Research Axis
Musculoskeletal Health, Rehabilitation and Medical Technologies Axis
Research Theme
Pediatric rehabilitation and sports medicine
Address
CHUSJ
Phone
514 345-4931 #8136
Carole Fortin worked as a physiotherapist at the Marie-Enfant Rehabilitation Center (CRME) in the Neurotraumatology, Cerebral Motor Deficiency and Musculoskeletal Amputee (scoliosis and arthritis client) programs. She began her research training in 2000 and became especially interested in young people with idiopathic scoliosis. She completed her Master’s in 2003 on gait in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis and her doctorate in 2010 on developing and validating a clinical assessment tool for posture. She then did her postdoctoral training at the Laboratory of Cognitive Neurosciences at Aix-Marseille University-CNRS. Her research focused on the behavioral and cerebral markers of the central organization of posture-movement coordination and anticipation in children and adolescents.
Over her career, Carole Fortin has developed expertise in the field of evaluating and treating children and adolescents with scoliosis. To achieve this, she completed basic training in global postural reeducation (1990-1991), and advanced training in global postural reeducation applied to scoliosis (2006 and 1996) as well as advanced training workshops on reeducation methods and making braces in Lyon, France (1999 and 1993). She also acquired expertise in gait assessment and analysis by taking the course Clinical Gait Analysis – A focus on interpretation (in cerebral palsy and other gait disorders) in Connecticut (USA) in April 2005 and during her Master’s training. In addition, Carole Fortin took numerous training courses on evaluating and treating children and adults with neurological impairment: NDT – A Neurodevelopmental Approach in Pediatrics, (Ontario, 1996); Advanced NDT: clientele with cranial trauma (Newport, USA, 1992) and NDT: Hemiplegic Adult Clientele (Montreal, 1986).
Her clinical and research expertise led her to give university courses and training to rehabilitation professionals, become a guest speaker, take part in setting up and running the CRME Ambulation Clinic and draft a project to organize professional services intended for clients with evolutive spinal deformities at the Sainte-Justine UHC.
- Study of the neurophysiological mechanisms inherent in postural abilities and movement (muscular, sensory and posture-movement coordination functions)
- Development and validation of clinical assessment tools
- Development of evidence-based therapeutic intervention models in physiotherapy and verification of their efficacy in idiopathic scoliosis, neurotraumatology and cerebral motor deficiencies
- Knowledge sharing and transfer