Jos Runhaar
Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Biography
Jos Runhaar has completed his PhD at Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam (2013). Currently he works as Post-doctoral researcher at the Department of General Practice of Erasmus MC. His works focusses on the effects and treatment of obesity and on physical exercise as treatment/preventionof knee osteoarthritis. He also is a full member of the European D-BOARD consortium. His work has been recognized by the OARSI by means of a Collaborative Scholarship in 2013. This allowed him to become a fellow at the University of Pittsburgh to study the biomechanics of obese women using the advanced imaging techniques.
Abstract
Abstract : Weight loss and knee osteoarthritis prevention in overweight and obese women