Neil Armstrong, Professor of Paediatric Physiology, Founding Director of the Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, UK,Willem van Mechelen, Professor of Occupational and Sports Medicine, Co-Director of the EMGO+ Institute and Head of the Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Neil Armstrong is Professor of Paediatric Physiology at the University of Exeter. He was Head of the School of Postgraduate Medicine before establishing the School of Sport and Health Sciences and serving as its Founding Head. Neil has authored and edited 16 books and published over 300 papers and book chapters on paediatric physiology, and his research has featured internationally in around 300 television and radio programmes, including Panorama and Dispatches. Neil's research also won the first Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education. Neil chaired the Sport Science and Sport-Related Studies Panel in the first two UK Research Assessment Exercises (now the Research Excellence Framework). He is a former Chair of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and a former President of the Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom (PEAUK).

Willem van Mechelen is Head of the Department of Public and Occupational Health at the VU University Medical Centre and Co-Director of the EMGO+ Institute of VU University Medical Centre. He is also the Chairman of the research centre Body@Work. Having previously worked as a high school physical education teacher, he began his academic career at the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. He has a PhD in Human Movement Sciences, and is now a professor of Occupational and Sports Medicine at the VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam.

Adam D.G. Baxter-Jones PhD, College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Akin Cil MD, Division of Shoulder, Elbow and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA.
Alan R. Barker PhD, Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, St Luke's Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Alan Vernec MD, World Anti-Doping Agency, Montreal, Canada.
Alison M. McManus PhD, Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Alon Eliakim MD, Pediatric Department, Meir Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Andrew P. Hills PhD, School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Anne Tiivas, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for Children (NSPCC), Child Protection in Sport Unit, UK.
Annet J. Dallmeijer PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Astrid C.J. Balemans PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam,and Brain Center Rudolf Magnus and Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Rembrandtkade, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Avery D. Faigenbaum EdD, Department of Health and Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, USA.
Barbara Joschtel, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Bareket Falk PhD, Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Christine Sundgot-Borgen, Department of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
Christopher M. Shaw, MD, Division of Shoulder, Elbow and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
Craig A. Williams PhD, Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Dan Nemet MD, Child Health and Sports Center, Meir Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Darren Wisniewski, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK.
David Gerrard MD, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand.
David Sugden PhD, School of Education, University of Leeds, UK.
Dorine C.M. Collard PhD, Mulier Instituut, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Eco J.C. de Geus PhD, Department of Biological Psychology, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University and VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Edgar G.A.H. van Mil PhD, MD, Department of Paediatrics, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, The Netherlands.
Evert A.L.M. Verhagen PhD, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Frank J.G. Backx PhD, MD, Department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science and Sports, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gaynor Parfitt PhD, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia 5000,
Han C.G. Kemper PhD, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Helen Soucie PhD, Bromont, Québec, Canada
Helge Hebestreit PhD, MD, Paediatric Department, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany.
Henning Wackerhage PhD, Technical University of Munich, München, Germany.
Isabel Ferreira PhD, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Queensland; Australia.
Jaak Jürimäe PhD, Institute of Sport Pedagogy and Coaching Sciences, University of Tartu, Taru, Estonia.
James Smallcombe, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
James Watkins PhD, College of Engineering, Swansea University, UK.
Jon L. Oliver PhD, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff School of Sport, UK.
Jonathon Smith, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland.
Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen PhD, Department of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
Jos W.R. Twisk PhD, Department of Epidemiology, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Joske Nauta PhD, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Keith Tolfrey PhD, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK.
Kevin L. Lamb PhD, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Chester, UK.
Lauren B. Sherar PhD, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK.
Luiz Carlos Hespanhol Junior, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lyle J. Micheli MD, Professor, Children's Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Marc Gewillig PhD, MD, Cardiovascular Developmental Biology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
Margo Mountjoy PhD, MD, IOC Medical Commission Games Group and Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Maria Hildebrand, Department of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
Mark B.A. De Ste Croix PhD, Exercise and Sport Research Centre, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK.
Meike Bartels PhD, Department of Biological Psychology, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University and VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Melitta A. McNarry PhD, Applied Sports, Exercise, Technology and Medicine Research Centre, Swansea University, UK.
Merrilee Zetaruk MD, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Neil Armstrong PhD, DSc, Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, UK
Nicola Maffulli PhD, MD, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University, London, UK and Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy.
Nienke M. Schutte, Department of Biological Psychology, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University and VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Nuala M. Byrne PhD, Bond Institute of Health and Sport, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Gold Coast, Australia
Olaf Verschuren PhD, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus and Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Rembrandtkade 10, 3585 TM, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Per Bo Mahler MD, Service de Santé de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, Canton de Genève, and La Tour Sport Medicine SOMC, Hôpital de La Tour, Meyrin, Switzerland.
Raffy Dotan, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Ree M. Meertens, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Rhodri S. Lloyd PhD, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff School of Sport, Cardiff, UK.
Richard J. Winsley PhD, Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Robert A.C. Ruiter PhD, Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Robert C. Cantu MD, Neurosurgery Service, Service of Sports Medicine, Emerson Hospital, Concord, USA.
Robert M. Malina PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
Robert V. Cantu MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon.
Roger G. Eston DPE, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Rômulo Araujo Fernandes PhD, Department of Physical Education, School of Science and Technology, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil.
Ronald J. Maughan PhD, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK.
Roselien Buys PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sandi Kirby, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Saulo Delfino Barboza, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sean P. Cumming PhD, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Sébastien Ratel PhD, Université Clermont Auvergne, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l'Exercice en conditions Physiologiques et Pathologiques (AME2P), BAubière Cedex, France.
Stef Kremers PhD, Department of Health Promotion, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Steven J. Street PhD, School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Stewart G. Trost PhD, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Susan M. Shirreffs PhD, School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
Susi Kriemler MD, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Thomas Radtke PhD, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Thomas W. Rowland MD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, and Pediatric Cardiologist, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, USA.
Tony Reybrouck PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ulf Ekelund PhD, Department of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
Umile Giuseppe Longo PhD, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
Willem van Mechelen PhD, MD, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

[The Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine's] strength in particular lies in it extraordinary coverage of basic science and physiology in the sections on Exercise Science and Sports Science. The depth of information in these sections alone makes this publication a mandatory reference text to have on the bookshelf (or in oneâs hard drive) for clinicians and in particular for exercise scientists involved in youth sport. - Dr Damien McKay, BJSM Blog