021- Learning to Adjust and Neuromuscular Responses to Manipulation with Martin Descarreaux, DC, PhD
Dr. Martin Descarreaux and I discuss his research regarding learning to perform chiropractic adjustments, neuromuscular responses following spinal manipulation and several other studies. Dr. Descarreaux graduated from the UQTR’s first cohort of the chiropractic program in 1998, and completed a PhD in kinesiology at the Université Laval 6 years later. He is now a full professor in the Human Kinetics Department (UQTR), and an invited professor and researcher at the Institut Franco-Européen de Chiropraxie, in Paris and Toulouse. His current research projects involve the characterization of the neurophysiological and biomechanical effects of spinal manipulation, the various effects of pain and pain-related psychological components on trunk neuromuscular strategies, as well as spinal manipulation learning, as can attest the numerous articles he has published on these topics. Over the years, he has developed several strategies to better integrate motor learning principles, which have been shared with students, professors and those responsible for clinical training within chiropractic teaching institutions not only in Canada, but also in Europe. His work in this specific area has contributed to the characterization of the adjustment learning sequence, and showed the importance of augmented feedback in the technical training of future chiropractors. He is currently the Director of graduate studies in human kinetics and director of the Groupe de recherche sur les affections neuromusculosquelettiques at UQTR.
Take a look at Dr. Descarreaux’s publications at researchgate.
Here are the links to the articles we discussed in this interview:
| 1. | Effects of practice variability on spinal manipulation learning. |
| Marchand AA, Mendoza L, Dugas C, Descarreaux M, Pagé I. | |
| J Chiropr Educ. 2017 Jan 25. doi: 10.7899/JCE-16-8. [Epub ahead of print] | |
| PMID: 28121458 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] | |
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| 2. | Influence of Lumbar Muscle Fatigue on Trunk Adaptations during Sudden External Perturbations. |
| Abboud J, Nougarou F, Lardon A, Dugas C, Descarreaux M. | |
| Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Nov 14;10:576. | |
| PMID: 27895569 [PubMed – in process] Free PMC Article | |
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| 3. | Physiological and Psychological Predictors of Short-Term Disability in Workers with a History of Low Back Pain: A Longitudinal Study. |
| Dubois JD, Cantin V, Piché M, Descarreaux M. | |
| PLoS One. 2016 Oct 26;11(10):e0165478. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165478. | |
| PMID: 27783666 [PubMed – in process] Free PMC Article | |
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| 4. | Neuromechanical response to spinal manipulation therapy: effects of a constant rate of force application. |
| Nougarou F, Pagé I, Loranger M, Dugas C, Descarreaux M. | |
| BMC Complement Altern Med. 2016 Jun 2;16:161. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1153-6. | |
| PMID: 27249939 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article | |
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| 5. | Systematic Augmented Feedback and Dependency in Spinal Manipulation Learning: a Randomized Comparative Study. |
| Lardon A, Cheron C, Pagé I, Dugas C, Descarreaux M. | |
| J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2016 Mar-Apr;39(3):185-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2016.02.002. | |
| PMID: 27016338 [PubMed – in process] | |
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| 6. | Effects of a prehabilitation program on patients’ recovery following spinal stenosis surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. |
| Marchand AA, Suitner M, O’Shaughnessy J, Châtillon CÉ, Cantin V, Descarreaux M. | |
| Trials. 2015 Oct 27;16:483. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-1009-2. | |
| PMID: 26507388 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article | |
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Dr. Alan Breen and I discuss spine dynamics and spine control along with quantitative fluoroscopy in chiropractic research and practice. Dr. Alan Breen graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1967, then travelled in North America, Australia and Europe before starting a part time teaching post at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic (AECC) in Bournemouth UK in 1971, he established a practice in Salisbury in 1974, which continues. In 1986 Dr. Breen became Director of Research at AECC and focussed on musculoskeletal research and epidemiology, encouraging staff to undertake doctoral studies. In 1999 he became director of a new musculoskeletal research institute – the Institute for Musculoskeletal Research and Clinical Implementation, where he continues to work. Dr. Breen is also Professor of Musculoskeletal Research in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Bournemouth University.
