Debbie Feldman, Ph. D.

Education

• B.Sc. Physiotherapy, McGill University (1978)
• M.Sc. Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill (1984)
• Ph.D. Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill (1998)
• Postdoctoral, GRIS, Health Services, Université de Montréal (1998-2000)

Current reserach projects

• Optimal care for persons with musculoskeletal chronic pain
• Referrals to medical specialist rheumatologist by physiotherapists
• Hip arthroplasty indicators according to patients, physicians, and physiotherapists

Selected publications

• El-Khoury, J., Orozco, T., Bernatsky, S., Desmeules, F., Perreault, K., Woodhouse, L. J., & Ehrmann Feldman, D. (2020). Do Quebec Physiotherapists Follow Evidence-Based Guidelines for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis? Physiotherapy Canada. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3138/ptc-2019-0012
• Ehrmann Feldman, D., Carlesso, L. C., & Nahin, R. L. (2019). Management of patients with a musculoskeletal pain condition that is likely chronic: Results from a national cross sectional survey. The journal of Pain. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2019.11.014
• Ehrmann Feldman, D., Bernatsky, S., Orozco, T., El-Khoury, J., Desmeules, F., Laliberté, M., Perreault, K., Grad, R., Zummer, M., & Woodhouse, L. (2019). Physical therapists’ ability to distinguish between inflammatory and noninflammatory arthritis and to appropriately refer to rheumatology. Arthritis Care & Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24081
• Ehrmann Feldman, D., Vinet, E., Sylvestre, M. P., Hazel, B., Duffy, C., Berard, A., . . . Bernatsky, S. (2017). Postpartum complications in new mothers with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a population-based cohort study. Rheumatology (Oxford), 56(8), 1378-1385. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kex168
• Laliberte, M., Mazer, B., Orozco, T., Chilingaryan, G., Williams-Jones, B., Hunt, M., & Ehrmann Feldman, D. (2017). Low Back Pain: Investigation of Biases in Outpatient Canadian Physical Therapy. Physical Therapy, 97(10), 985-997. doi:10.1093/ptj/pzx055
• Orozco, T., Ehrmann Feldman, D., Mazer, B., Chilingaryan, G., Hunt, M., Williams-Jones, B., & Laliberte, M. (2017). Low Back Pain: Current Patterns of Canadian Physiotherapy Service Delivery. Physiotherapy Canada, 69(1), 49-56. doi:10.3138/ptc.2015-72
• Fortin, C., Grunstein, E., Labelle, H., Parent, S., & Ehrmann Feldman, D. (2016). Trunk imbalance in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The Spine Journal, 16(6), 687-693. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2016.02.033
• Raymond, M. H., Demers, L., & Ehrmann Feldman, D. (2016). Waiting list management practices for home-care occupational therapy in the province of Quebec, Canada. Health & Social Care in the Community, 24(2), 154-164. doi:10.1111/hsc.12195
• Cavallo, S., Majnemer, A., Duffy, C. M., & Ehrmann Feldman, D. (2015). Participation in Leisure Activities by Children and Adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology, 42(9), 1708-1715. doi:10.3899/jrheum.140844
• Hudon, A., Laliberte, M., Hunt, M., & Ehrmann Feldman, D. (2015). Quality of physiotherapy services for injured workers compensated by workers’ compensation in Quebec: a focus group study of physiotherapy professionals. Healthcare Policy, 10(3), 32-47.
• Ehrmann Feldman, D., Bernatsky, S., Levesque, J. F., Van, M. T., Houde, M., & April, K. T. (2010). Access and perceived need for physical and occupational therapy in chronic arthritis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 32(22), 1827-1832. doi:10.3109/09638281003734417

Research interests

• Access to health services
• Rheumatology
• Epidemiology in rehabilitation
• Physiotherapy for workers with musculoskeletal injuries