Musculoskeletal Health

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Research that engages people at risk of, or experiencing musculoskeletal problems.

The Physical Therapy Musculoskeletal Research Theme is a collaborative group that focuses on shared learning, and facilitation of quality research that engages and helps people at-risk of, or experiencing, MSK problems.

Mohammad Bayattork

Area of Research: Predictive modeling of pain and recovery in injured workers; innovative use of Virtual Reality for neck and musculoskeletal trauma research
Supervisor: Dave Walton

Arnaud Duport

Area of Research: Understanding movement in pain
Supervisor: Siobhan Schabrun

Ashley Lowndes

Area of Research: biomarkers for chronic jaw pain
Supervisor: Siobhan Schabrun

Mike Lukacs (adjunct scholar)

Area of Research: Precision intervention in spinal pain
Supervisor: Alison Rushton and Dave Walton

Phivos Phylactou

Area of Research: Visual working memory and pain
Supervisor:   Siobhan Schabrun

Merna Seliman

Area of Research: How do we know the pain of another?
Supervisor:   Siobhan Schabrun


Embedded within the Musculoskeletal Health research theme, CANSpine is the transdisciplinary clinical research group focused to addressing complex problems in the assessment and management of musculoskeletal spinal pain.