Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation of the Laval University School of Medicine, Clermont E. Dionne is also a regular investigator in the Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Axis, where he is in charge of research activities for the Quebec Centre of Excellence in Aging (CEVQ). He holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Washington (School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA). His research program focuses on the epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain (back, shoulder, knee, for example), a problem that imposes one of the heaviest health burdens on Western societies. A member of numerous national and international committees, Dr. Dionne is the Epidemiology Section Editor of Pain, the premier pain journal (FI: 6,027). Recently, he chaired the local organizing committee of the International Forum for Back and Neck Pain Research in Primary Care that was held in Quebec City in July 2019.
Identifying the causes of musculoskeletal pain and its consequences
In many cases, the source of pain cannot be identified, and its intensity is only weakly correlated with radiological evidence. Many factors are involved in the perception of pain and in its functional and social consequences, including biological, psychosocial, and environmental factors. Much remains to be done to understand the effects of these factors and their interactions.
Offer the best treatments to the right patients at the right time
For about 10% of patients, musculoskeletal pain becomes chronic. The development, validation, and evaluation of first-line prognostic tools are essential to make the most of available treatments.
Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of treatments
Many interventions are offered to counter musculoskeletal pain. It is important to identify those that are supported by sound scientific evidence, and to determine their conditions of application.
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An exploratory identification of biological markers of chronic musculoskeletal pain in the low back, neck, and shoulders
Journal ArticlePLoS One, 17 (4), 2022.
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Anxiety disorders in patients with noncardiac chest pain: association with health-related quality of life and chest pain severity
Journal ArticleHealth Qual Life Outcomes, 20 (1), 2022.
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The Association Between Self-Reported Cigarette Smoking and Spinal Pain is Not Explained by Serum Cotinine Levels
Journal ArticleAnn Epidemiol, 67 , 2022.
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Cannabis against chronic musculoskeletal pain: a scoping review on users and their perceptions
Journal ArticleJ Cannabis Res, 3 (1), 2021.
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Psychosocial stressors at work and inflammatory biomarkers: PROspective Quebec Study on Work and Health
Journal ArticlePsychoneuroendocrinology, 133 , 2021.
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Medical cannabis for chronic pain
Journal ArticleBMJ, 374 , 2021.
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Cumulative exposure to psychosocial stressors at work and global cognitive function: the PROspective Quebec Study on Work and Health
Journal ArticleOccup Environ Med, 78 (12), 2021.
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Epidemiology and prognostic implications of panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder in patients with coronary artery disease: rationale and design for a longitudinal cohort study
Journal ArticleBMC Cardiovasc Disord, 21 (1), 2021.
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Quality of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Care: Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Wound Care Clinic Using an Extended Donabedian Model Based on a Retrospective Cohort Study
Journal ArticleCan J Diabetes, 45 (4), 2021.
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Outcomes and prognosis of diabetic foot ulcers treated by an interdisciplinary team in Canada
Journal ArticleInt Wound J, 18 (2), 2021.
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Active projects
- Coûts des maladies cardiovasculaires et des problèmes de santé mentale attribuables aux contraintes psychosociales au travail : Une étude longitudinale de 22 ans auprès de 9 000 cols blancs., from 2016-07-01 to 2024-03-31
- Disability, Employment, and Public Policies Initiative, from 2018-04-01 to 2024-03-31
- Epidemiology and prognostic implications of panic disorder and generalised anxiety disorder in patients with coronary artery disease, from 2019-07-01 to 2023-07-31
Recently finished projects
- Canadian MSK Rehab Research Network, from 2016-09-01 to 2021-03-31
- La clinique des ainés : une transition innovante des soins pour aînés fragilisés – Éviter le retour à la case départ, from 2019-04-01 to 2021-03-31
- Le cannabis médical contre la douleur musculosquelettique chronique : des outils d'aide à la décision pour les patients et les cliniciens , from 2020-04-01 to 2021-03-31
- Traduction et adaptation culturelle d'un questionnaire pour la mesure de l'utilisation médicale du cannabis dans le contexte québécois dans une perspective d'études prospectives sur les effets du cannabis médical, from 2021-11-17 to 2022-03-31
- Workplace rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders in professionnal orchestral musicians: program optimisation and evaluation., from 2018-06-01 to 2020-05-30