Author(s): Wolfe D; Rosenstein B; Fortin M;

Introduction: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide. Transcutaneous electrotherapies have been widely used to treat CLBP but, with the partial exception of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TEN ...

Article GUID: 38979440

Author(s): Rossini B; Anstruther M; Fortin M;

Background: Student circus artists put constant stress on their back. However, the presence of low back pain (LBP) and related disability in this population remains unclear. Objectives: To 1) examine LBP history in circus artists and compare related disabi ...

Article GUID: 38848166

Author(s): Vaillancourt N; Montpetit C; Carile V; Fortin M;

Soccer is a laterally dominant sport owing to the repetitive nature of unilateral kicking. The relationship between functional and body composition asymmetries related to limb dominance in soccer players has yet to be established. When present, asymmetries ...

Article GUID: 38791774

Author(s): Patlan I; Gamelin G; Khalaj K; Castonguay T; Dover G;

ackground: Assessing sport-related concussions in athletes presents challenges due to symptom variability. This study aimed to explore the relationship between acute concussion symptoms and athlete fear avoidance, pain catastrophizing, depression, and anxie ...

Article GUID: 38673675

Author(s): Gagnon MM; Brilz AR; Alberts NM; Gordon JL; Risling TL; Stinson JN;

Background: Digital interventions are increasingly popular for the provision of nonpharmacological pain interventions, but few exist for adolescents with menstrual pain. User-centered design involves incorporating users across phases of digital health inter ...

Article GUID: 38587886

Author(s): Anstruther M; Sean M; Tétreault P; Fortin M;

Background and Objectives: Previous research has shown associations between atrophy and fatty infiltration of the lumbar paraspinal musculature and low back pain (LBP). However, few studies have examined longitudinal changes in healthy controls and individu ...

Article GUID: 38541216

Author(s): Rosenstein B; Burdick J; Roussac A; Rye M; Naghdi N; Valentin S; Licka T; Sean M; Tétreault P; Elliott J; Fortin M; ...

It remains unclear whether paraspinal muscle fatty infiltration in low back pain (LBP) is i) solely intramuscular, ii) is lying outside the epimysium between the muscle and fascial plane (epimuscul ...

Article GUID: 38280825

Author(s): Ornowski J; Dziesinski L; Hess M; Krug R; Fortin M; Torres-Espin A; Majumdar S; Pedoia V; Bonnheim NB; Bailey JF; ...

Background: Paraspinal muscle fat infiltration is associated with spinal degeneration and low back pain, however, quantifying muscle fat using clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques c ...

Article GUID: 38222819

Author(s): Rosenstein B; Montpetit C; Vaillancourt N; Dover G; Khalini-Mahani N; Weiss C; Papula LA; Melek A; Fortin M; ...

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most disabling diseases and a major health issue. Despite the evidence of a link between paraspinal and gluteal muscle dysfunction and LBP, it is unkno ...

Article GUID: 38110922

Author(s): Anstruther M; Rossini B; Zhang T; Liang T; Xiao Y; Fortin M;

Background: There is an increasing interest in assessing paraspinal morphology and composition in relation to low back pain (LBP). However, variations in methods and segmentation protocols contribute to the inconsistent findings in the literature. We presen ...

Article GUID: 37996857

Author(s): Valikhanova G; Kato Y; Fitzcharles MA; Ware M; Da Costa D; Lowensteyn I; Cheung HS; Grover S; ...

Background: Medical cannabis (MC) is used by Canadian Veterans to manage a wide range of health issues. However, there is little information comparing the reasons for MC use and its perceived effec ...

Article GUID: 37920683