Publications and Media

Funabashi, M., Breen, A. C., De Carvalho, D., Pagé, I., Nougarou, F., Descarreaux, M., & Kawchuk, G. N. (2022). Force distribution within spinal tissues during posterior to anterior spinal manipulative therapy: a secondary analysis. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 71.

Maeda, N., Wales, L., & Ferguson-Pell, M. (2021). Verbal Augmented Reality Journaling App: Retention. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102(10), e73.

Ferguson-Pell, M., & Armstrong, E. (2021). Patient and Clinician Reported Outcomes and Experiences Following Advanced Tele-Rehabilitation Assessments Conducted in Rural Alberta. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102(10), e10.

Valevicius, A., Ferguson-Pell, M., Kershaw, C., & Vette, A. (2021). Lessons Learned from Transitioning to Telerehabilitation During COVID-19 in Alberta, Canada. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102(10), e68.

Gillespie, D., MacLellan, C., Ferguson-Pell, M., Taeger, A., & Manns, P. J. (2021). Balancing access with technology: comparing in-person and telerehabilitation Berg Balance Scale scores among stroke survivors. Physiotherapy Canada, 73(3), 276-285.

Salimi, Z., & Ferguson-Pell, M. W. (2021). Motion sickness and sense of presence in a virtual reality environment developed for manual wheelchair users, with three different approaches. PloS one, 16(8), e0255898.

Qi, L., Guan, S., Zhang, L., Liu, H. L., Sun, C. K., & Ferguson-Pell, M. (2021). The Effect of Fatigue on Wheelchair Users’ Upper Limb Muscle Coordination Patterns in Time-Frequency and Principal Component Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 29, 2096-2102.

Nim, C. G., O’Neill, S., Geltoft, A. G., Jensen, L. K., Schiøttz-Christensen, B., & Kawchuk, G. N. (2021). A cross-sectional analysis of persistent low back pain, using correlations between lumbar stiffness, pressure pain threshold, and heat pain threshold. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 29(1), 1-11.

Funabashi, M., Son, J., Pecora, C. G., Tran, S., Lee, J., Howarth, S. J., ... & de Luca, K. (2021). Characterization of thoracic spinal manipulation and mobilization forces in older adults. Clinical Biomechanics, 89, 105450.

Nim, C. G., Downie, A., O’Neill, S., Kawchuk, G. N., Perle, S. M., & Leboeuf-Yde, C. (2021). The importance of selecting the correct site to apply spinal manipulation when treating spinal pain: Myth or reality? A systematic review. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-13.

Harsted, S., Nyirö, L., Downie, A., Kawchuk, G. N., O'Neill, S., Holm, L., & Nim, C. G. (2021). Posterior to anterior spinal stiffness measured in a sample of 127 secondary care low back pain patients. Clinical Biomechanics, 87, 105408.

Matyas, J. R., Klein, C., Ponjevic, D., Duncan, N. A., & Kawchuk, G. N. (2021). Repetitive in vivo manual loading of the spine elicits cellular responses in porcine annuli fibrosi. PloS one, 16(3), e0248104.

Côté, P., Hartvigsen, J., Axén, I., Leboeuf-Yde, C., Corso, M., Shearer, H., ... & Yu, H. (2021). Response to Lawrence DJ: the global summit on the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for the prevention and treatment of non-musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of the literature. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 29(1), 1-3.

Nim, C. G., Weber, K. A., Kawchuk, G. N., & O’Neill, S. (2021). Spinal manipulation and modulation of pain sensitivity in persistent low back pain: a secondary cluster analysis of a randomized trial. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 29(1), 1-14.

Nim, C. G., Kawchuk, G. N., Schiøttz-Christensen, B., & O’Neill, S. (2021). Changes in pain sensitivity and spinal stiffness in relation to responder status following spinal manipulative therapy in chronic low Back pain: A secondary explorative analysis of a randomized trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1), 1-12.

Fritz, J. M., Sharpe, J., Greene, T., Lane, E., Hadizadeh, M., McFadden, M., ... & Kawchuk, G. (2021). Optimization of spinal manipulative therapy protocols: a factorial randomized trial within a multiphase optimization framework. The Journal of Pain, 22(6), 655-668.

de Luca, K., Chiarotto, A., Cicuttini, F., Creemers, L., de Schepper, E., Ferreira, P. H., ... & Ferreira, M. L. (2021). Consensus for statements regarding a definition for spinal osteoarthritis for use in research and clinical practice: A Delphi study. Arthritis care & research.

Côté, P., Hartvigsen, J., Axén, I., Leboeuf-Yde, C., Corso, M., Shearer, H., ... & Yu, H. (2021). The global summit on the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for the prevention and treatment of non-musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of the literature. Chiropractic & manual therapies, 29(1), 1-23.

Côté, P., Hartvigsen, J., Axén, I., Leboeuf-Yde, C., Corso, M., Shearer, H., ... & Yu, H. (2021). Correction to: The global summit on the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for the prevention and treatment of non-musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of the literature. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 29(1), 11.

Côté, P., Hartvigsen, J., Axén, I., Leboeuf-Yde, C., Corso, M., Shearer, H., ... & Yu, H. (2021). Response to Lawrence DJ: the global summit on the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for the prevention and treatment of non-musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of the literature. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 29(1), 1-3.

Nielsen, J., Nim, C. G., O’Neill, S., Boyle, E., Hartvigsen, J., & Kawchuk, G. N. (2020). Self-reports vs. physical measures of spinal stiffness. PeerJ, 8, e9598.

Young, A., Swain, M. S., Kawchuk, G. N., Wong, A. Y., & Downie, A. S. (2020). The bench-top accuracy of the VerteTrack spinal stiffness assessment device. Chiropractic & manual therapies, 28(1), 1-9.

Funabashi, M., Breen, A., De Carvalho, D., Henry, A., Murnaghan, K., Pagé, I., ... & Kawchuk, G. (2020). Center of rotation locations during lumbar spine movements: a scoping review protocol. JBI evidence synthesis, 18(6), 1305-1312.

Pohlman, K. A., Funabashi, M., Ndetan, H., Hogg-Johnson, S., Bodnar, P., & Kawchuk, G. (2020). Assessing adverse events after chiropractic care at a chiropractic teaching clinic: an Active-Surveillance pilot study. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 43(9), 845-854.

De Carvalho, D. E., de Luca, K., Funabashi, M., Breen, A., Wong, A. Y., Johansson, M. S., ... & Hartvigsen, J. (2020). Association of exposures to seated postures with immediate increases in back pain: a systematic review of studies with objectively measured sitting time. Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics, 43(1), 1-12.

Hadizadeh, M., Kawchuk, G. N., Prasad, N., & Fritz, J. M. (2020). Predicting who responds to spinal manipulative therapy using a short-time frame methodology: Results from a 238-participant study. Plos one, 15(11), e0242831.

Nim, C. G., Kawchuk, G. N., Schiøttz-Christensen, B., & O’Neill, S. (2020). The effect on clinical outcomes when targeting spinal manipulation at stiffness or pain sensitivity: a randomized trial. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-10.

Salimi, Z., & Ferguson-Pell, M. W. (2020). Investigating the test-retest reliability of Illinois Agility Test for wheelchair users. PloS one, 15(10), e0241412.

Qi, L., Zhang, L., Lin, X. B., & Ferguson-Pell, M. (2020). Wheelchair propulsion fatigue thresholds in electromyographic and ventilatory testing. Spinal Cord, 58(10), 1104-1111.

Salimi, Z., & Ferguson-Pell, M. (2019). Investigating the reliability and validity of three novel virtual reality environments with different approaches to simulate wheelchair maneuvers. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 27(3), 514-522.

Liu, L. Q., & Ferguson-Pell, M. (2019). Blood perfusion changes during sacral nerve root stimulation versus surface gluteus electrical stimulation on in seated spinal cord injury. Assistive Technology, 31(1), 1-8.

Kawchuk, G. N., Miazga, S., Pagé, I., Swain, M., De Carvalho, D., Funabashi, M., ... & Wong, A. (2019). Clinicians’ ability to detect a palpable difference in spinal stiffness compared with a mechanical device. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 42(2), 89-95.

Aaskov, J., Kawchuk, G. N., Hamaluik, K. D., Boulanger, P., & Hartvigsen, J. (2019). X-ray vision: the accuracy and repeatability of a technology that allows clinicians to see spinal X-rays superimposed on a person's back. PeerJ, 7, e6333.

Wong, A. Y., Parent, E. C., Dhillon, S. S., Prasad, N., Samartzis, D., & Kawchuk, G. N. (2019). Differential patient responses to spinal manipulative therapy and their relation to spinal degeneration and post-treatment changes in disc diffusion. European Spine Journal, 28(2), 259-269.

Leboeuf-Yde, C., Innes, S. I., Young, K. J., Kawchuk, G. N., & Hartvigsen, J. (2019). Chiropractic, one big unhappy family: better together or apart?. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 27(1), 1-8.

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