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Pat Fonstad

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Lecturer (Adjunct)Rehabilitation ScienceMcMaster University

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6 publications.

01

Operationalizing an early time-to-decompression best practice & monitoring approach in a provincial health system

Manhas KP, Grant M, Amlani S, Mann B, Nataraj A, Kindrachuk M, Orr W, Madzimure T, Fonstad P, Banda N

Spinal Cord2026
DOI: 10.1038/s41393-026-01249-3
02

Association Between Symptoms and Health Outcomes in Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders: a Series of Mediation Analyses

Jasper LL, Fonstad P, Smith AD

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2025.10.008
03

Prospective case series of litigants and non-litigants with chronic spinal pain treated with dextrose prolotherapy

Hooper RA, Yelland M, Fonstad P, Southern D

International Musculoskeletal Medicine201112 citations
DOI: 10.1179/1753615410y.0000000007
04

The effect of prolotherapy on sacro-iliac joint stiffness: a pilot study

Fonstad P, Hooper RA, Frizzell B

International Musculoskeletal Medicine2010First author
DOI: 10.1179/175361410x12652805807990
05

Hip labral tears as a co-morbidity of low back and pelvic girdle pain following motor vehicle collisions: A case series

Fonstad P, Hooper RA

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation20083 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.3233/bmr-2008-21405
06

Prolotherapy in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Literature Review

Fonstad P

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy20052 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1179/106698105790835877

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