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Nathaly Gaudreault

ProfessorCentre de recherche du centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.Université de Sherbrooke

Nathaly Gaudreault

Professor

Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 FRQSC), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2015.

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Research

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Biomécanique Propriétés viscoélastiques Anatomie Bio-imagerie Tissu conjonctif - fascia

Latest papers

Ultrasound shear wave elastography for the assessment of pelvic floor muscle stiffness: technical and analytical challenges in practice.
Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2026
Quantitative ultrasound evaluation of the thoracolumbar fascia after manual and acupuncture therapies: an exploratory mechanistic randomized controlled trial with a sequential within-subject phase.
European radiology experimental · 2026
Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence.
Insights into imaging · 2025

All 50 publications

Latest funding

Efficacy of dry needling for reducing pain during intercourse in women with provoked vestibulodynia: A multicenter randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$730,576
Punctures physiothérapiques avec aiguilles sèches pour la vestibulodynie provoquée: une étude de faisabilité et d'acceptabilité randomisée et contrôlée
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$149,971
Infrastructure de synthèse additive de précision
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$136,606

All 6 grants and awards

50 publications.

Ultrasound shear wave elastography for the assessment of pelvic floor muscle stiffness: technical and analytical challenges in practice.

Starzec-Proserpio M, Cloutier G, Gaudreault N, Bureau N, Morin M

Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.14366/usg.26031 PMID: 42403209

Quantitative ultrasound evaluation of the thoracolumbar fascia after manual and acupuncture therapies: an exploratory mechanistic randomized controlled trial with a sequential within-subject phase.

Tomita N, Croteau D, Roy-Cardinal MH, Choinière M, Benhaïm L, Raby S, Boulanger A, Runquist J, Gaudreault N, Cloutier G, Bureau NJ

European radiology experimental2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s41747-026-00754-7 PMID: 42319630

Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence.

Tomita N, Roy-Cardinal MH, Chayer B, Daher S, Attiya A, Boulanger A, Gaudreault N, Cloutier G, Bureau NJ

Insights into imaging202518 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13244-024-01895-2 PMID: 39812963

Thoracolumbar Fascia Microstructure and Low Back Pain: Insights From Quantitative Ultrasound Homodyned K-Distribution Statistical Modeling.

Tomita N, Destrempes F, Cardinal MR, Boulanger A, Gaudreault N, Cloutier G, Bureau NJ

Ultrasound in medicine & biology20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.07.031 PMID: 40850900

A randomized controlled trial investigating feasibility, acceptability and effects of dry needling for provoked vestibulodynia

Mélanie Roch, Nathaly Gaudreault, Josianne Paré, Marie-Élisabeth Bouchard, Małgorzata Starzec‐Proserpio, Jan D. Dommerholt, Nathalie J. Bureau, Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, Sophie Bergeron, Marie‐France Dubois, Mélanie Morin

Journal of Pain20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105596 PMID: 41207407

Editorial: Physical Examination and Rehabilitation of Fasciae and Muscles in Sports Injuries.

Pirri C, Gaudreault N

Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering12111238 PMID: 41301193

The Musculoskeletal Advanced Transillumination Technique (MATT): A Descriptive Proof-of-Concept Study of a New Method for the Study of the Iliotibial Tract Tested on Fresh Cadaveric Specimens.

Bédard S, Bédard A, Gaudreault N, Izzo M, Vézina F

Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology2025

DOI: 10.3390/jfmk10030327 PMID: 40981026

Ultrasound elastography of back muscle biomechanical properties: a systematic review and meta-analysis of current methods.

David M, Devantéry K, Nauche B, Chagnon M, Keezer M, Gaudreault N, Bureau NJ, Cloutier G

Insights into imaging202410 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13244-024-01785-7 PMID: 39143409

Passion and performance anxiety: How it affects the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders in dancers.

Benoit-Piau J, Gaudreault N, Vallerand R, Fortin S, Guptill C, Morin M

Psychology of sport and exercise20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102632 PMID: 38548004

Understanding musculoskeletal disorders in dancers: The role of lumbopelvic muscles and movement competency.

Benoit-Piau J, Gaudreault N, Massé-Alarie H, Guptill C, Fortin S, Morin M

Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine20242 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2024.07.006 PMID: 39116577

Efficacy of dry needling for reducing pain during intercourse in women with provoked vestibulodynia: A multicenter randomized controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Morin, Melanie

Keywords: Chronic Pelvic Pain; Dry Needling; Dyspareunia; Elastography; Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Physiotherapy; Sexual Function; Vulvodynia; Women'S Health

$730,576

Punctures physiothérapiques avec aiguilles sèches pour la vestibulodynie provoquée: une étude de faisabilité et d'acceptabilité randomisée et contrôlée

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: NWHRI: Innovation Fund - Biomedical Discovery Grants

Principal investigators: Morin, Melanie

Keywords: Douleur Pelvienne Chronique; Dysfonction Du Plancher Pelvien; Dyspareunie; Fonction Sexuelle; Physiothérapie; Puncture Par Aiguille Sèche; Santé De La Femme; Vulvodynie; Élastographie

$149,971

Infrastructure de synthèse additive de précision

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Quaegebeur, Nicolas

$136,606

Programme intersectoriel Audace

Principal investigatorFRQSC2022Grands défis de société - Entrepreneuriat et créativité

Principal investigators: Gaudreault, Nathaly

Keywords: SYSTEME MUSCULO-SQUELETTIQUE, VISCERES, BIOMECANIQUE, TENSION, IMAGERIE, ONDES ULTRASONORES; Recherche intersectorielle; Activité locomotrice / troubles du mouvement; Foie

$127,000

A state-of the art infrastructure for improving women’s pelvic health

Co-investigatorCFI2019John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Morin, Mélanie

Keywords: Pelvic disorders, incontinence, chronic pelvic pain, vulvodynia, childbirth lesion, lumbopevic pain, cancer survivor, physiotherapy Ultrasound, elastography, dynamometry, electromyography

$199,779

Reproduction d'un modèle pré-clinique de sclérodermie systémique pour évaluer, in vivo et ex vivo, la qualité et la viscoélasticité de la peau pendant la progression de la maladie.

SupervisorCIHR2015Undergraduate: Summer Studentship Award - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Boyer-Richard, Étienne

Keywords: Fibrose Pathologique; Mécanobiologie; Médecine Douce; Peau; Sclérodermie; Tissu Conjonctif; Viscoélasticité

$5,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Nathaly Gaudreault

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Ultrasound shear wave elastography for the assessment of pelvic floor muscle stiffness: technical and analytical challenges in practice.

Quantitative ultrasound evaluation of the thoracolumbar fascia after manual and acupuncture therapies: an exploratory mechanistic randomized controlled trial with a sequential within-subject phase.

Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence.

Thoracolumbar Fascia Microstructure and Low Back Pain: Insights From Quantitative Ultrasound Homodyned K-Distribution Statistical Modeling.

A randomized controlled trial investigating feasibility, acceptability and effects of dry needling for provoked vestibulodynia

Editorial: Physical Examination and Rehabilitation of Fasciae and Muscles in Sports Injuries.

The Musculoskeletal Advanced Transillumination Technique (MATT): A Descriptive Proof-of-Concept Study of a New Method for the Study of the Iliotibial Tract Tested on Fresh Cadaveric Specimens.

Ultrasound elastography of back muscle biomechanical properties: a systematic review and meta-analysis of current methods.

Passion and performance anxiety: How it affects the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders in dancers.

Understanding musculoskeletal disorders in dancers: The role of lumbopelvic muscles and movement competency.

Efficacy of dry needling for reducing pain during intercourse in women with provoked vestibulodynia: A multicenter randomized controlled trial

Punctures physiothérapiques avec aiguilles sèches pour la vestibulodynie provoquée: une étude de faisabilité et d'acceptabilité randomisée et contrôlée

Infrastructure de synthèse additive de précision

Programme intersectoriel Audace

A state-of the art infrastructure for improving women’s pelvic health

Reproduction d'un modèle pré-clinique de sclérodermie systémique pour évaluer, in vivo et ex vivo, la qualité et la viscoélasticité de la peau pendant la progression de la maladie.

Frequent collaborators

Mélanie Morin

Manon Choinière

Guillaume Léonard

Guy Cloutier

Nicola Hagemeister

Patrick Boissy

Gabriel Venne

Alain Frigon

Marie-France Coutu

Karina Lebel

Aline Boulanger

Neila Mezghani

Christine Guptill

Madeleine Durand

Marie-Pierre Cyr

Nathalie Bureau

Jacques DE Guise

Lyne Lalonde

Isabelle Gaboury

Glen Kenny

Dahlia Kairy

Mark Keezer

Hugo Masse-Alarie

Stéphane Poitras