PhD STUDENTS      XXXIII EDITION

  Luca Petrigna

BSc, MSc

 Phone:

+39 091 23896910

 Mobile:

+39 0000000000

 Mail:

luca.petrigna@unipa.it

 Sede:

Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences. Sport Sciences building, via Pascoli, 6. Palermo (Italy).

Profile

Luca graduated in 2013 with a First Class Bachelor’s degree with Distinction in Sport and Exercise Science at Palermo University (Italy). During his period with the Palermo University (Italy), Luca did 6 months of Erasmus experience with the University of Greenwich (United Kingdom) where he took part in a research program on Critical Power in cyclists.

In 2015 Luca obtained a Master’s degree with Distinction, “Menzione alla Carriera” and “Dignità di Stampa” in Sport Sciences and Adaptative Activities at Turin University (Italy).

At the beginning of 2016 he took part in a research project on the potential benefits of Zumba Gold in people with Parkinson’s with the Oxford Brookes University (United Kingdom) as Honorary Research Associate.

Luca came back in Palermo in 2017 where he started a 3 years PhD program in Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences with a scholarship funded by the Palermo University (Italy) in partnership with Lithuanian Sport University (Lithuania). In 2018 Luca went at the University of Colorado in Boulder (United States of America) for his PhD program where he is following Professor Enoka and his staff on projects on elderly and neurodegenerative disease.

Luca is currently undertaking a PhD at Palermo University with the Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences where he is carrying on a research on multiple sclerosis. 

Research/Publications

  Publications:

 -Karsten B, Hopker J, Jobson SA, Baker J, Petrigna L, Klose A, Beedle C. Comparison of inter-trial recovery times for the determination of critical power and W’ in cycling. Journal of Sport Sciences. 2016.

 -Bianco, A., A. R. Filippi, J. Breda, V. Leonardi, A. Paoli, L. Petrigna, A. Palma and G. Tabacchi (2019). "Combined effect of different factors on weight status and cardiometabolic risk in Italian adolescents." Italian Journal of Pediatrics 45.

-Hamilton, L. D., M. R. Mazzo, L. Petrigna, A. A. Ahmed and R. M. Enoka (2019). "Poor estimates of motor variability are associated with longer grooved pegboard times for middle-aged and older adults." Journal of Neurophysiology 121(2): 588-601.

-Petrigna L, Thomas E, Gentile A, Paoli A, Pajaujiene S, Palma A, Bianco A. The evaluation of dual-task conditions on static postural control in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews (2019) 8:188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1107-4

-Petrigna L, Karsten B, Marcolin G, Paoli A, D’Antona G, Palma A and Bianco A (2019) A Review of Countermovement and Squat Jump Testing Methods in the Context of Public Health Examination in Adolescence: Reliability and Feasibility of Current Testing Procedures. Front. Physiol. 10:1384. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01384

-Petrigna L, Giustino V, Zangla D, Aurea S, Palma R, Palma A, Battaglia G. Physical fitness assessment in Goalball: A scoping review of the literature. Heliyon. 2020 Jul 18;6(7). Doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04407

-Thomas E, Petrigna L, Tabacchi G, Teixeira E, Pajaujiene S, Sturm DJ, Sahin FN, Gómez-López M, Pausic J, Paoli A, Alesi M, Bianco A. Percentile values of the standing broad jump in children and adolescents aged 6-18 years old. Eur J Transl Myol. 2020 Jun 17;30(2). Doi: 10.4081/ejtm.2019.9050

-Petrigna L, Gentile A, Mani D, Pajaujiene S, Zanotto T, Thomas E, Paoli A, Palma A, Bianco A. Dual-Task Conditions on Static Postural Control in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Aging Phys Act. 2020 Aug 12:1-16. Doi: 10.1123/japa.2019-0474.

-Petrigna L, Pajaujiene S, Iacona GM, Thomas E, Paoli A, Bianco A, Palma A. The execution of the Grooved Pegboard test in a Dual-Task situation: A pilot study. Heliyon. 2020 Aug 12;6(8). Doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04678.

Meeting

 -8th annual regional meeting of the Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics. Estes Park, Colorado. USA.

-11th International Motoneuron Meeting, Boulder, Colorado. USA.

-X Congresso della Società Italiana delle Scienze Motorie e Sportive (SISMES), Messina. ITA.

-Oral presentation. Petrigna et al. A systematic review of countermovement and squat jump testing methods in the
context of public health examination in adolescence: reliability and feasibility of current testing procedure.  X Congresso della Società Italiana delle Scienze Motorie e Sportive (SISMES). Messina, ITA.

-Oral presentation. Petrigna et al. Dual-task conditions on static postural control in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  XI Congresso della Società Italiana delle Scienze Motorie e Sportive (SISMES). Bologna, ITA.

-Poster. Gentile, Bianco, Petrigna, [...], Boca. The influence of moral issues on youth athletes' aggressiveness: a review. XI Congresso della Società Italiana delle Scienze Motorie e Sportive (SISMES). Bologna, ITA.

-Poster. Alenazy, Petrigna, [...], Enoka. Electrical Stimulation of Sensory Nerves can attenuate some of the declines in Mobility and Balance in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. 9th International Symposium on Gait & Balance in Multiple Sclerosis; 9th annual regional meeting of the Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics. Colorado. USA.

Supervisor (s)

Professor Antonio Palma

Thesis title/topic

His topic is dexterity and multiple sclerosis.

Expertise

Sport Sciences, Exercise Physiology, Cognitive Sciences, Neurodegenerative Disease and Elderly and Physical Activity.

International Mobility

University of Greenwich (United Kingdom)

Oxford Brookes University (United Kingdom)

University of Colorado in Boulder (United States of America)

periodo di formazione presso la Lithuanian Sports University, supervisore Professoressa Simona Pajaujiene