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Catherine Mercier

ResearcherRéadaptationUniversité Laval

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Catherine Mercier

Researcher

Réadaptation

Health Sciences

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
44 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 22 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (5 NSERC, 3 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 8 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Crc Force Field Adaptation Gait Motor Cortex Motor Learning Movement Pain Plasticity

Latest papers

Heatwrap and exercise in acute low back pain: a multi-arm randomised controlled trial.
Musculoskeletal science & practice · 2026
Predictors of upper-extremity motor outcomes after constraint-induced therapy or bimanual training in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review.
Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026 · senior author
Changes in Unimanual and Bimanual Upper Extremity Use During the Subacute Phase Post-Stroke Assessed in Supervised and Unsupervised Contexts.
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2026 · senior author

All 106 publications

Latest funding

MI SENS-OR REHAB: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a novel, multimodal, Motivational Interviewing-guided somatoSENSory - motOR REHABilitation intervention for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$409,275
Comportement oculomoteur lors de tâches d'atteinte des membres supérieurs après un accident vasculaire cérébral
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
MI SENS-OR REHAB: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a novel, multimodal, Motivational Interviewing-guided somatoSENSory - motOR REHABilitation intervention for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 22 grants and awards

106 publications.

Heatwrap and exercise in acute low back pain: a multi-arm randomised controlled trial.

Côté-Picard C, Tittley J, Mailloux C, Desgagnés A, Perreault K, Mercier C, Dionne CE, Roy JS, Massé-Alarie H

Musculoskeletal science & practice2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2026.103587 PMID: 42208097

Predictors of upper-extremity motor outcomes after constraint-induced therapy or bimanual training in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review.

Sogbossi ES, Zannou EC, Dossa E, Houessou C, Assogba TF, Longton M, Everard G, Mercier C

Developmental medicine and child neurology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.70082 PMID: 41326323

Changes in Unimanual and Bimanual Upper Extremity Use During the Subacute Phase Post-Stroke Assessed in Supervised and Unsupervised Contexts.

Gagné-Pelletier L, Poitras I, Roig M, Mercier C

Neurorehabilitation and neural repair2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/15459683261454938 PMID: 42318890

"I See What Others Don't See When They Look at Me": A Qualitative Study of Body Perception Disturbances in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.

Dagenais M, Roy JS, Pinard AM, Mercier C

Journal of pain research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s594189 PMID: 42311470

Deficits in Cognitive-Motor Control of the Ipsilesional Upper Limb in Subacute Stroke Assessed Using a Robotic Exoskeleton: A Longitudinal Study.

Sogbossi ES, Gagné-Pelletier L, Mercier C

Brain sciences2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci16060595 PMID: 42352604

Association of corpus callosum and corticospinal tract microstructure with bimanual coordination in children with unilateral cerebral palsy.

Gascon HD, Martinie O, Karan P, Descoteaux M, Mercier C, Robert MT

Experimental brain research2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00221-026-07240-x PMID: 41811495

Modulation of corticospinal excitability and muscle synergies during visuomotor locomotor task in individuals with and without cerebral palsy: a TMS and EMG study.

Cherni Y, Ghislieri M, Bouyer L, Mercier C

Frontiers in neurology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2026.1669546 PMID: 41859408

Current Practice of Physiotherapists in the Management of Children With Cerebral Palsy in Benin Country: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey.

Sogbossi ES, Gbaglo M, Dahoueto W, Kpadonou T, Mercier C

Child: care, health and development2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/cch.70192 PMID: 41367238

Altering visual feedback during reaching: no mitigating effect on pain for individuals with complex regional pain syndrome, but visuomotor adaptation is preserved.

Dagenais M, Sutter C, Brun C, Pinard AM, Roy JS, Mercier C

Frontiers in human neuroscience2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2025.1701633 PMID: 41479842

Upper Limb Capacity, Performance, and Leisure Participation in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy.

Abid M, Poitras I, Gagné-Pelletier L, Rigourd C, Sèbiyo Batcho C, Mercier C

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s25237120 PMID: 41374499

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Catherine Mercier

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Heatwrap and exercise in acute low back pain: a multi-arm randomised controlled trial.

Predictors of upper-extremity motor outcomes after constraint-induced therapy or bimanual training in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review.

Changes in Unimanual and Bimanual Upper Extremity Use During the Subacute Phase Post-Stroke Assessed in Supervised and Unsupervised Contexts.

"I See What Others Don't See When They Look at Me": A Qualitative Study of Body Perception Disturbances in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.

Deficits in Cognitive-Motor Control of the Ipsilesional Upper Limb in Subacute Stroke Assessed Using a Robotic Exoskeleton: A Longitudinal Study.

Association of corpus callosum and corticospinal tract microstructure with bimanual coordination in children with unilateral cerebral palsy.

Modulation of corticospinal excitability and muscle synergies during visuomotor locomotor task in individuals with and without cerebral palsy: a TMS and EMG study.

Current Practice of Physiotherapists in the Management of Children With Cerebral Palsy in Benin Country: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey.

Altering visual feedback during reaching: no mitigating effect on pain for individuals with complex regional pain syndrome, but visuomotor adaptation is preserved.

Upper Limb Capacity, Performance, and Leisure Participation in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy.

MI SENS-OR REHAB: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a novel, multimodal, Motivational Interviewing-guided somatoSENSory - motOR REHABilitation intervention for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Comportement oculomoteur lors de tâches d'atteinte des membres supérieurs après un accident vasculaire cérébral

MI SENS-OR REHAB: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a novel, multimodal, Motivational Interviewing-guided somatoSENSory - motOR REHABilitation intervention for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

MI SENS-OR REHAB: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a novel, multimodal, Motivational Interviewing guided somatoSENSory - motOR REHABilitation intervention for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Towards a reduction in musculoskeletal disorders at work through the development of an ergonomic intelligent feedback system

Benchtop Selective Laser Sintering 3D printer for rehabilitation engineering and robotics

Effet d'une thérapie bimanuelle intensive sur la proprioception et le contrôle visuomoteur chez les enfants vivant avec la paralysie cérébrale.

Canada Research Chairs - Tier 1

Évaluation de l'utilisation des membres supérieurs et de l'influence des déficits somatosensoriels sur la performance motrice chez l'adulte ayant une paralysie cérébrale

Understanding interactions between pain, body perception and motor control.

Frequent collaborators

Laurent Bouyer

Kadija Perreault

Marc Roig

Shirley Fecteau

Marie-Eve Lamontagne

Yves De Koninck

Chantal Mérette

Julien Doyon

Christian Ethier

Marie-Christine Ouellet

Joel Katz

Catherine Mercier

Kevin Whittingstall

Lynn Gauthier

Jean-Sébastien Roy

Annie LeBlanc

Jean-Pierre Després

Jan Andrysek

Lily Lessard

Krista Best

Philip Jackson