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Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief
Yael Netz, Wingate College of Physical Education and Sport, Israel
Wiebren Zijlstra, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

Associate Editor
Soledad Ballesteros, Catedrática de Psicología Básica, Spain
Michael Brach, University of Muenster, Germany 
Timo Hinrichs, University of Basel, Switzerland
Jochen Klenk, Robert Bosch Krankenhaus, Germany
Oron Levin, KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board
Lara Allet, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland
Michel Audiffren, University of Poitiers, France
Cornelius Bollheimer, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany
Eling D de Bruin, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Tim Fleiner, LVR-Hospital Cologne, Germany
Christoforos Giannaki, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Eleftheria Giannouli, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Pieter Ginis, KU Leuven, Belgium
Urs Granacher, University of Freiburg, Germany
Carl-Philipp Jansen, Heidelberg University, Germany
Kiros Karamanidis, London South Bank University, UK
Uros Marusic, Science and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia
Christopher McCrum, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands
Itshak Melzer, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Carlo Miniussi, University of Trento, Italy
Jana Pelclova, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Erja Portegijs, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Taina Rantanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland 
Sarianna Sipilä, University of Jyväskylä, Finland 
Martin Stevens, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands 
Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, University of Muenster, Germany â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹

Founding Editors
Heinz Mechling, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Michael Sagiv, Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Israel



The official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity (EGREPA)

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