Christian-François ROQUES LATRILLE 

Born 1946 (France)

Medical training (Toulouse University) : MD 1973 ; training and certification in Rheumatology (1974), Pathology (1974), Immunology (1975), Public Health (1976), PRM (1977).

Professor Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (1982)(Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France)

Head PRM department (1989-2008)(Toulouse Teaching Hospital)

Dax Thermal Academic Institute President (2004)

French Thermal Research Association (AFRETH) Scientific Committee President (2004)

PRM Professors College General Secretary (1994-2008)

Member of the French Societies of Rheumatology (1974), Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (1980), Medical Hydrology & Climatology (1980-)  

ISMH General Secretary (2008-)

Deputy President National Committee of Qualification in Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (1984-)

Participation to the activities of the French High Authority of Health : Consensus of physiotherapy on chronic low back pain ; recommendations on chronic low back pain ; recommendations on  patients’ podologic  file (president of the committee) ; recommendations on therapeutic education.

More than 500 publications and papers in rehabilitation, rheumatology, thermal medicine, history of medicine and human sciences in rehabilitation, electrotherapy, disabled persons social medicine, …

Author of monographies : “semiology of the musculo-skelettal system” (Paris, La Couleuvre d’Esculape, 1979), “Electrostimulation des nerfs et des muscles (Paris, Masson, 1990), “Pratique de l’Electrothérapie » (Springer Verlag, Paris, 1997).