Isabelle Gagnon

Title: 
Prof.
Academic title(s): 

Professor

Isabelle Gagnon
Contact Information
Address: 

Building: Hosmer House, room 203, 3630 prom Sir-William-Osler

Mailing Address: 3654 prom Sir-William-Osler, Montréal, QC, Canada H3G 1Y5

Phone: 
514-412-4400 x23896
Fax number: 
514-398-6360
Email address: 
isabelle.gagnon8 [at] mcgill.ca
Position: 
Professor (School of Physical and Occupational Therapy/Pediatrics); Clinician Scientist (Trauma Center and Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center)
Office: 
H-203
Degree(s): 

BSc (Phys Ther); MSc (Biomedical Sciences) Université de Montréal; PhD (Biomedical Sciences) Université de Montréal, Post-doctoral Fellowship (Program Evaluation, Health Administration) CRIR, Université de Montréal.
 

Teaching areas: 

Pediatrics
PHTH 606: Introduction to pediatric physical therapy
POTH 636: Physical Therapy in Pediatrics

 

Current research: 

My research program continues to be inspired and anchored in the daily clinical reality of children and adolescents who sustain mild traumatic brain injuries, as well as other traumatic injuries, and receive services from pediatric tertiary care hospitals and trauma centers. As has been the focus since the inception of my research program, the overarching aim of my work remains to better understand the consequences of mild traumatic brain injuries sustained by children and adolescents as they relate to the practice of physical activities, and to optimize recovery post-injury, by way of specific interventions, in order to facilitate and contribute to a safer and more satisfying return to physical activities. My research program therefore comprises two main research areas focusing on mTBI in children and adolescents: Theme 1 Improving the evaluation of the consequences of mTBI in the pediatric and adolescent population and Theme 2 Rehabilitation interventions following a mTBI. 


Research Areas: 
Balance
participation
pediatrics
physical activity
self-efficacy
traumatic brain injury
visual perception

Biography: 

I am a Professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, and Associate Member in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, where I am Associate Director of Research, as well as a researcher in the Child Health and Human Development Program at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center. My research lab is located at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Center and is integrated within the Institutions’ Pediatric Trauma Center and Concussion Clinic. I also continue to practice on a very part-time basis in the same institution as a neuropediatric physiotherapist. The intersection between these roles greatly contributes to my integrated approach to research, teaching and service so that each element builds and informs the other.

Professional activities: 

Clinical Practice:

I am a physiotherapist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Center. I practice as a clinician on a part-time basis and am involved in the assessment and treatment of infants and children with developmental disabilities, congenital torticollis and am also involved in the Trauma Programs specifically with children who sustain concussions/mild traumatic brain injuries.

Selected publications: 

Gagnon I. Determining outcome in children and adolescents after concussion: viewing things more holistically. journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy. 2019 Nov;49(11):855-63. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2019.8918

Crampton, A., Schneider, K. J., Grilli, L., Chevignard, M., Katz-Leurer, M., Beauchamp, M. H., Debert, C., & Gagnon, I. J. (2022). Characterizing the evolution of oculomotor and vestibulo-ocular function over time in children and adolescents after a mild traumatic brain injury. Front Neurol, 13, 904593. https://doi.org/10.3389/

Teel EF, Caron JG, & Gagnon IJ. Developing a conceptual framework to identify and classify sources of parental stress following pediatric concussion. Brain Injury. Aug 10: 1-9. 2022

Teel EF, Caron JG, & Gagnon IJ. The magnitude of parental stress is variable following pediatric concussion: using the transactional model of stress to understand parent experiences. Brain Injury. Aug 10: 1-8 2022.

Cook NE, *Teel E, Iverson GL, Friedman D, Grilli L, Gagnon I. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Outcome from Concussion: Examining Duration of Active Rehabilitation and Clinical Recovery. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2022 Apr 12:1-18. doi: 10.1080/01942638.2022.2061886. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35414341.

Romeas T, Greffou S, Allard R, Forget R, McKerral M, Faubert J, Gagnon I. Dynamic Visual Stimulations Produced in a Controlled Virtual Reality Environment Reveals Long-Lasting Postural Deficits in Children With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Front Neurol. 2021 Nov 25;12:596615. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.596615. eCollection 2021.

*Dobney, D.M., Grilli, L., Beaulieu, C., Straub, M., Galli, C., Saklas, M., Friedman, D., Dubrovsky, A.S. and Gagnon, I.J., 2020. Feasibility of early active rehabilitation for concussion recovery in youth: a randomized trial. Clinical journal of sport medicine, 30(6), pp.519-525. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000671.

Keays G, Friedman D, Gagnon I. Injuries in the time of COVID-19. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2020 Dec 9;40(11-12):336-341. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.40.11/12.02. Epub 2020 Sep 11. PMID: 32924925; PMCID: PMC7745832.

*Teel EF, Brossard-Racine M, Corbin-Berrigan LA, & Gagnon IJ. (2020). Perceptual cognitive training does not improve concussion symptoms at 4 and 12-weeks post-injury in children and adolescents: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation Nov 13. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000633. Online ahead of print.

Keays G*, Friedman D, Gagnon I. Rates of pediatric mild traumatic brain injuries in Quebec, 2003 to 2016. Canadian Journal of Public Health Volume 109: 52–60. 2018.

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