Dr. Luca Petrigna completed a Ph.D. in Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences with a scholarship funded by the University of Palermo (Italy) in partnership with the Lithuanian Sports University (Lithuania) in 2021. During his Ph.D., he studied at the Lithuanian Sports University and the University of Colorado in Boulder (United States of America), where he worked on different projects. At the beginning of 2016, he took part in a research project on the potential benefits of Zumba Gold for people with Parkinson’s at Oxford Brookes University (United Kingdom) as an Honorary Research Associate. In 2015, he obtained a Master’s degree with Distinction, “Menzione alla Carriera”, and “Dignità di Stampa” in Sports Sciences and Adaptive Activities at the University of Turin (Italy). He graduated from the University of Palermo (Italy) in 2013 with a First Class Bachelor’s degree with Distinction in Sport and Exercise Science. During his period at the University of Palermo (Italy), Luca completed a 6-month Erasmus experience at the University of Greenwich (United Kingdom), where he took part in a research program on Critical Power in cyclists. Currently, his scientific interest, at the University of Catania, is to evaluate the morphological aspects of musculoskeletal pathologies (osteoarthritis) and to predict astrometric, thermal, and kinematic changes in patients with early osteoarthritis through infrared thermography.
University of Catania
Catania, Sicilia, Italy