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Study 1 - Turning Up the Heat: Heating for Exercise Recovery, Muscle Rehabilitation and Adaptation

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Jeff S Coombes	PhD	Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology, The University of Queensland
Jonathan M Peake	PhD	Queensland University of Technology
Llion A Roberts	PhD	Griffith University

Study 2 - Hyperthermia Induced by Microwave Diathermy (Br Med Bull, 2007)

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Arrigo Giombini	MD	University of Rome "Foro Italico"
Nicola Maffulli	MD, PhD, FRCS(Orth)	Professor of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
Hisashi Naito	PhD	Juntendo University
Noriko Ichinoseki-Sekine	PhD	The Open University of Japan
Annalisa Di Cesare	MD	Sapienza University of Rome

Study 3 - Shortwave Diathermy Enhances Ankle Dorsiflexion More Than Stretching Alone

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Kenneth L. Knight	PhD, ATC, FACSM	Professor Emeritus of Athletic Training, Indiana State University
David O. Draper	EdD, ATC, LAT	Professor of Athletic Training, Brigham Young University
Mark D. Ricard	PhD	The University of Texas at Arlington

Study 4 - Far-Infrared Radiation Lamp Therapy for Muscle Damage Recovery

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Trevor C. Chen	PhD	Professor, Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University
Kazunori Nosaka	PhD	Professor, Centre for Human Performance, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

Study 5 - Far-Infrared Radiation and Its Therapeutic Parameters in Regenerative Medicine

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Vincent Kam Wai Wong	PhD	Professor, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao
Io Nam Wong	Associate Professor	Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao

Study 7 - The Effect of Microwave Therapy on Muscle Blood Flow

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
David J. Wyper	PhD	Director of SINAPSE, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Study 8 - Preconditioning with Hyperthermia to Reduce Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Toshio Mikami	Associate Professor	Associate Professor, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo

Study 9 - Shortwave and Microwave Diathermy for Nerve Regeneration

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Tengfei Fu	MD	Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
William C. Lineaweaver	MD	Professor of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Feng Zhang	PhD	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jian Zhang	MD	Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University

Study 10 - Effects of Heat, Cold, and Pressure on the Transverse Carpal Ligament and Median Nerve

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Michael Stephen Laymon	DSc	Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Touro University Nevada
Jerrold S. Petrofsky	Professor	Professor of Physical Therapy, Loma Linda University
Haneul Lee	Distinguished Clinical Researcher	Department of Physical Therapy, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea
Jongeun Yim	DSc	Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, South Korea

Study 11 - Shortwave Diathermy Enhances Hamstring Flexibility

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
David O. Draper	EdD, ATC, LAT	Professor of Athletic Training, Brigham Young University
J. Brent Feland	PhD	Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University
Shane S. Schulthies	Assistant Professor; Director of Pre-Physical Therapy	Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Director of Pre-Physical Therapy, Brigham Young University
Dennis L. Eggett	PhD	North Carolina State University

Study 12 - Shortwave Diathermy Enhances Recovery in Lateral Epicondylitis

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Arash Babaei-Ghazani	MD	Associate Professor, Neuromusculoskeletal Research Center / Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Tannaz Ahadi	Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences
Bijan Forough	MD	Iran University of Medical Sciences
Ehsan Fallah	Distinguished Orthopaedic Researcher	AJA University of Medical Sciences
Safoora Ebadi	Distinguished Physiotherapy Researcher	Iran University of Medical Sciences

Study 13 - Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Stimulation for Tendon-Bone Healing

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Hongbin Lu	Chief/Professor of Sports Medicine	Chief/Professor of Sports Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Fei Liu	Distinguished Sports Medicine Researcher	Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Can Chen	Distinguished Orthopaedic Researcher	Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Huabin Chen	Distinguished Sports Medicine Researcher	Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Tao Zhang	Distinguished Sports Medicine Researcher	Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Daqi Xu	Distinguished Sports Medicine Researcher	Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Jianzhong Hu	Distinguished Spine and Sports Medicine Researcher	Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

Study 14 - Effect of Manual Therapy and Neurodynamic Techniques vs Ultrasound and Laser on Two-Point Discrimination in CTS

Name	Highest Credentials	Top Title and Institution
Tomasz Wolny	Distinguished Physiotherapy Researcher	The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice
Edward Saulicz	Distinguished Physiotherapy Educator	The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice
Pawel Linek	Distinguished Pediatric Physiotherapy Researcher	The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice
Andrzej Mysliwiec	dr hab.	Deputy Director / University Professor, Institute of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice
Mariola Saulicz	Distinguished Physiotherapy Researcher	The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice

Profile Summaries

Role, affiliation, and achievement summaries for every professional listed above: Medical Profiles. Each summary links to the professional's full profile page.

Sources

PubMed: PMID 29470824 (Study 1) · PMID 17942453 (Study 2) · PMID 12937443 (Study 3) · PMID 36825876 (Study 4) · PMID 39151679 (Study 5) · PMID 2691003 (Study 6) · PMID 963368 (Study 7) · PMID 34505524 (Study 8) · PMID 31304815 (Study 9) · PMID 25669437 (Study 10) · PMID 14964587 (Study 11) · PMID 31987565 (Study 12) · PMID 29016398 (Study 13) · PMID 27094495 (Study 14) · UQ profile: hmns.uq.edu.au · OpenAlex: A5026683213 (Coombes), A5089618128 (Peake), A5009616382 (Roberts), A5082856524 (Giombini), A5024159880 (Maffulli), A5022147892 (Naito), A5009818381 (Ichinoseki-Sekine), A5103884918 (Di Cesare), A5102949412 (Draper), A5085425624 (Ricard), A5005517993 (Chen), A5029604011 (Nosaka), A5004387618 (Wong VKW), A5056247046 (Wong IN), A5108489385 (Wyper).

Profile verification dates: 2026-09-03 (studies 1-2), 2026-09-04 (studies 3-4), 2026-09-05 (study 5), 2026-09-08 (study 7), 2026-09-10 (study 8), 2026-08-13 (study 9), 2026-09-14 (study 10), 2026-09-15 (study 11), 2026-09-18 (study 12), 2026-09-20 (study 13), 2026-09-22 (study 14); annual re-verification scheduled.