Bill Vicenzino

Bill Vicenzino is the first Chair in Sports Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He was the head of the Division of Physiotherapy, Chair of the University's Medical Research Ethics Committee, Chair of the Physiotherapists Board of Queensland, and is a certified member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association and Sports Medicine Australia.

As a researcher Vicenzino's passion is within the fields of lower limb musculoskeletal pain and injury, in particular tendinopathy (elbow, hip, knee, and heel) and knee cap problems/pain (patellofemroal pain). Vicenzino has written and published many papers in top medical, physiotherapy, and sports and exercise science journals. His findings and publishings have also helped professions outside that of physiotherapy.

As an academic, Vicenzino is the Director of the Masters in Physiotherapy program for physiotherapists specialising in musculosekeltal and sports physiotherapy. In Australian Physiotherapy courses Vicenzino's methods and treatments are taught as standard procedure. He introduces into his coursework teaching many of the findings from his research into Manipulations, taping, orthoses and exercises.