Alessio Bricca

Alessio Bricca is employed as Assistant Professor at University of Southern Denmark in the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Center for Muscle and Joint Health.

Alessio's main achievement in science include the discovery that exercise does not harm knee joint cartilage in people with knee osteoarthritis, contrary the believe of most health care-professionals treating the condition.

His main interests are to improve self-management of people with musculoskeletal conditions and comorbidity through evidence-based treatments co-developed, tested and implemented in a collaboration with patients, clinicians, and other stakeholders, and disseminate the knowledge that can improve the update of physical activity via social media and news.

Alessio, has obtained his PhD in 2018, and he is the author of more than 60 publications, including JAMA Psychiatry and the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Alessio has worked in prestigious EU funded scholarships including the Marie-Curie Action: "Initial Training Networks", the ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council Cancer Research UK under the Supervision of Professor Ewa Roos, Professor Søren Skou and Professor Marijn de Bruin, respectively.