Stéphanie Bernard

• Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval
• Centre de recherche sur le cancer
• Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale

Financements des 2 dernières années

• Chloé Roy-Richard, Maîtrise en sciences de la réadaptation – avec mémoire
• Gabrielle Monis, Maîtrise en sciences de la réadaptation – avec mémoire
• Laurie Proulx, Maîtrise en sciences de la réadaptation – avec mémoire
• Mohsen Habibi, Doctorat en sciences cliniques et biomédicales
• Valérie Boulanger, Doctorat en sciences de la réadaptation

Travaux de recherche des 5 dernières années

Brisk Walking- and Running-Induced Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Questionnaire in Runners: French Translation and Content Validity International Urogynecology Journal, 2026. Laurie Proulx, Linda McLean, Olena Klahsen, Peyton Stock, Stéphanie Bernard. DOI 10.1007/s00192-026-06918-8

Designing the Whole Day Matters Toolkit for Physiotherapists to Enhance Movement Behaviour Discussions: Findings From a Multi-Study Usability and Consensus-Building Process Physiotherapy Canada, 2026. Julie Paradis, Tamara L. Morgan, Isaac Kelman McFadyen, Kyra J. Kane, Jacqueline Josee van Ierssel, Stéphanie Bernard, Linda C. Li, Zachary J. Weston, Jennifer Tomasone. DOI 10.3138/ptc-2024-0101

Women’s perceptions regarding access to pelvic health physiotherapy: a qualitative study Disability and Rehabilitation, 2026. Valérie Boulanger, Mélanie Morin, Stéphanie Bernard, Anne Hudon, Laurence Chevalier, Kassandra Gamache, Rose-Marie Bourget, Camille Simard, Olivia Fortier, Ariane Gendron, Allyson Pépin, Geneviève Morin, Isabelle Girard, Annie-Kim Gareau-Labelle, Valérie Charbonneau, Ève Levasseur, Gabrielle Déry-Rouleau, Kadija Perreault. DOI 10.1080/09638288.2026.2649663

Pelvic floor muscle function and symptoms associated in patients with breast cancer using tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, and healthy controls Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2026. Giulia Batista Palma, Karine Alves Araújo Sousa, Clarice Portugal Mendes, Júlia Cortes Cavalcante, Flora Maziero Parizotto, Marcela Ponzio Pinto e Silva, Enrico de Francisco Magnani, Stéphanie Bernard, Mariana Maia de Oliveira Sunemi. DOI 10.1080/09593985.2025.2575073

Pelvic floor dysfunctions among people who are LGBTQIA2S+: a scoping review protocol JBI Evidence Synthesis, 2026. Valérie Boulanger, Kadija Perreault, Mélanie Morin, Gabrielle Monis, Stéphanie Bernard. DOI 10.11124/JBIES-24-00453

Axillary Web Syndrome in Newly Diagnosed Individuals After Surgery for Breast Cancer: Baseline Results From the AMBER Cohort Study Physiotherapy Canada, 2025. Margaret L. McNeely, Kerry S. Courneya, Mona M. Al Onazi, Qinggang Wang, Stéphanie Bernard, Leanne Dickau, Jeffrey K. Vallance, S. Nicole Culos-Reed, Charles E. Matthews, Lin Yang, Christine M. Friedenreich. DOI 10.3138/ptc-2023-0088

Designing the Whole Day Matters Toolkit for Physiotherapists to Enhance Movement Behaviour Discussions: Findings from a Multi-Study Usability and Consensus-Building Process Physiotherapy Canada, 2025. Julie Paradis, Tamara L. Morgan, Isaac Kelman McFadyen, Kyra J. Kane, Jacqueline Josee van Ierssel, Stéphanie Bernard, Linda C. Li, Zachary J. Weston, Jennifer Tomasone.

Exercise Interventions to Address Sarcopenia in People with Multiple Myeloma: A Scoping Review Current Oncology, 2025. Leslie P. Ternes, Graeme M. Purdy, Stéphanie Bernard, Margaret L. McNeely. DOI 10.3390/curroncol32100581

Figure it out on your own: a mixed-method study on pelvic health survivorship care after gynecologic cancer treatments Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 2025. Stéphanie Bernard, Ericka Wiebe, Alexandra Waters, Sabrina Selmani, Jill Turner, Sinéad Dufour, Puneeta Tandon, Donna Pepin, Margaret L. McNeely. DOI 10.1007/s11764-024-01565-8

Right out of the gate: a mixed method study on the needs and priorities of individuals with or at risk of breast cancer-related lymphedema Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 2025. Mona M. Al Onazi, Joanna F. Parkinson, Badr El Bakkali El Kasmi, Diane Martin, Susan Stratford, Emily Haws, Stéphanie Bernard, Anna Kennedy, Naomi D. Dolgoy, David Keast, Margaret L. McNeely. DOI 10.1007/s11764-025-01800-w

A pelvic health eRehabilitation program to address urogenital impairments after breast and gynecologic cancer: A proof-of-concept study protocol DIGITAL HEALTH, 2025. Stéphanie Bernard, Kadija Perreault, Donna Pepin, Lynn R. Gauthier, Chloé Roy-Richard, Marie-Ève Lamontagne, Mary-Ann Dalzell, Margaret L. Mcneely. DOI 10.1177/20552076251382088

Movement Outcomes Acquired via Markerless Motion Capture Systems Compared with Marker-Based Systems for Adult Patient Populations: A Scoping Review Biomechanics, 2024. Matthew Pardell, Naomi D. Dolgoy, Stéphanie Bernard, Kerry Bayless, Robert Hirsche, Liz Dennett, Puneeta Tandon. DOI 10.3390/biomechanics4040044

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Systematic Review Using the COnsensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) Checklist. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 2024. Conrad SJ, Bernard S, Gross DP, McLean L. DOI 10.1111/1471-0528.17971

Determining the destination: a co-designed chronic advanced cancer rehabilitation conceptual framework for engagement of individuals with lived experience in rehabilitation research Research Involvement and Engagement, 2024. Naomi Dolgoy, Stephanie Bernard, Fleur Huang, Amy Driga, Debra Hall-Lavoie, Adam Brown, Edith Pituskin, Alysa Fairchild, Margaret L. McNeely. DOI 10.1186/s40900-024-00566-2

Control4Life: A randomized controlled trial protocol examining the feasibility and efficacy of a combined pelvic health rehabilitation and exercise fitness program for individuals undergoing prostatectomy. Contemporary clinical trials, 2024. Bernard S, Evans H, Hoy NY, Suderman K, Cameron B, Sexsmith J, Kinnaird A, Rourke K, Dean L, Pituskin E, Usmani N, Tandon P, McNeely ML. DOI 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107482

Preferences, barriers and facilitators regarding virtual pelvic healthcare in individuals with gynaecological cancers: protocol for a patient-oriented, mixed-methods study BMJ Open, 2023. Stéphanie Bernard, Puneeta Tandon, Alexandra Waters, Sabrina Selmani, Ericka Wiebe, Jill Turner, Sinead Dufour, Margaret L McNeely. DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067606

Motor control of the spine in pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain: A systematic review Clinical Biomechanics, 2022. Amélie Desgagnés, Philippe Patricio, Noémie Bérubé, Stéphanie Bernard, Mélanie Lamothe, Hugo Massé-Alarie. DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2022.105716

A scoping review on patient engagement as part of a teams approach to facilitate research - into - action for rehabilitation in chronic advanced cancer population. Open Science Framework, 2022. DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/R47XD

Responsiveness of Health-Related Quality of Life Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Women Receiving Conservative Treatment for Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review Journal of Women's Health Physical Therapy, 2021. DOI 10.1097/jwh.0000000000000196

Reliability of ultrasound imaging of pelvic floor morphology and function among females who have undergone pelvic radiotherapy Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2021. Bernard, S., Frenette, A.-G., McLean, L., Noël, P., Froment, M.-A., Hébert, L.J., Moffet, H.. DOI 10.1002/nau.24656

An International Continence Society (ICS) report on the terminology for pelvic floor muscle assessment Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2021. Frawley, H., Shelly, B., Morin, M., Bernard, S., Kari, B.Ø., Digesu, G.A., Dickinson, T., Goonewardene, S., McClurg, D., Rahnama'i, M.S., Schizas, A., Slieker-ten Hove, M., Takahashi, S., Voelkl Guevara, J.. DOI 10.1002/nau.24658

An in-home rehabilitation program for the treatment of urinary incontinence symptoms in endometrial cancer survivors: a single-case experimental design study International Urogynecology Journal, 2021. Bernard, S., McLean, L., Boucher, S., Hébert, L.J., Plante, M., Grégoire, J., Sebastianelli, A., Renaud, M.-C., Froment, M.-A., Moffet, H.. DOI 10.1007/s00192-021-04981-x

Is adding pelvic floor muscle training to an exercise intervention more effective at improving pain in patients with non-specific low back pain? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials Physiotherapy (United Kingdom), 2021. Bernard, S., Gentilcore-Saulnier, E., Massé-Alarie, H., Moffet, H.. DOI 10.1016/j.physio.2020.02.005