Prof. Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme is a physiotherapist and full professor at the School of Rehabilitation at the University of Sherbrooke. His research program is structured around three main axes:
- Improving the management of low back pain in rehabilitation, primarily through an innovative non-pharmacological management model for low back pain (Pain and Disability Vector Management Model) aimed at rehabilitation professionals.
- Chronic pain management, where he has undertaken several projects aimed at improving physiotherapy management of populations with various musculoskeletal disorders and developing and evaluating programs to promote self-management of painful symptoms.
- Personalizing rehabilitation care by using prognosis to tailor therapeutic approaches specific to musculoskeletal disorders and the principles of value-based care.
University studies :
- Bachelor of Science, Physiotherapy (Ottawa University, 1999)
- Master’s degrees, Clinical Science (Université de Sherbrooke, 2005)
- PhD in Clinical Science (Université de Sherbrooke, 2008)
- Postdoctoral fellowship (Université de Montréal, 2010).