Welcome to the new open access journal of functional morphology and kinesiology

Abstract

With sincere satisfaction and pride, I present to you the new Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology for which I am pleased to serve as Editor-in-Chief. I know it is a very challenging task to assume the editorial coordination of an international journal targeted to enhance the work of so many esteemed international experts and dear colleagues working on morphological and kinesiological research. To date there have been several scientific international journals present in the literature on morphology, biomechanics, kinesiology, rehabilitation, movement and sports, but there is no journal that includes all of these fields and focuses its main attention on the morphology correlation between the musculoskeletal system and movement. The application of basic morphological sciences could add new insight to understand and develop knowledge about movement in the musculoskeletal system in both normal and pathological conditions, studying the mechanics of movement and specifically evaluating muscles, joints, and skeletal structures and their involvement in movement. For this reason, we have chosen to launch this new journal, since we believe that these fields finally deserve a dedicated journal where its broad community will be able to communicate and exchange the latest findings within a single cultural space, and to publish manuscripts that will have a high impact on the future development of the field. My aim, and that of the other editors, is that this journal will constitute a valuable tool for both learning and research, to develop as an important scientific, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research papers, editorials, short reports, communications, critical reviews, case reports and conference proceedings. Our goal is to combine the knowledge of an ancient discipline anatomy with a modern discipline kinesiology with functional morphological study as a point of union. Since morphological study is the basis of medical sciences, this will be a multidisciplinary journal. The journal could be an interesting forum for researchers of both basic and clinical medicine to present and discuss new findings on the structural mechanisms and processes of health and disease related to aspects of morphology and kinesiology. These concepts must constitute a significant part of imprinting training, which is necessary to help researchers to work in a more guided way, becoming increasingly more interested in a cellular/tissue approach to musculoskeletal diseases and their related physical treatments. I would like to take this opportunity also to write a short overview of the fields of “Functional Morphology” and “Kinesiology” to help readers better understand the topics of the journal.