portuguese Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology). He is invited Professor of Lusofona University, Lisbon, and member of the Portuguese Speciality College of Sports Medicine Doctors. He is also a Reviewer of the JEO Journal, Acta Medica Portuguesa, and Ic Sports (Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support).


Werner Krutsch is Orthopaedic Surgeon and Specialist for Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine in the private institute SportDocsFranken in Nürnberg, Germany. He is Professor in the Department of Trauma Surgery at the University Medical Centre Regensburg and Head of the FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence Regensburg, Germany. Professor Krutsch is Member of the Medical Committee and Co-Director of the Football Medicine Programme at the German Football Association DFB. He is additionally Member of the Task Force Sports Medicine of the Deutsche Fussball Liga and Team Physician of the Football Club 1. FC Nürnberg. Patricia Thoreux is professor of orthopaedic and traumatology surgery at University Sorbonne Paris Nord. She is specialized in Knee and Shoulder surgery and Sports traumatology. She is head department of CIMS (Centre d'Investigations en Médecine du Sport) at Hôtel Dieu hospital - APHP and of Sports and Exercice department at Hôpital Jean Verdier - APHP.