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Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme

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ProfessorDépartement des sciences de la santé communautaireUniversité de Sherbrooke

Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme

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Département des sciences de la santé communautaire

Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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62 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 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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3,279

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Research

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Latest papers

Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the French Decisional Conflict Scale in Chronic Pain: Secondary Analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN Survey.
Value in health regional issues · 2026
Optimizing management of neck pain though the pain and disability drivers management model for neck pain: A feasibility trial.
Musculoskeletal science & practice · 2026 · senior author
Prognostic Factors Investigated in Adults With Rotator Cuff–Related Shoulder Pain: A Scoping Review Protocol of Prospective Studies
JOSPT Methods · 2026

All 138 publications

Latest funding

Learning Best Practices from Integrated Care Models for Long COVID.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$680,851
Improving disability and back muscle quality in chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial with exercise interventions targeted to participants with primary nociceptive pain drivers.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$619,650
Plan d'action pour la gestion de la douleur chronique du Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec: Évaluation de la mise en œuvre et des impacts des projets initiaux en vue d'une généralisation progressive à l'ensemble du Québec
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$785,627

All 9 grants and awards

138 publications.

Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the French Decisional Conflict Scale in Chronic Pain: Secondary Analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN Survey.

Naye F, Sasseville M, Toupin-April K, Légaré F, Cachinho C, Gérard T, Vaillant V, Hoens AM, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Décary S

Value in health regional issues20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2025.101551 PMID: 41319372

Optimizing management of neck pain though the pain and disability drivers management model for neck pain: A feasibility trial.

Gerard T, Naye F, Decary S, Langevin P, Cook C, Tousignant-Laflamme Y

Musculoskeletal science & practice2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2026.103545 PMID: 41861769

Prognostic Factors Investigated in Adults With Rotator Cuff–Related Shoulder Pain: A Scoping Review Protocol of Prospective Studies

Philippe Meidinger, Florian Naye, Thomas Gérard, Tobias Saueressig, Martine Gagnon, Yannick Tousignant‐Laflamme, Jean-Sébastien Roy

JOSPT Methods2026Open Access

DOI: 10.2519/josptmethods.2026.0023

Validation and cross-cultural measurement invariance of the English and French versions of the Decision Regret Scale among people living with chronic noncancer pain: A secondary analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN pan-Canadian survey.

Naye F, Sasseville M, Toupin-April K, Légaré F, Cachinho C, Gérard T, Hoens AM, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Décary S

Patient education and counseling2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2026.109485 PMID: 41539122

Strengthening and Targeted Rehabilitation for Optimal Neuromuscular Gains for chronic BACK pain (STRONG-BACK): protocol for a randomised controlled trial in participants with primary nociceptive pain drivers

Fortin M, Rosenstein B, Bertrand C, Vaillancourt N, Wright A, Montpetit C, Macedo L, Elliott J, Cook CE, Tousignant-Laflamme Y

BMJ Open2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115538

Processus organisationnels et pratiques cliniques pour la gestion de la douleur chronique en soins primaires : une offre de service découlant du plan d’action en douleur chronique 2021-2026 ministériel du Québec, Canada

G. Lavoie-Dias, T. Augière, Y. Couturier, N. -K. Jérôme, M. Choinière, G. Arsenault-Lapierre, H. Beaudry, L. Beauregard, H. Bergman, A. Boulanger, D. Chausse, J. Côté, C. Hudon, Line Guénette, Anaïs Lacasse, J. Laliberté, M Martel, N. Mercier, Anne-Marie Pinard, K. Rice, Yannick Tousignant‐Laflamme, N. Tremblay, I. Vedel, R. Visca, T. H. Wideman, M. Gabrielle Pagé

Canadian Journal of Pain2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2026.2672488 PMID: 42434381

Exploration of Physiotherapists' Understanding and Application of Safety Netting Procedures in France—A Qualitative Study

Sylvain Riquier, Alex Morley, Yannick Tousignant‐Laflamme, Nancy Ali

Musculoskeletal Care2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/msc.70258 PMID: 42667143

Kinesiterapia para la cervicalgia

P. Langevin, Thomas Gérard, Yannick Tousignant‐Laflamme

EMC - Kinesiterapia - Medicina Física2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/s1293-2965(25)51438-x

Combining Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and Physiotherapy to Improve the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain in Veterans: Protocol for a Multi-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.

Dupuis F, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Marier Deschênes P, Fournier P, Nduwimana I, Ballot O, Loisel L, Pinard AM, Lacombe L, Langevin P, Gaumond A, Roy JS, Massé-Alarie H

JMIR research protocols2026

DOI: 10.2196/78952 PMID: 41587077

Rehabilitation Management of Neck Pain-Development of a Diagnostic Framework Based on the Pain and Disability Drivers Management Model.

Gerard T, Naye F, Decary S, Langevin P, Cook C, Tousignant-Laflamme Y

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice20258 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/jep.14299 PMID: 39895610

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

Improving disability and back muscle quality in chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial with exercise interventions targeted to participants with primary nociceptive pain drivers.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fortin, Maryse

Keywords: Disability; Exercise Therapy; Function; Low Back Pain; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pain And Disability Drivers Management Model; Paraspinal Muscle Composition; Quality Of Life; Randomized Controlled Trial; Rehabilitation

$619,650

Plan d'action pour la gestion de la douleur chronique du Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec: Évaluation de la mise en œuvre et des impacts des projets initiaux en vue d'une généralisation progressive à l'ensemble du Québec

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: THINC Implem. Science - Care of Patients Covered in IMHA mandate

Principal investigators: Choinière, Manon; Labrecque, Nathalie; Boulanger, Aline; Couturier, Yves; Page, Gabrielle; Vedel, Isabelle

Keywords: Accessibilité Aux Services De Santé; Douleur Chronique; Mobilisation Des Connaissances; Science De La Mise En Oeuvre; Services Et Politiques De Santé; Soins Primaires; Système De Santé Apprenant

$785,627

Physiotherapy care in Emergency Departments for Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial and Cost Analysis

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Desmeules, François; Emond, Marcel; Perreault, Kadija

Keywords: Collaborative Interprofessional Model Of Care; Direct Access; Economic Analysis; Emergency Department; Health Services; Musculoskeletal Disorders; Physiotherapy; Primary Care; Randomized Controlled Trial

$608,175

Improving pain education across entry-level physiotherapy programs in Canada: An integrated knowledge translation study

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wideman, Timothy H; Bostick, Geoffrey P; Bussières, André; Cooper, Lynn K; McNiven, Nicol; Miller, Jordan; Nguyen, Tony; Singer, Lesley N; Thomas, Aliki; Tousignant-Laflamme, Yannick; Walton, David M

Keywords: Core Competencies In Pain Management; Entry-Level Physiotherapy Training; Iasp Curriculum Outline On Pain For Physical Therapy; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Pain Education

$604,350

Managing Pain In Collaboration in the Intensive Care Unit (MPIC-ICU): Impact on clinical practices and patient outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gelinas, Céline; Laporta, Donald P

Keywords: Adult Intensive Care Unit; Best Practice Guidelines; Clinical Behaviour Change; Implementation; Inter-Professional Collaboration; Knowledge Translation; Pain Assessment; Pain Management; Patient Outcomes; Sustainability

$684,674

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

Developing a stakeholder endorsed methodology to measure the outcomes of pain education in Canadian physiotherapy programs

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Miller, Jordan; Bostick, Geoffrey P; Wideman, Timothy H

Keywords: Education; Pain; Physiotherapy

$10,000

Canadian MSK Rehab Research Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Catalyst Grant: Musculoskeletal Rehab and ME/CFS Network Grant - MR

Principal investigators: MacDermid, Joy C; Lyddiatt, Anne; Astephen Wilson, Janie L; Birmingham, Trevor B; Robinovitch, Stephen N; Roy, Jean-Sébastien

Keywords: Knowlege Translation; Mobility; Musculoskeletal Health; National Platforms; Pain; Randomized Controlled Trials; Rehabilitation; Technology; Transdisciplinary; Work

$593,600

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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Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the French Decisional Conflict Scale in Chronic Pain: Secondary Analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN Survey.

Optimizing management of neck pain though the pain and disability drivers management model for neck pain: A feasibility trial.

Prognostic Factors Investigated in Adults With Rotator Cuff–Related Shoulder Pain: A Scoping Review Protocol of Prospective Studies

Validation and cross-cultural measurement invariance of the English and French versions of the Decision Regret Scale among people living with chronic noncancer pain: A secondary analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN pan-Canadian survey.

Strengthening and Targeted Rehabilitation for Optimal Neuromuscular Gains for chronic BACK pain (STRONG-BACK): protocol for a randomised controlled trial in participants with primary nociceptive pain drivers

Processus organisationnels et pratiques cliniques pour la gestion de la douleur chronique en soins primaires : une offre de service découlant du plan d’action en douleur chronique 2021-2026 ministériel du Québec, Canada

Exploration of Physiotherapists' Understanding and Application of Safety Netting Procedures in France—A Qualitative Study

Kinesiterapia para la cervicalgia

Combining Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and Physiotherapy to Improve the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain in Veterans: Protocol for a Multi-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.

Rehabilitation Management of Neck Pain-Development of a Diagnostic Framework Based on the Pain and Disability Drivers Management Model.

Frequent collaborators

Simon Décary

Kadija Perreault

Serge Marchand

Maxime Sasseville

Karine Toupin April

Pierre Langevin

France Légaré

Guillaume Léonard

Anaïs Lacasse

Annie Leblanc

Anne Hudon

Timothy Wideman

Lisa Carlesso

François Desmeules

Manon Choinière

Jordan Miller

Jean-Sébastien Paquette

Isabelle Gaboury

Linda Li

Michel Tousignant

Anne-Marie Pinard

David Lussier

Caroline Mercier

Claude Mercier

Sylvie Lafrenaye

Elyse Pelletier

Pierre Allard

Nathaly Gaudreault

Claudine Auger

Annie Rochette