After graduating as medical doctor (summa cum laude) from the Medical University of Pécs in Hungary, Gabor moved into biomechanics research at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in 1993. He then took up a position in the NHS to run the clinical gait analysis laboratory of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (1996-2001) where he tested the movement of hundreds of children to inform corrective surgical interventions. After returning to LJMU, Gabor obtained his PhD in 2007 through developing artificial neural network based methods to aid clinical decision making in gait analysis of children with cerebral palsy. Gabor was promoted to professor of clinical biomechanics in 2015. His main current research focus is virtual rehabilitation aiming to improve the selective movement control of children and adults with smart games. Since 2013 he has been performing clinical gait analysis coupled with longitudinal research for all patients in the UK with alkaptonuria, a rare genetic disease leading to early osteoarthritis. Gabor continues to teach on the annual ESMAC Gait Course, having served on the ESMAC Board between 2017-2022 as the ESMAC Gait Course organiser.

Martin Gough is a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in the management of children with disability due to neuromuscular problems. He trained in Ireland, and following fellowship experience in Toronto took up his present post working with the team in the One Small Step Gait Laboratory at the Evelina Children’s Hospital in Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, in 1998.