Maryse Fortin, Prof. agrégé(e), Ph.D., CAT(c)

Academic background

• B.Sc., sciences de l'exercice, Université Concordia, 2025
• Certification, thérapeute sportive, Association canadienne des thérapeutes du sport, 2025
• Ph.D., science de la réadaptation, University of Alberta, 2025
• Postdoctorat, médecine orthopédique, Postdoctorat, 2013-, 2025
• Postdoctorat, Centre PERFORM, Postdoctorat, 2015-, 2025

Research focus

Axe 1: Fonctions et activités sensorielles, motrices et cognitives

Thematic research unit

Unité thématique 1. Mécanismes fonctionnels

Research laboratory

• CRLLLM Site Constance-Lethbridge

Research interests

• Muscles paraspinaux
• dégénérescence de la colonne vertébrale
• lombalgie chronique
• douleur au cou)

Publications

• Fortin, M., Rye, M., Roussac, A., Montpetit, C., Burdick, J., Naghdi, N., Rosenstein, B., Bertrand, C., Macedo, L. G., Elliott, J. M., Dover, G., DeMont, R., Weber, M. H., Pepin, V. (2023). The Effects of Combined Motor Control and Isolated Extensor Strengthening versus General Exercise on Paraspinal Muscle Morphology, Composition, and Function in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of clinical medicine, 12(18), 5920. [doi]  LIBRE ACCÈS
  https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185920
• Naghdi, N., Elliott, J. M., Weber, M. H., Fehlings, M. G., Fortin, M. (2023). Cervical muscle morphometry and composition demonstrate prognostic value in degenerative cervical myelopathy outcomes. Frontiers in neurology, 14, 1209475. [doi]  LIBRE ACCÈS
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1209475
• Masi, S., Rye, M., Roussac, A., Naghdi, N., Rosenstein, B., Bailey, J. F., Fortin, M. (2023). Comparison of paraspinal muscle composition measurements using IDEAL fat-water and T2-weighted MR images. BMC medical imaging, 23(1), 48. [doi]  LIBRE ACCÈS
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12880-023-00992-w
• Wolfe, D., Rosenstein, B., Fortin, M. (2024). The effect of EMS, IFC, and TENS on patient-reported outcome measures for chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 5, 1346694. [doi]  LIBRE ACCÈS
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2024.1346694
• Crook, J., Masi, S., Naghdi, N., Roussac, A., Rye, M., Rosenstein, B., Rivaz, H., Boily, M., Weber, M. H., Fortin, M. (2023). Comparison of multifidus muscle intramuscular fat by ultrasound echo intensity and fat-water based MR images in individuals with chronic low back pain. Musculoskeletal science practice, 63, 102717. [doi]
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2023.102717
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• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maryse_Fortin