Research
Research with people with limb amputation is on-going in Québec

Research in progress or completed

Couture, Mélanie

Research team: M Couture, J Desrosiers, C Caron

Can a lower limb amputation be appraised as a positive experience?
Cognitive appraisal and perceived benefits of dysvascular lower limb amputation
Leisure activities following a lower limb amputation

Psychologist
PhD, Sciences cliniques,Faculté de Médecine et sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC.
Post doctorate degree ongoing, Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université de Montréal, QC
Lecturer, Département de psychologie, Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaine, Université de Sherbrooke, QC
melanie.couture@usherbrooke.ca

 

Dannenbaum, Elizabeth

Research team: E Dannenbaum, P Weech

Incidence of vestibular impairments in clients with lower extremity amputation

Physiotherapist
Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital
3205, Place Alton-Goldbloom, Laval, Qué. H7V 1R2
Tel : 450-688-9550 Fax : 450-688-3673
Edannenbaum_hjr@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

 

De Tonnancour, Christiane

Impact of prenatal diagnosis of amputation on the mourning process of the ideal child

Psychologist
Programme des Troubles de Développement et celle du programme des Amputations et lésions MusculoSquelettiques (AMS).
Centre de Réadaptation Marie Enfant du CHU Sainte-Justine
5200 est, rue Bélanger, Montréal (Qc) H1T 1C9
Tel : 514 374-1710 Fax : 514 374-7944
christiane.detonnancour.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

 

Desrosiers, Johanne

Specificity of the response to other’s pain in amputees

Researcher
Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement (CDRV)
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke
Full professor and vice-dean of rehabilitation
École de réadaptation, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke
2500 boul. de l’Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1
Tel : 819-821-8000
Johanne.desrosiers@usherbrooke.ca

 

Duclos, Cyril

Prolonged proprioceptive stimulations to correct postural assymetry of lower limb amputees

Researcher
Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation (CRIR), Montréal, QC
Assistant professor
Physiotherapy program, École de réadaptation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal,
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7
Tel :514 343-7833
Cyril.duclos@umontreal.ca

 

Forget, Robert

Sensory deficits and standing balance of people with lower limb amputation

Researcher
Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR);
Full professor
Physiotherapy program, École de réadaptation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal,
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7
Tel : 514 343-7833
robert.forget@umontreal.ca

 

Gauthier-Gagnon, Christiane

Research team : C Gauthier-Gagnon, M-C Grisé, D Gravel

Assessment of balance and gait of the lower limb amputee
Development and validation of the Prosthetic Profile of the Amputee (PPA) and of the Locomotor Capabilities Index (LCI)
Tools to evaluate mobility, function and quality of life of lower limb amputees
Evaluation of quality of life of the lower limb amputee
Outcome measure of a rehabilitation program for lower limb amputees

Retired full professor
Physiotherapy program, École de réadaptation, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal,
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7
Tel : 514 343-7833
christiane.gagnon@sympatico.ca


Grisé, Marie-Claude

Research team : M-C Grisé, C Gauthier-Gagnon

Development and validation of the Prosthetic Profile of the Amputee (PPA) and of the Locomotor Capabilities Index (LCI)
Tools to evaluate mobility, function and quality of life of lower limb amputees

Physiotherapist
Advisor, General Management
Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay de Montréal (IRGLM)
6300, avenue Darlington, Montréal (Québec), H3S 2J4
Tel : 514 340-2111 (2427), Fax : 514 340-2091
marieclaude.grise.irglm@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

 

Hébert, Jacky

Research team : J Hébert, B Deathe

An AmpEBR Update: Rehabilitation Treatment and Outcome Measurement
Targetted reinnervation for upper limb amputees: update on outcomes of the first cases in Canada

Assistant Professor, University of Alberta.
Chair of the Northern Alberta Amputee Program and Franklin Foundation
Clinical Director of the Adult Amputee Program
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Alberta
10230 111 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5G 0B7
Tel: 780 735-8218 Fax: 780 735-6018
jhebert@cha.ab.ca

 

Henriques, Tania

Measuring the effect of an inpatient amputee rehabilitation program on the control of diabetes mellitus.
Molecular virology. Rehabilitation, nutrition and fitness

Doctor
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program, McMaster University,
Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1
Tania.Henriques@learnlink.mcmaster.ca

 

Jackson, Philip

Research team : P Jackson, C Mercier, M Prud’homme

Motor imagery, transcranial magnetic stimulation and pain control of upper extremity amputees

Associate professor
École de psychologie, Pavillon Félix-Antoine Savard, Université Laval,
Québec, QC, G1K 7P4
Philip.jackson@psy.ulaval.ca

 

Lévesque, Louise

Research team: L Lévesque, M-F Allen

Capacity of the lower limb amputee to resume life habits and active life

Social worker
Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (IRDPQ)
25 Boul. Hamel, Québec G1M 2S8
Tel : 418 529 9141 poste 6283
louise.levesque@irdpq.qc.ca

 

Malouin, Francine

Gait, electromyography, motor skill
Mental practice for relearning locomotor skills
Effect of practice on motor imagery vividness

Researcher
Centre interdiscplinaire de recherche en rédaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS), Québec, QC
Professor emeritus
Département de réadaptation, Pavillon Vandry, Université Laval
1050 avenue de la médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6
Tel : 418 529-9141 (6701)
francine.malouin@rea.ulaval.ca

 

McFadyen, Bradford J

Locomotor control, locomotor adaptation to environmental demands

Researcher
Centre interdiscplinaire de recherche en rédaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS), Québec, QC
Full professor
Département de réadaptation, Pavillon Vandry, Université Laval
1050 avenue de la médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6
Tel : 418 529-9141 (6701)
Brad.mcfadyen@rea.ulaval.ca

 

McMahon, Martine

Development and implementation of a specific program for lower limb amputees at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie of Sherbrooke
Evaluation of this program and impact on the clientele

Physiotherapist,
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke,
1036 rue Belvédere Sud, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 4C4,
Tel: 819 821-1150
McMM@moncourrier.com

 

Mercier, Catherine

Evaluation of phantom sensations to better understand their causes and consequences
Cortical reorganization induced by limb amputation
Influence of prosthetic use on cortical reorganization and phantom sensations
Use of trans cranial stimulation to modulate cortical reorganization and phantom sensations

Researcher
Centre interdiscplinaire de recherche en rédaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS), Québec, QC
Full professor
Département de réadaptation, Pavillon Vandry, Université Laval
1050 avenue de la médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6
Tel : 418 529-9141 (6701)
catherine.mercier@rea.ulaval.ca

 

Moffet, Hélène

Research team : H Moffet, S Pellet, M Laberge, A Tremblay, B Rivard, L Beauregard, M Bastien

Follow-up study of rehabilitation of dysvascular transtibial amputee

Full professor
Director, Physiotherapy program, Département de réadaptation, Pavillon Vandry, Université Laval
1050 avenue de la médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6
Tel : 418 529-9141 (6701)
Researcher :
Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (IRDPQ)
Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS)
525, boul. Hamel, Québec, Canada G1M 2S8
Tel : 418 529-9141
helene.moffet@rea.ulaval.ca

 

Rondeau, Lynda

Research team : L Rondeau, A St-Jean, C Camden, N Bier, H Corriveau

Use of rehab dogs in gait rehabilitation

Clinical researcher
Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation (CRIR) et REPAR
Physiotherapist
Centre de réadaptation Estrie
300, rue King Est, bureau 200, Sherbrooke (Québec) J1G 1B1
Tel : 819 346-8411 poste 43135
lrondeau.cre@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

 

 

Vincent, Claude

Research team : C Vincent, H Moffet, H Corriveau, S Nadeau

Mobility and social participation of elderly lower limb amputee

Researcher
Centre interdiscplinaire de recherche en rédaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS), Québec
Full professor,
Département de réadaptation, Pavillon Vandry, Université Laval
1050 avenue de la médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6
Tel: 418 529-9141
claude.vincent@rea.ulaval.ca

 

Zidarov, Diana

Research team: D Zidarov, B Swaine, C Gauthier

Quality of life of the lower limb Amputee
Tools to evaluate quality of life

Physiotherapist and clinical researcher
Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay (IRGLM), Montréal
6300 Darlington, Montréal, QC, H3S 2J4
Tel : 514 343-2085
dzidarov@yahoo.fr