Researchers

Together with their Quebec colleagues, the professors at the School of Rehabilitation are leaders in the field of rehabilitation science. Since 1980, our professors have supervised more than 160 graduate students. Our researchers have received many awards and research grants from provincial and federal agencies and each year publish a significant number of scientific articles and participate in many national and international conferences.

Below is a summary of the fields of interest of professors/researchers from the School of Rehabilitation:

Auger, Claudine

  • Digital Health
  • Rehabilitation Technologies
  • Older adults
  • Outcome Assessment
Barthélemy, Dorothy

  • Neuronal plasticity following a lesion to the central nervous system
  • Use of transcranial magnetic stimulation and of electrical stimulation to assess neuronal pathways.
  • Role of the motor cortex and of the vestibular system in balance and gait control
Bier, Nathalie

  • Impact of cognitive deficits on daily living activities
  • Healthy and pathological cognitive aging
  • Cognitive rehabilitation
  • New technologies
  • Aging in place
  • Health services
  • Community settings
Bottari, Carolina

  • Cognitive Rehabilitation
  • Designing an ecosystem of care to support women who are victims of domestic violence at risk of having suffered a traumatic brain injury
  • Needs assessment of people living in a situation of homelessness living with the chronic sequelae of a head injury
  • Co-design of cognitive assistive technologies for people with traumatic brain injuries living at home
  • Implementing cognitive assistive technology to support older adults living with neurodegenerative diseases in the community
Cavallo, Sabrina

  • Pediatric rehabilitation
  • Chronic disease and physical disabilities
  • Promotion of leisure and physical activity
  • Social participation
  • Knowledge translation
  • Transition from pediatric care to adult care
Demers, Louise

  • Assistive technology
  • Older adults
  • Caregivers
  • Outcomes measures et psychometry
  • Social participation
Demers, Marika

  • Assessment of upper limbs
  • Mechanisms underlying motor recovery after stroke
  • Interventions using innovative rehabilitation approaches
  • New technologies in rehabilitation
  • Stroke
Desmeules, François

  • Orthopedic interventions and musculoskeletal rehabilitation
  • Advanced practices of physiotherapy
  • Shoulder and knee musculoskeletal disorders
  • Epidemiology and health service research
Duclos, Cyril

  • Control and rehabilitation of balance
  • Proprioceptive stimulations
  • Localized muscle vibration
  • Motion analysis
  • Inertial sensors
Dumont, Nicolas

  • Musculoskeletal regeneration
  • Acute and chronic inflammation
  • Atrophied muscle function
  • Muscle dystrophies
  • Tendinopathies
Dumoulin, Chantale

  • Urinary incontinence
  • Menopause
  • Pelvi-perineal pain
  • Pelvic floor muscles
  • Aging
  • Women’s health
Dyer, Joseph Omer

  • Clinical reasoning in health professions
  • E-learning
  • Health sciences education
  • Decision tree algorithm in healthcare
  • Patient education
  • Sensorimotor rehabilitation
Feldman, Debbie

  • Access to health services
  • Rheumatology
  • Epidemiology
  • Chronic musculoskeletal pain
Filiatrault, Johanne

  • Preventive and health promotion interventions for older adults
  • Intergenerational initiatives
  • Intergenerational cohabitation
  • Promotion of social participation among older adults
  • Fall prevention, fear of falling
  • Volunteerism, leisure activities, and older adults’ health
  • Inclusive health professional practices with older adults
Fortin, Carole

  • Pediatrics
  • Motor control
  • Idiopathic scoliosis
  • Neurotraumatology
  • Cerebral motor deficiencies
  • Developmental coordination disorder
  • Muscular and sensorimotor functions
Gagnon, Dany

  • Biomechanics
  • Exercise physiology
  • Musculoskeletal imaging
  • Metrological qualities
  • Functional, recreational and sports activities
  • New intervention and novel technologies in rehabilitation
Gosselin, Julie

  • Neonatal care and disorders
  • Child development
  • Neurological sequelae
Higgins, Johanne

  • Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying recovery of the upper limb following a stroke
  • Neurophysiological mechanisms of musculoskeletal conditions and pain
  • Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
  • Development and validation of assessment and measurement tools using contemporary statistical methodology
    Hong, Quan Nha

    • Work rehabilitation
    • Teleworking
    • Mixed methods
    • Evidence-based practice
    • Systematic reviews
    • Knowledge translation
    • Health technology assessment and assessment of social services
    • Program evaluation
    Hudon, Anne

    • Ethical and organizational issues in rehabilitation
    • Health policies and health systems
    • Work-related musculoskeletal injuries
    • Access to physiotherapy care and equity of care
    • Innovative approaches to teaching and managing pain
    Kairy, Dahlia

    • Technology implementation and evaluation
    • Innovative approaches in rehabilitation
    • Telerehabilitation and virtual reality
    • Knowledge translation
    • Qualitative approaches and mixed methods
    Laberge, Marie

    • Socio-professional integration of adolescents
    • Prevention of work disability
    • Development, implementation, and evaluation of occupational health interventions
    • Modeling of integrated knowledge translation interventions
    • Development of digital technologies to support employability
    • Sex- and gender-based analysis
    Lal, Shalini

    • Youth mental health, well-being, and resilience
    • Mental health services
    • Health service innovations
    • Knowledge translation
    • eMental health
    • Qualitative, participatory, and mixed-methods research
      Levac, Danielle

      • Occupational Sciences
      • Motor Learning
      • Affective reactions to immersion in a virtual environment
      • Participatory action research and knowledge transfer approach
      • Clinical trials
      • Scoping reviews
      Lévesque, Martine

      • Occupational Science
      • Indigenous Health
      • Women with Disabilities and Intimate Partner Violence
      • Occupational Participation
      • Community Based Participatory Research
      • Qualitative research
      Nadeau, Sylvie

      • Walking and other functional activities
      • Balance and sense of effort assessment
      • Upper and lower limbs bilateral coordination
      • 3D movement analysis
      • Hemiparesis
      • New emerging approaches in locomotor rehabilitation
      Rochette, Annie

      • Social participation
      • Stroke
      • Relatives
      • Pedagogy and knowledge mobilization
      • Competencies development
      Rousseau, Jacqueline

      • Measurement
      • Environment: Person-environment interaction
      • Gerontechnologies
      • Community living, Aging-in-Place
      • Universal design, inclusive design and personalized accessibility
      Roy, Laurence

      • Occupational Therapy and Mental Health
      • Mental health and Forensic Services
      • Health and Rehabilitation Needs of Populations experiencing Homelessness and Residential instability
      • Homelessness Prevention
      • Health Inequities
      • Participatory, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
      Rushton, Paula

      • Wheelchair skills testing and training
      • Wheelchair confidence testing and training
      • Development of technologies for wheelchair skills training
      • Knowledge translation of the Wheelchair Skills Program
      • Training of rehabilitation professionals in the wheelchair service provision process
      Simard, Marie-Noëlle

      • Child neurodevelopment, screening and identification of developmental delays and neurodevelopmental disorders
      • At-risk populations (e.g. prematurity, congenital heart defects)
      • Neurological examination in children
      • Adapted physical activity programs
      Swaine, Bonnie

      • Quality and evaluation of rehabilitation services
      • Adaptation and development of clinical practice guidelines
      • Traumatic brain injury
      • Living Laboratory approach
      • Development of clinical measurement tools
      Vachon, Brigitte

      • Knowledge translation
      • Continuous health services quality improvement and practice change
      • Continuing professional development
      • Reflective practice
      • Primary care and chronic disease management
      Veillette, Nathalie

      • Occupational therapy in the emergency department
      • Hospital discharge planning
      • Assessment of the functional status
      • Geriatrics
      Zidarov, Diana (adjunct professor)

      • Knowledge translation
      • Program and health interventions evaluation
      • Implementation of best practices and health care innovations
      • Quality of rehabilitation services
      • Participatory, qualitative and mixed methods approaches