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Marie-France Coutu

ResearcherUniversité de Sherbrooke

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Marie-France Coutu

Researcher

Health Sciences

Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (1 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Publications

163

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Research

Disability Intersectoral Work

Latest papers

Intervention challenges experienced in physiotherapy and occupational therapy with workers' pain and disability representations: a mixed methods study.
Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026
Are Newly Graduated Physiotherapists in Quebec Prepared for Work Rehabilitation Practice? A Mixed Method Study.
Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026
Long COVID risk and severity after COVID-19 infections and reinfections: A retrospective cohort study among healthcare workers.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2025

All 60 publications

Latest funding

Advancing equitable access to psychological pain care in Canada: French adaptation of the digital Empowered Relief platform
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Learning Best Practices from Integrated Care Models for Long COVID.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$680,851
Adapting virtual psychological pain care to Francophone workers in primary care physiotherapy for low back pain
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator

All 13 grants and awards

60 publications.

Intervention challenges experienced in physiotherapy and occupational therapy with workers' pain and disability representations: a mixed methods study.

Godbout P, Coutu MF, Durand MJ

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-025-10272-9 PMID: 39976825

Are Newly Graduated Physiotherapists in Quebec Prepared for Work Rehabilitation Practice? A Mixed Method Study.

Longtin C, Hong QN, Coutu MF, Alpdogan NY, Singer L, Cooper L, Bussières A, Carrière J, Bertrand-Charette M, Perreault K, Hudon A, Wideman TH

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-026-10404-9 PMID: 42060181

Long COVID risk and severity after COVID-19 infections and reinfections: A retrospective cohort study among healthcare workers.

Carazo S, Ouakki M, Nicolakakis N, Falcone EL, Skowronski DM, Durand MJ, Coutu MF, Décary S, Dialahy IZ, Drescher O, Canitrot E, McGinn CA, Latouche P, Laforce R, Dallaire C, Denis G, Piché A, De Serres G

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.108012 PMID: 40783164

Reductions in Perceived Injustice are Associated with Reductions in Pain Catastrophizing in Individuals with Low Back Pain.

Alpdogan NY, Coutu MF, Durand MJ, Carrière JS

Journal of pain research2025

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s518634 PMID: 41019428

Changes in Pain Catastrophizing and Related Outcomes Following a Single-Session Empowered Relief Intervention Delivered by Physical Therapists in Workers with Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study.

Carrière JS, Coutu MF, Darnall BD, Léonard G, Royer MP, Li MY, Bordeleau M, Durand MJ

Journal of pain research2025

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s527830 PMID: 41000505

Rehabilitating Workers Aged 55 and Over: Professionals' Perspectives and Solutions.

Durand MJ, Coutu MF, Lecours A, Léonard G, Lederer V, Nastasia I, Carrière J, Paquette MA

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-024-10236-5 PMID: 39261413

Physical Therapists' Expectations Regarding the Recovery of Work-Disabled Individuals Aged 55 and Over.

Montemurro L, Carrière JS, Durand MJ, Coutu MF

Musculoskeletal care2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/msc.70109 PMID: 40312153

Work Disability and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Teleworkers: A Scoping Review.

Hong QN, Li J, Kersalé M, Dieterlen E, Mares A, Ahmadian Sangkar Z, Paquet V, Lederer V, Laberge M, Coutu MF

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-024-10184-0 PMID: 38546953

Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Intervention Activities for People with Migraine: Scoping Review.

Durand MJ, Coutu MF, Gérard T, Royer MP, Devantéry K, Godbout P, Laprise S, Leroux É, Paquette MA

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2025

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.5 PMID: 39844712

Workers' Worries, Pain, Psychosocial Factors, and Margin of Manoeuvre, in Relation to Outcomes in a Return-to-Work Program: An Exploratory Study.

Coutu MF, Durand MJ, O'Hagan F, Gosselin P, Nastasia I, Berbiche D, Labrecque MÉ, Pettigrew S, Bordeleau M

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2024First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-023-10155-x PMID: 37996721

Advancing equitable access to psychological pain care in Canada: French adaptation of the digital Empowered Relief platform

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Catalyst Grant: Digital Health

Principal investigators: Carriere, Junie S

Keywords: Digital Health Intervention; Empowered Relief; Linguistic Equity; Musculoskeletal Pain; Psychological Pain Care

$100,000

Learning Best Practices from Integrated Care Models for Long COVID.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Décary, Simon; Bhéreur, Anne; Gaboury, Isabelle; LeBlanc, Annie

Keywords: Care Models; Implementation Science; Knowledge Mobilization; Long Covid; Video-Ethnography

$680,851

Adapting virtual psychological pain care to Francophone workers in primary care physiotherapy for low back pain

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity - CMA Foundation

Principal investigators: Carriere, Junie S; Leonard, Guillaume M

Keywords: Evidence-Based Interventions; Francophone; Mental Health; Pain; Primary Care; Psychological Factors; Rehabilitation; Return-To-Work; Virtual Care

Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Tompa, Emile

Keywords: work disability management systems design thinking accessbility inclusion demand-side capacity workplace systems Inclusive design employment support systems transitions to work career development disability policy

$3,244,429

Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Tompa, Emile

Keywords: work disability; management systems; design thinking; accessbility; inclusion; demand-side capacity; workplace systems; Inclusive design; employment support systems; transitions to work; career development; disability policy

$2,092,290

Primary care shared decision making for addressing painful chronic musculoskeletal conditions.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Catalyst Gr: Addres. Musculoskeletal Cond./Arthritis in Cnds - Back/Neck pain

Principal investigators: Légaré, France; Laliberté, Jacques

Keywords: Back And Neck Pain; Interprofessional Teams; Knowledge Translation; Musculoskeletal Pain; Osteoarthritis; Overuse/Underuse Of Healthcare; Primary Care; Rehabilitation; Shared Decision Making

$99,901

Dealing with work disability: an intersectoral collaborative approach

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Coutu, Marie-France

Keywords: work disability prevention; population characteristics; participative approach; transdisciplinarity

$48,927

Dealing with work disability: an intersectoral collaborative approach

Nominated PICIHR2015Healthy and Productive Work - PDG

Principal investigators: Coutu, Marie-France

Keywords: Disability; Intersectoral; Work

$97,862

Income security and labour-market engagement: envisioning the future of disability policy in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: disability policy; income security; disability benefits; labour-market engagement; return to work; workers' compensation; social safety net; social assistance; Canada Pension Plan Disability; Quebec Pension Plan Disability

$2,760,782

Scaling up implementation of evidence-based SDM training programs for health professionals

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Knowledge Translation Supplement - PA: Rx&D Collaborative Research

Principal investigators: Légaré, France

Keywords: Access To Appropriate Care Across The Continuum; Change Management For Improved Practice; Patient-Centered Care; Primary And Community-Based Healthcare; Values-Based Decision-Making And Public

$49,990

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Marie-France Coutu

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Intervention challenges experienced in physiotherapy and occupational therapy with workers' pain and disability representations: a mixed methods study.

Are Newly Graduated Physiotherapists in Quebec Prepared for Work Rehabilitation Practice? A Mixed Method Study.

Long COVID risk and severity after COVID-19 infections and reinfections: A retrospective cohort study among healthcare workers.

Reductions in Perceived Injustice are Associated with Reductions in Pain Catastrophizing in Individuals with Low Back Pain.

Changes in Pain Catastrophizing and Related Outcomes Following a Single-Session Empowered Relief Intervention Delivered by Physical Therapists in Workers with Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study.

Rehabilitating Workers Aged 55 and Over: Professionals' Perspectives and Solutions.

Physical Therapists' Expectations Regarding the Recovery of Work-Disabled Individuals Aged 55 and Over.

Work Disability and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Teleworkers: A Scoping Review.

Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Intervention Activities for People with Migraine: Scoping Review.

Workers' Worries, Pain, Psychosocial Factors, and Margin of Manoeuvre, in Relation to Outcomes in a Return-to-Work Program: An Exploratory Study.

Advancing equitable access to psychological pain care in Canada: French adaptation of the digital Empowered Relief platform

Learning Best Practices from Integrated Care Models for Long COVID.

Adapting virtual psychological pain care to Francophone workers in primary care physiotherapy for low back pain

Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA)

Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA)

Primary care shared decision making for addressing painful chronic musculoskeletal conditions.

Dealing with work disability: an intersectoral collaborative approach

Dealing with work disability: an intersectoral collaborative approach

Income security and labour-market engagement: envisioning the future of disability policy in Canada

Scaling up implementation of evidence-based SDM training programs for health professionals

Frequent collaborators

Karine Bilodeau

Dominique Tremblay

Dawn Stacey

Laura Boland

Pierre-Gerlier Forest

Annie LeBlanc

Patrick Archambault

Lesley Bainbridge

Anne Hudon

Gaston De Serres

Marie Laberge

Marie Laberge

Clermont Dionne

Lesley Singer

Jaime Guzman

Daniel Reinharz

Robert Laforce

Annalee Yassi

Joy MacDermid

Kadija Perreault

Tania Lecomte

Michel Tousignant