Dorothy Barthélemy, pht., Ph.D.

Associate professor, School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal;
Researcher and Site Director*, CRIR–Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), Gingras pavilion, CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

*Créneau: Mobility - mobility and its motor, sensory and cognitive aspects in populations with neurological, traumatic or other impairments
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Researcher, Research Centre, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur-de-Montréal, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal;

Phone: 514 340-2085 (3049)

Fax: 514 340-2154

Email: dorothy.barthelemy@umontreal.ca

Education

  • B.Sc., Physical Therapy, Université de Montréal, 1997
  • M.Sc., Neurological Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2001
  • Ph.D., Neurological Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2006
  • Postdoctorate, Human Neurophysiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006-2009
  • Postdoctorate, Human Neurophysiology, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, 2009

Research interests

Rehabilitation of balance and locomotion following a  central nervous system injury

Find out more about her research interests in our CRIR Connects section

Laboratory

Neuromobility Lab

Selected publications

Nepveu, J. F., Mikhail, Y., Pion, C. H., Gossard, J. P. & Barthélemy, D. (2020). Assessment of vestibulocortical interactions during standing in healthy subjects. PLoS One, 15(6), e0233843. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Miranda, Z., Pham, A., Elgbeili, G. & Barthélemy, D. (2019). H-reflex modulation preceding changes in soleus EMG activity during balance perturbation. Experimental Brain Research, 237(3), 777-791. [doi]

Jean-Charles, L., Nepveu, J. F., Deffeyes, J., Elgbeili, G., Dancause, N. & Barthélemy, D. (2017). Interhemispheric interactions between trunk muscle representations of the primary motor cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 118(3), 1488-1500. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Barthélemy, D., Willerslev-Olsen, M., Lundell, H., Biering-Sørensen, F., & Nielsen, J. B. (2015). Chapter 4. Assessment of transmission in specific descending pathways in relation to gait and balance following spinal cord injury. In N. Dancause, S. Nadeau, & S. Rossignol (Eds.), Progress in Brain Research – Sensorimotor Rehabilitation: At the Crossroads of Basic and Clinical Sciences (Vol. 218, pp. 79-101). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier B.V. [doi]

Barthélemy, D., Knudsen, H., Willerslev-Olsen, M., Lundell, H., Nielsen, J. B., & Biering-Sørensen, F. (2013). Functional implications of corticospinal tract impairment on gait after spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 51(11), 852-856. [doi]

–Other publications

Research orientation

Axis 1: Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities

Research topic

Thème 1 : The person, their entourage and the community

Theme 1: Functional Mechanisms

Research Site

CRIR - Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

University Affiliation