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The School of Physical & Occupational Therapy (SPOT) has over 30 researchers working across the broad spectrum of rehabilitation science.

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October 2023

Hudon, A., Augeard, N., Tansey, C.M., Houston, E., Bostick, G., & Wideman, T.H. (2023). Does feeling pain help prepare future clinicians to treat pain? A qualitative exploration of a novel experiential approach to teaching health professional students about pain, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2023.2254367

Moore, L., Freire, G., Turgeon, A.F., … Gagnon, I.J., … Yanchar, N. (2023). Pediatric vs Adult or Mixed Trauma Centers in Children Admitted to Hospitals Following Trauma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Pediatrics, 6(9):e2334266. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34266

Mathur, S., Janaudis-Ferreira, T., de Paula Ferreira, M., Bourgeois, N., Blydt-Hansen, T., Fuller, T., Deliva, R., & Hamiwka, L. (2023). Building the Evidence for Exercise in Solid Organ Transplant: How Far Have We Moved the Needle? Physiotherapy Canada, 75(3) 209-211. https://doi.org/10.3138/ptc-2022-0111

Jespersen, L., Maes, K.M., Ardenkjaer-Skinnerup, N., Roig, M., Bjorndal, J.R., Beck, M.M., & Lundbye-Jensen, J. (2023). Acute Exercise Performed Before and After Motor Practice Enhances the Positive Effects on Motor Memory Consolidation. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107830

Azevedo, N., Le Dorze, G., Jarema, G., Gauvreau, C. A., Ogourtsova, T., Beaulieu, S., Beaujard, C., Yvon, M., & Kehayia, E. (2023). Understanding the experience of users of communication aids and applications through focus group discussions with people with aphasia and family members. Frontiers in Communication. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1219331

McBain, K., Dinh, C., Haffar, M., Steinberg, E., Cachecho, S., Bussières, A., & Dahan-Oliel, N. (2023). Perspectives from clinicians and managers: facilitators and barriers to the uptake of rehabilitation guidance for children with arthrogryposis. Disability and Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2263361

Thomas, A., Amari, F., Mylopoulos, M., Vachon, B., Menon, A., & Rochette, A. (2023). Being and Becoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner: Occupational Therapists’ Journey Toward Expertise. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(5). https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2023.050193

Giroux, C.M., Kim, S., Sikora, L., Bussières, A., & Thomas, A. (2023). Social media as a mechanism of dissemination and knowledge translation among health professions educators: a scoping review. Advances in Health Sciences Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-023-10294-z

Elekanachi, R.U., Shikako, K., Snider, L. & Dahan-Oliel, N. (2023). A Portrait of the Rights of Children with Disabilities in Nigeria: A Policy Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(21). https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/21/6996

Vaz, D.V., Stilwell, P., Coninx, S., Low, M., & Liebenson, C. (2023). Affordance-based practice: An ecological-enactive approach to chronic musculoskeletal pain management. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy.

Simard, M.N., Lepage, C., … Brossard-Racine, M., Masse, B., & Gallagher, A. (2023). A Parent–child yoga intervention for reducing attention deficits in children with congenital heart disease: the Yoga for Little Hearts Feasibility Study Protocol. BMJ Open, 13(10). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079407

Cristini, J., Kraft, V.S., De las heras, B., Rodrigues, L., Parwanta, Z., Hermsdorfer, J., Steib, S., & Roig, M. (2023). Differential effects of acute cardiovascular exercise on explicit and implicit motor memory: The moderating effects of fitness level. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107846

Treleaven, D., Lamontagne, A., Grili, L., Friedman, D., & Gagnon, I. (2023). Altered Oculomotor and Vestibulo-ocular Function in Children and Adolescents Postconcussion. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000898

Harrison, H.F., Kinsella, E.A., Loftus, S., DeLuca, S., McGovern, G., Belanger, I., & Eugenio, T. (2023). “Nurturing a trusting learning community”: perceptions of relationships in a health professions education peer mentorship program. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-08-2022-0065

Robbins,S.M., Renaud, P.J., MacInnis, N., & Pearsall, D.J. (2023). Differences in trunk–shoulder inter-joint coordination and sequencing between elite and recreational ice hockey players during slap shots. Sports Engineering, 26(46). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00441-5

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