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Mario Bizzini, MSc, PT is as a research associate at the Schulthess Clinic, a private orthopaedic and sports medicine center in Zürich, (Switzerland).
He works for the orthopaedic department (lower extremity) and for the FIFA Medical Research and Assessment Center (F-MARC). He earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh (School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences), and did a research fellowship at the Department of Physical Therapy and at the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine (2000-2001).
He is also a specialist in sports physiotherapy (committee member of the Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association), a rehabilitation consultant for professional ice hockey and football teams, and has also worked as a PT at two FIFA World Cups (Germany 2006, China 2007), and one Olympic Football Tournament (Beijing 2008).
He is currently a part-time PhD student at the Oslo Sports Trauma and Research Center at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences. His research interests focus on injuries of football referees and players, and on injury prevention.
He has competitive experience of football at regional level in Switzerland.