160 results match your criteria: "Center for interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation and social integration (Cirris)[Affiliation]"

Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the methodological quality of the 2016 Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT) guidelines for the detection and management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Methods: A diverse group of experts, including practicing chiropractors, chiropractors with a Diplomate by the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology, chiropractors with PhD degrees, and chiropractors involved in teaching within chiropractic programs was invited to participate in the study. Experts independently evaluated the guidelines using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II tool.

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Foot strike patterns influence vertical loading rates during running. Running retraining interventions often include switching to a new foot strike pattern. Sudden changes in the foot strike pattern may be uncomfortable and may lead to higher step-to-step variability.

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Objective: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to compare the physical activity level between individuals with and without rotator cuff related shoulder pain (RCRSP), and, in individuals with RCRSP, investigate whether biopsychosocial factors are associated with the physical activity level.

Methods: Seventy-four participants with and 84 participants without RCRSP wore a fitness tracking watch for seven consecutive days to assess physical activity (step count, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)-minutes). Additionally, participants with RCRSP completed questionnaires on their level of pain, disability, and physical activity (short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [IPAQ]), as well as on biopsychosocial factors, including resilience, stress, catastrophizing, anxiety and depressive symptoms, self-efficacy, and social support.

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"How can we help you?": results of a scoping review on the perceived needs of people living with chronic pain regarding physiotherapy.

BMC Health Serv Res

November 2024

School of rehabilitation, Faculty of medicine, Université de Montréal, PO Box 6128, Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.

Background: Physiotherapy is effective to reduce pain and improve the quality of life of people living with chronic pain. To offer high-quality physiotherapy services, these services must be patient-centred and respond to patients' needs. However, few studies seem to target patients' perceived needs, whereas more studies tend to focus on needs assessed by healthcare experts, which are not always in line with patients' perceived needs.

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Background: This exploratory study aimed to enhance the understanding of practitioners' experiences within LGBTQ+ community organisations when providing interventions for LGBTQ+ individuals with intellectual disabilities. Three specific objectives were outlined: to document the situations and challenges encountered by practitioners; to identify perceived needs among LGBTQ+ individuals with intellectual disabilities and to elicit their suggestions for recommendations to improve services.

Method: A qualitative approach, involving in-depth interviews with 12 Québec-based LGBTQ+ community practitioners, underwent content analysis.

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Purpose: To investigate the psychometric properties of the MOSE-Benin, a French-language version of the Measure of Stroke Environment (MOSE) for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Materials And Methods: The original English version of the MOSE has been translated into French following the guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation. The resulting questionnaire (MOSE-Benin) was administered to a convenience sample of participants recruited in Benin, a French-speaking country.

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Neck or Shoulder? Establishing Consensus for Spine Screening in Patients with Shoulder Pain: an International Modified Delphi Study.

Phys Ther

September 2024

Physiotherapy in Motion, Multi-Speciality Research Group (PTinMOTION), Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Objective: There is no established consensus for screening the spine in patients with shoulder pain. The aim of this study was to explore the role of the spine in shoulder pain and generate a set of recommendations for assessing the potential involvement of the spine in patients with shoulder pain.

Methods: A modified Delphi study was conducted through use of an international shoulder physical therapist's expert panel.

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Our mental representation of our body depends on integrating various sensory modalities, such as tactile information. In tactile distance estimation (TDE) tasks, participants must estimate the distance between two tactile tips applied to their skin. This measure of tactile perception has been linked to body representation assessments.

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  • - Low back pain (LBP) is a major global disability issue, and effective clinical assessment tools are currently lacking; abnormal muscle control and fatigue are key factors involved.
  • - A study evaluated a new flexible surface electromyography (sEMG) system using PEVA electrodes and compared it with a traditional system, measuring muscle activity during two clinical tests for LBP assessment.
  • - The new sEMG system demonstrated similar sensitivity and validity to the traditional system in detecting muscle fatigue and activation patterns, suggesting its potential as a reliable tool for LBP assessment.
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Purpose: Previous studies have suggested that inspirations during speech pauses are influenced by the length of adjacent utterances, owing to respiratory motor planning and physiological recovery processes. The goal of this study was to examine how attention to respiratory sensations may influence these processes in aging speakers with dyspnea, by measuring the effect of sensory monitoring on the relationship between utterance length and the occurrence of inspirations, as well as on functional voice and respiratory measures.

Method: Seventeen adults aged 50 years and older with complaints of voicing-related dyspnea completed a repeated-measures protocol consisting of a 2-week baseline phase and a 4-week sensory monitoring phase.

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Background: The majority of patients with musculoskeletal pain (62% to 64%) achieve their treatment goals upon completing rehabilitation. However, a high re-consultation rate after discharge is frequently reported. Numerous authors have recognized the necessity of secondary prevention programs (after-discharge strategy) to ensure that the gains are maintained or further pursued after the completion of a rehabilitation program.

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Our brain constantly integrates afferent information, such as visual and tactile information, to perceive the world around us. According to the maximum-likelihood estimation (MLE) model, imprecise information will be weighted less than precise, making the multisensory percept as precise as possible. Individuals with fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic pain syndrome, show alterations in the integration of tactile information.

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Resistance training in women with myotonic dystrophy type 1: a multisystemic therapeutic avenue.

Neuromuscul Disord

July 2024

School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada; Neuromuscular Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Group (GRIMN), Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Integrated University Health and Social Services Center, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada; Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), Capitale-Nationale Integrated University Health and Social Services Center, Quebec, Quebec, Canada; CHU de Québec - Université Laval Research Center, Québec, Québec, Canada. Electronic address:

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a hereditary disease characterized by muscular impairments. Fundamental and clinical positive effects of strength training have been reported in men with DM1, but its impact on women remains unknown. We evaluated the effects of a 12-week supervised strength training on physical and neuropsychiatric health.

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Background: In patients with fibromyalgia, exercise and education are recommended to decrease pain level and improve pain management. The latest scientific evidence recommends to focus interventions on the upper limb. The aim of this pilot study was to compare the immediate effect of physical activity education vs.

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Background: Advanced practice physiotherapy (APP) models of care have shown success in access, safety, satisfaction, and care quality for musculoskeletal pain conditions in various settings. Yet, there is a gap in defining competencies for physiotherapists to be the initial point of contact for people with chronic pain. This study aims to identify and agree upon the competencies necessary for a physiotherapist to fulfill the role of an APP in an interprofessional chronic pain clinic.

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Background: This study explores the linkage between the Measurement of Environmental Quality (MQE) and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). Stemming from the Human Development Model-Disability Creation Process (HDM-DCP), MQE enhances understanding of how environmental quality impacts disability development across diverse socio-cultural contexts. Integrating MQE with ICF expands the perspective on disability formation beyond HDM-DCP, encompassing ICF's functioning approach.

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  • Daily activities involving upper limb movement require attention and multitasking, which can be explored through dual-task interference (DTi), focusing on how it affects proprioception, an important aspect of motor control.* -
  • The study aimed to assess the impact of DTi on conscious upper limb proprioception during active joint repositioning tasks (AJRT) by having 42 participants perform tasks under different conditions: single task, dual-cognitive (serial subtractions), and dual-motor (non-dominant hand movements).* -
  • Results indicated that during dual-cognitive tasks, proprioceptive error (PE) increased, while dual-motor tasks generally improved PE; significant differences were found between cognitive and motor conditions, highlighting the effects
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Introduction: The easures ssociated to rognotic (MAPS) tool is a standardized questionnaire that integrates validated prognostic tools to detect the presence of biopsychosocial prognostic factors in patients consulting for musculoskeletal disorders.

Purpose: The objectives were to assess the: 1) feasibility of implementation of the MAPS tool, 2) clinicians' acceptability of the dashboard, and 3) patients' acceptability of the MAPS tool.

Methods: Twenty physiotherapists and two occupational therapists from seven outpatient musculoskeletal clinics were recruited to implement the MAPS tool during a 3-month timeframe, where new patients completed the questionnaire upon initial assessment.

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Background: Considering current labour shortages, the recent increase in the number of aging workers in the labour market is deemed economically beneficial. However, due to specific characteristics (e.g.

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Current strategies for teaching evacuation methods in private seniors' residences (PSR) and long-term care (LTCH) homes may pose risks to people with disabilities (PWD) and seniors' physical and psychological health. This study aimed to address the following questions: (1) Which are the current fire evacuation learning strategies used with PWD or seniors? (2) What are the barriers and facilitators for PWD and seniors' during fire evacuation and learning strategies in PSR and LTCH? (3) What is the existing equipment that could be used with PWD seniors?. A scoping review of grey and scientific literature was done in six databases and Google scholar.

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Relationship between pain and proprioception among individuals with rotator cuff-related shoulder pain.

J Hand Ther

June 2024

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Human Structure and Repair, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address:

Background: Individuals with rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP) have altered proprioception. The relationship between shoulder pain and proprioception is not well understood.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between shoulder pain and proprioception.

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Lumbar erector spinae (LES) contribute to spine postural and voluntary control. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) preferentially depolarizes different neural circuits depending on the direction of electrical currents evoked in the brain. Posteroanterior current (PA-TMS) and anteroposterior (AP-TMS) current would, respectively, depolarize neurons in the primary motor cortex (M1) and the premotor cortex.

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Validation of the Borg CR10 Scale for the evaluation of shoulder perceived fatigue during work-related tasks.

Appl Ergon

April 2024

Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris). Québec, QC, Canada; Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval. Québec, QC, Canada. Electronic address:

Work-related upper extremity disorders (WRUEDs) are highly prevalent and costly. Development of fatigue is thought to be one of the causes of WRUEDs. Perceived fatigue can be assessed with the Borg CR Scale® (Borg CR10).

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Article Synopsis
  • - Spinal mobilization (SMob) is a common treatment for spinal pain, but previous studies have issues with clarity in their methods, making it hard to interpret results.
  • - This study reviewed literature from various databases to analyze the characteristics of SMob, focusing on force-time metrics, the types of participants involved, and the regions of the spine being treated.
  • - Out of 7,607 records, 36 studies were included, showing that most SMob treatments targeted the lumbar and cervical spines; results indicated a wide range of force and duration used in these treatments, highlighting inconsistencies that future research should address.
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Minimal clinical datasets for spine-related musculoskeletal disorders in primary and outpatient care settings: a scoping review.

J Clin Epidemiol

January 2024

EBPI-UWZH Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Research Group, University of Zurich and Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University Spine Centre Zurich (UWZH), Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address:

Objectives: Effective measurement and monitoring of health status in patients with spine-related musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are essential for providing appropriate care and improving outcomes. Minimal clinical datasets are standardized sets of key data elements and patient-centered outcomes that can be measured and recorded during routine clinical care. Our scoping review aimed to identify and map current evidence on minimal clinical datasets for measuring and monitoring health status in patients with spine-related MSK disorders in primary and outpatient healthcare settings.

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