About the Authors

Haijiang Dai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Centre for Disease Modelling, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tariq A. Alsalhe

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nasr Chalghaf

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Group for the Study of Development and Social Environment, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia, Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Matteo Riccò

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Occupational Health and Safety Services, Department of Public Health, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

robertobragazzi@gmail.com (NLB); wujh@yorku.ca (JW)

Affiliation Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Centre for Disease Modelling, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jianhong Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

robertobragazzi@gmail.com (NLB); wujh@yorku.ca (JW)

Affiliation Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Centre for Disease Modelling, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.