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Carole Fortin

Université de Montréal, Centre de recherche CHU Sainte-Justine
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Clinical methods for quantifying body segment posture: a literature review

C Fortin, D Ehrmann Feldman, F Cheriet… - Disability and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. Clinicians commonly assess posture in persons with musculoskeletal disorders and
tend to do so subjectively. Evidence-based practice requires the use of valid, reliable and …

Validity of a quantitative clinical measurement tool of trunk posture in idiopathic scoliosis

C Fortin, DE Feldman, F Cheriet, H Labelle - Spine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Concurrent validity between postural indices obtained from digital photographs
(two-dimensional [2D]), surface topography imaging (three-dimensional [3D]), and …

Reliability of a quantitative clinical posture assessment tool among persons with idiopathic scoliosis

C Fortin, DE Feldman, F Cheriet, D Gravel, F Gauthier… - Physiotherapy, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine overall, test–retest and inter-rater reliability of posture indices
among persons with idiopathic scoliosis. DESIGN: A reliability study using two raters and two …

Prevalence and management of back pain in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients: a retrospective study

J Théroux, S Le May, C Fortin, H Labelle - Pain Research and …, 2015 - hindawi.com
BACKGROUND: Back pain (BP) has often been associated with adolescent idiopathic
scoliosis (AIS), which is a three-dimensional deviation of the vertebral column. In adolescents, …

[HTML][HTML] Global postural re-education in pediatric idiopathic scoliosis: a biomechanical modeling and analysis of curve reduction during active and assisted self …

S Dupuis, C Fortin, C Caouette, I Leclair… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2018 - Springer
Background Global postural re-education (GPR) is a physiotherapy treatment approach for
pediatric idiopathic scoliosis (IS), where the physiotherapist qualitatively assesses scoliotic …

Inter-trial and test–retest reliability of kinematic and kinetic gait parameters among subjects with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

C Fortin, S Nadeau, H Labelle - European Spine Journal, 2008 - Springer
Gait analysis is actually used in subjects with scoliosis to determine the change in lower
limb parameters after surgery, but the reliability of these parameters still remained unknown. …

Development of action representation during adolescence as assessed from anticipatory control in a bimanual load-lifting task

F Barlaam, C Fortin, M Vaugoyeau, C Schmitz… - Neuroscience, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to explore, during adolescence, alterations in the use of a sensori-motor
representation as unveiled by the measurement of anticipatory postural control in a …

Cortical dynamics of sensorimotor information processing associated with balance control in adolescents with and without idiopathic scoliosis

C Fortin, JP Pialasse, IS Knoth, S Lippé, C Duclos… - Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective This study aims at examining the cortical dynamics of sensorimotor information
processing related to balance control in participants with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) …

[HTML][HTML] Inter-rater reliability of the evaluation of muscular chains associated with posture alterations in scoliosis

C Fortin, DE Feldman, C Tanaka, M Houde… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2012 - Springer
Background In the Global postural re-education (GPR) evaluation, posture alterations are
associated with anterior or posterior muscular chain impairments. Our goal was to assess the …

Trunk imbalance in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

C Fortin, E Grunstein, H Labelle, S Parent… - The Spine Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Context Trunk imbalance (ie, frontal trunk shift measured with a plumb line from
C7 to S1) is part of the clinical evaluation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), but its …