Cyril Duclos, Ph. D.

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Education

• French physical therapist diploma, Institut de Formation en masso-kinésithérapie d’Orléans, France (1998)
• B. Sc., Cognitive neurosciences, Université d’Aix-Marseille I, France (2000)
• M. Sc., Physiology and biomechanics, Université Paris-X, France (2002)
• Ph. D., Neurosciences, Université d’Aix-Marseille I, France, & Biomedical sciences, rehabilitation option, Université de Montréal (2006)
• Post-doctoral studies
  • Pathokinesiology laboratory, CRIR, Montréal (2006-2009)
  • Research centre, Montréal geriatric university Institute (2008-2009)
  • Sobell Department, Institute of Neurology, University College, London (2009)

Current research projects

• Gait-like sensorimotor stimulations to improve gait function after SCI (Fondation Craig H Neilsen, USA).
• Reaching clinical recommendations for intensity of post-stroke rehabilitation using an activity circuit implemented with a change agent (FSI-SSS/MEDTEQ)
• Rehabilitation dog in post-stroke rehabilitation: a pilot study for a new intervention (OPPQ-REPAR)
• Unpredictable perturbations during gait to improve balance performance
• Osseointegration in individuals with lower-limb amputation

Selected publications

• Paquin, M.-H., Duclos, C., Lapierre, N., Dubreucq, L., Morin, M., Meunier, J., Rousseau, J., & Dumoulin, C. (accepté). The effects of a strong desire to void on gait for incontinent and continent older community-dwelling women at risk of falls. Neurourology and Urodynamics.
• Duclos, N. C., Aguiar, L. T., Aissaoui, R., Faria, C., 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
• Duclos, N. C., Aguiar, L. T., Aissaoui, R., Nadeau, S., & Duclos, C. (2019). Pertinence et implications de l’actimétrie en réadaptation. EMC – Kinésithérapie-Médecine physique-Réadaptation, 15(3), 1-9. doi:10.1016/S1283-0887(19)65816-0
• Fortin, C., Pialasse, J. P., Knoth, I. S., Lippe, S., Duclos, C., & Simoneau, M. (2019). Cortical dynamics of sensorimotor information processing associated with balance control in adolescents with and without idiopathic scoliosis. Clinical Neurophysiology, 130(10), 1752-1761. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2019.07.005
• Miéville, C., Lauzière, S., Betschart, M., Nadeau, S., & Duclos, C. (2018). More symmetrical gait after split-belt treadmill walking does not modify dynamic and postural balance in individuals post-stroke. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 41, 41-49. doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2018.04.008
• Dubreucq, L., Mereu, A., Blanc, G., Filiatrault, J., & Duclos, C. (2017). Introducing a psychological postural threat alters gait and balance parameters among young participants but not among most older participants. Experimental Brain Research, 235(5), 1429-1438. doi:10.1007/s00221-017-4902-y
• Barthélémy, A., Gagnon, D. H., & Duclos, C. (2016). Gait-like vibration training improves gait abilities: a case report of a 62-year-old person with a chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord Series And Cases, 2, 16012. doi:10.1038/scsandc.2016.12
• Ilmane, N., Croteau, S., & Duclos, C. (2015). Quantifying dynamic and postural balance difficulty during gait perturbations using stabilizing/destabilizing forces. Journal of Biomechanics, 48(3), 441-448. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.12.027

Research interests

• Control and rehabilitation of balance during gait
• Simple and complex proprioceptive stimulations for rehabilitation
• Localized muscle vibration
• Motion analysis
• Inertial sensors