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Full professor
Contact details (research)
Laboratoire de Pathokinésiologie
Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation (CRIR) du Montréal métropolitain
6300, avenue Darlington
Montreal (Quebec), H3S 2J4
T 514 340-2111, ext. 2179
Contact details (School)
T 514 343-2253
sylvie.nadeau@umontreal.ca
Program
Physiotherapy
Education
- B.Sc. Physiotherapy, University of Montreal (1985), clinician from 1985 to 1993
- M.Sc. Biomedical Sciences (Rehabilitation), University of Montreal (1993)
- Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences (Rehabilitation), University of Montreal (1996)
- Postdoctoral (2 years);
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et mouvements à Marseille, France
- Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
- Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec, Quebec
Current research projects
- Training of the upper limb using the concept of increased error in hemiparetic subjects;
- Assessment of upper limb coordination in healthy and post-stroke subjects;
- Quantification of locomotor capacities in ecological environments;
- Locomotor asymmetry in people with stroke.
Selected publications
- Duclos, N. C., Duclos, C., & Nadeau, S. (2019). Slow and faster post-stroke walkers have a different trunk progression and braking impulse during gait. Gait & Posture, 68, 483-487. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.12.037
- Duclos, N. C., Aguar, L. T., Aissaoui, R., Faria, C. D. C. M., Nadeau, S., & Duclos, C. (2019). Activity monitor placed at the nonparetic ankle is accurate in measuring step counts during community walking in poststroke individuals: A validation study. PM&R, 11(9), 963-971. doi:10.1002/pmrj.12080
- Martins, J. C., Aguiar, L. T., Nadeau, S., Scianni, A. A., Teixeira-Salmela, L. F., & Faria, C. D. C. M. (2019). Measurement properties of self-report physical activity assessment tools for patients with stroke: a systematic review. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. doi:10.1016/j.bjpt.2019.02.004
- Richards, C. L., Malouin, F., Nadeau, S., Fung, J., D’Amours, L., Perez, C., & Durand, A. (2018). Amount and content of sensorimotor therapy delivered in three stroke rehabilitation units in Quebec, Canada. Physiotherapy Canada, 70(2), 120-132. doi:10.3138/ptc.2016-66
- Betschart, M., Lauzière, S., Miéville, C., McFadyen, B. J., & Nadeau, S. (2017). Changes in lower limb muscle activity after walking on a split-belt treadmill in individuals post-stroke. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 32(Supplement C), 93-100. doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2016.12.007
Research orientation
- Walking and other functional activities
- Determinants and rehabilitation of locomotor function
- Pathokinesiology of the lower limb
- Perception and sense of effort, balance assessment
- 3D analysis, dynamometry, EMG
- Hemiparesis, Spinal cord injury, knee prothesis, amputee
- Upper and lower limbs bilateral coordination
- New emerging approaches in locomotor rehabilitation