Marco Testa

Marco Testa was born in Alassio, Italy, May 16th, 1962.
Graduated in Physical Education, in Physiotherapy and Osteopathy, he got the PhD in Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2016.
He is full time Associate Professor at the Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Infantile Science of the University of Genoa.

Coordinator and founder of the Master in Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders, (www.masteromt.unige.it) at University Campus of Savona.

He teaches Manual Therapy, Physiotherapy Sciences in Orthopedy and Rheumatology, Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, in the School of Physiotherapy and Technological Assessment and Innovative Didactic at the master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences.

He leads the Rehabilitation and Engineering Laboratory (REHELAB) at the University Campus of Savona where conducts research on development and implementation of new sensors technologies and virtual reality in rehabilitation.

With his group has thoroughly investigated the role of contextual factors on placebo and nocebo effect in musculoskeletal rehabilitation

He is member of the editorial board of Manual Therapy Journal, Archives of Physiotherapy and Scienza Riabilitativa and authored more than 150 indexed scientific papers