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Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief 

Meltem ALKAN MELİKOĞLU

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Türkiye

mamelikoglu@gmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0001-7519-9470  

 

Editorial Advisor 

İlker YAĞCI

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Marmara University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Türkiye

drilkery@yahoo.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-5988-7369  

 

Associate Editors 

Özgür AKGÜL

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Türkiye

ozgur.akgul.md@gmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0003-3012-2968  

Ahmet Kıvanç CENGİZ

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Türkiye

drkcengiz@hotmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-4390-7169  

Hilal ECESOY

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey University Faculty of Medicine, Karaman, Türkiye

hilalecesoy@yahoo.com

ORCID: 0000-0001-9274-168X  

Esra GİRAY

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Health Sciences Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye

girayesra@hotmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0003-3895-4486  

Eduardo COLLANTES-ESTEVES

Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordóba, Spain

eduardo.collantes@imibic.org

ORCID: 0000-0002-7647-6289  

Abdulvahap KAHVECİ

Clinic of Rheumatology, Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital, Kastamonu, Türkiye

abdulvahap_kahveci@hotmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-2611-2372  

Özgür KASAPÇOPUR

Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye

ozgurkasapcopur@hotmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-1125-7720  

İsmihan SUNAR

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

dr.ismihan@gmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-4435-5677  

Amra Adrovic YILDIZ

Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye

aadrovic@yahoo.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-2400-6955  

Fatma Gül YURDAKUL

Clinic of Rheumatology-Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Pain, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye

fatmagulonder@gmail.com

Tatjana ZEKIC

Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Crotia

zekic.tatjana79@gmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0001-7948-5394  

 

Biostatistical Consultants 

Erhan ESER

Department of Public Health, Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Türkiye 

Beyhan Cengiz ÖZYURT

Department of Public Health, Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Türkiye 

 

Editorial Board 

Ali-Reza KHABAZZI

Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Atul DEODHAR

Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

Banu KURAN

Clinic of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Şişli Hamidiye Erfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye

Branimir ANIC

University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Carlos Enrique Toro GUTIERREZ

Department of Rheumatology, Ponrificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali Center for Osteoporosis and Rheumatology, Cali, Colombia

Doruk ERKAN

Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Durga Prasanna MISRA, India 

Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Emine Berrin YÜKSEL

Department of Medical Genetics, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Faculty of Medicine, Karaman, Türkiye

Erhan CAPKIN

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye 

Erkan KOZANOĞLU

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Türkiye

Fatos ONEN

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Türkiye

Fernando CAVALCANTI, Brazil 

Fikriye Figen AYHAN

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Atılım University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

Franco FRANCHIGNONI

Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Milano, Italy 

Gülseren AKYUZ

Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye

Hatice BODUR

Clinic of Rheumatology-Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Pain, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye

Jens Gert KUIPERS

Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus, Bremen, Germany 

Johannes NOSSENT, Australia 

University of Western Australia Medical School, Perth, WA, Australia

Kassim JAVAID

Division of Medical Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Muscoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Kemal NAS, Türkiye 

Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye

Laszlo CZIRJAK

Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungar

Marco MATUCCI CERINIC

Department of Surgery,University Hospital Udine ASUFC General Surgery and Liver-Kidney Transplant Unit, Udine, Italy

Marko BARESIC

Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia

Maxime BREBAN

Department of Rheumatology, Ambroise-Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Mitsuhiro TAKENO

Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan

Mohamed KAMEL, USA 

Murat BİRTANE

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Eskişehir City Hospital, Eskişehir, Türkiye

Peter KORNAAT, Netherlands 

Robert LAHITA

Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Disease, St. Joseph's Health, New Jersey, USA

Sakir AHMED

Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

Sami HIZMETLI

Department of Internal Medicine, Sivas Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Türkiye

Sekib SOKOLOVIC

Department of Cardiology, Cardiology and Rheumatology Hospital, Sarajevo University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina

Seong-Kyu KIM

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

Stefano BOMBARDIERI

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Steffen GAY

Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Zurich Centre of Experimental Rheumatology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Tamas BENDER

Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God, Budapest, Hungary

Tamer A. GHEITA

Department of Rheumatology, Cairo University Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt

Tsvetelina VELIKOVA

Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Medical Faculty, Sofia, Bulgaria

Tuncay DURUÖZ

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye

Tuulikki SOKKA

Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Nova of Wellbeing Services County of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland

Ulf MULER-LADNER

Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Zeynep Birsin OZCAKAR

Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

Past Editors 

Tansu ARASIL, Türkiye 

Hami KOÇAŞ, Türkiye 

Peyman YALÇIN, Türkiye

Deniz EVCİK, Türkiye

Levent ÖZÇAKAR, Türkiye 

İlker YAĞCI, Türkiye