Role of pan-national associations such as the European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ECOSEP) in advancing the specialty of sports and exercise medicine in the 21st century

• Neil Heron,
• Nicola Maffulli,
• Volker Scheer,
• Heinz Lohrer,
• Mourad Ghrairi,
• Xavier Valle,
• Nikos Malliaropoulos,
• Amir Pakravan,
• Beat Knechtle,
• Kyriakos Tsapralis,
• Jose María Bueno Padilla

Affiliations

Neil Heron

Keele University, Keele, UK

Nicola Maffulli

Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK

Volker Scheer

Ultra Sports Science Foundation, Pierre-Benite, France

Heinz Lohrer

Zentrum für Sportorthopädie, European SportsCare Network, Wiesbaden, Germany

Mourad Ghrairi

Chief Medical Officer, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Xavier Valle

Medical Department, FC Barcelona Servicios Medicos, Barcelona, Spain

Nikos Malliaropoulos

Centre Sports and Exercise Medicine, QMUL, London, UK

Amir Pakravan

Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK

Beat Knechtle

Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Kyriakos Tsapralis

Isokinetic Medical Group, Bologna, Italy

Jose María Bueno Padilla

Football Medicine Performance Association, Spanish Football Doctors Association, Madrid, Spain