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Yves Henrotin
Prof. Yves Henrotin
Director of the Bone and Cartilage Research
Unit
University of Liège (Belgium)
HENROTIN Yves is Professor of Physical Therapy
and Rehabilitation and director of the Bone
and Cartilage Research Unit at the University
of Liège (Belgium). He is also an administrator
of the Centre of Immunology (CIL) and the Centre
for Oxygen Research and Development
(CORD). He has been head of the Physical Therapy
and Rehabilitation department at the
Princess Paola Hospital, Marche-en-Famenne,
Belgium, since 1991. He is a member of the
American College of Rheumatology, the
Osteoarthritis Research Society International,
the French Society of Rheumatology and the
International Cartilage Repair Society. He has
been a member of the board of directors and
chairman of the communication committee of
the Osteoarthritis Research Society international
(OARSI) since 2006. Recently, he has
been elected treasurer of the OARSI. He is also
a member of the administrative council of Spine
and osteoarthritis sections of the French Society
of Rheumatology. He has represented Belgium
at the management committee of the
COST B13 action. He has been president of
the Belgium Back Society since 2002 and vicepresident
of the Belgium Scientific Society of
Physical Therapy since 2008. He is a member
of the board of the National Council of Physical
Therapy and Rehabilitation for the Belgium
Health ministry. He serves the editorial board
of several scientific reviews including “Osteoarthritis
and Cartilage”. He has been associate
editor of the BMC musculoskeletal disorders
since 2009. He has published over 150
scientific peer-reviewed papers and 10 chapters
of book and was the co-editor of the book
“Osteoarthritis: clinical and experimental aspects”.
Recently, he has received a prestigious
national prize (De Cooman Prize) for his contribution
in the better understanding of osteoarthritis
pathophysiology.