Nathaly Gaudreault

Financement

• Subvention. Efficacy of dry needling for reducing pain during intercourse in women with provoked vestibulodynia: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Ottawa, Canada). 730 576 $. (2025-2029).
  Numéro de subvention : 202503PJT. Voir plus
• Subvention. Validation du mouvement sagittal spino-pelvien d’un système d’analyse du mouvement sans marqueur. Regroupement stratégique INTER – Ingénierie de technologies interactives en réadaptation, financé par le Fonds de recherche du Québec nature et technologies (FRQNT) (Sherbrooke, Canada). 16 620 $. (2025-2026).
• Subvention. Punctures physiotherapiques avec aiguilles seches pour la vestibulodynie provoquee: une etude de faisabilite et d'acceptabilite randomisee et controlee. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Ottawa, Canada). 149 971 $. (2024-2025).
  Numéro de subvention : 202307NWI. Voir plus
• Subvention. Démystifier, quantifier et intégrer les tensions des systèmes musculo-squelettique et viscéral. Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (Montreal, Canada). 100 000 $. (2022-2023).
  Numéro de subvention : 314355. Voir plus
• Subvention. Infrastructure de synthèse additive de précision. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 136 606 $. (2021-2022).
  Numéro de subvention : RTI-2022-00268. Voir plus
• Subvention. A state-of the art infrastructure for improving women’s pelvic health. Canada Foundation for Innovation (Ottawa, Canada). 199 779 $. (2019).
  Numéro de subvention : 38833. Voir plus

Publications

Articles

• Mélanie Roch, Nathaly Gaudreault, Josianne Paré, Marie-Elisabeth Bouchard, Małgorzata Starzec-Proserpio, Jan Dommerholt, Nathalie J Bureau, Marie-Hélène Mayrand, Sophie Bergeron, Marie-France Dubois, Mélanie Morin. (2026). A randomized controlled trial investigating feasibility, acceptability and effects of dry needling for provoked vestibulodynia. The Journal of Pain. DOI
• Nathaly Gaudreault, Sonia Bédard, Matteo Izzo, François Vézina. (2025). La Musculoskeletal Advanced Transillumination Technique (MATT) : une méthode novatrice pour mieux comprendre l’anatomie dynamique du tractus ilio-tibial. Morphologie. DOI
• Carmelo Pirri, Nathaly Gaudreault. (2025). Editorial: Physical Examination and Rehabilitation of Fasciae and Muscles in Sports Injuries. Bioengineering. DOI
• Norio Tomita, François Destrempes, Marie-Hélène Roy Cardinal, Aline Boulanger, Nathaly Gaudreault, Guy Cloutier, Nathalie J. Bureau. (2025). Thoracolumbar Fascia Microstructure and Low Back Pain: Insights From Quantitative Ultrasound Homodyned K-Distribution Statistical Modeling. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. DOI
• Sonia Bédard, Alexandre Bédard, Nathaly Gaudreault, Matteo Izzo, François Vézina. (2025). The Musculoskeletal Advanced Transillumination Technique (MATT): A Descriptive Proof-of-Concept Study of a New Method for the Study of the Iliotibial Tract Tested on Fresh Cadaveric Specimens. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. DOI
• Norio Tomita, Marie-Hélène Roy-Cardinal, Boris Chayer, Stacey Daher, Ameer Attiya, Aline Boulanger, Nathaly Gaudreault, Guy Cloutier, Nathalie J. Bureau. (2025). Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence. Insights into Imaging. DOI
• Justine Benoit-Piau, Nathaly Gaudreault, Hugo Massé-Alarie, Christine Guptill, Sylvie Fortin, Mélanie Morin. (2024). Understanding musculoskeletal disorders in dancers: The role of lumbopelvic muscles and movement competency. Physical Therapy in Sport. DOI
• Mercedes David, Karine Devantéry, Bénédicte Nauche, Miguel Chagnon, Mark Keezer, Nathaly Gaudreault, Nathalie J. Bureau, Guy Cloutier. (2024). Ultrasound elastography of back muscle biomechanical properties: a systematic review and meta-analysis of current methods. Insights into Imaging. DOI
• Justine Benoit-Piau, Nathaly Gaudreault, Robert Vallerand, Sylvie Fortin, Christine Guptill, Mélanie Morin. (2024). Passion and performance anxiety: How it affects the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders in dancers. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. DOI
• Marylie Martel, Nathaly Gaudreault, René Pelletier, Francis Houde, Marie-Philippe Harvey, Caroline Giguère, Frédéric Balg, Guillaume Leonard. (2023). Relationship between Motor Corticospinal System, Endogenous Pain Modulation Mechanisms and Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: New Perspectives on an Old Disease. Brain Sciences. DOI
• Fabiana C. da Silva, Leonardo S. Vieira, Lucas V. Santos, Nathaly Gaudreault, Ronaldo H. Cruvinel-Júnior, Gilmar M. Santos. (2023). Effectiveness of visceral fascial therapy targeting visceral dysfunctions outcome: systematic review of randomized controlled trials. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. DOI
• Tokiko Hamasaki, Manon Choinière, Patrick G. Harris, Nathalie J. Bureau, Nathaly Gaudreault, Nicolas Patenaude. (2023). Biopsychosocial factors associated with pain severity and hand disability in trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis and non-surgical management. Journal of Hand Therapy. DOI
• Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Christian Longtin, Marie-France Coutu, Nathaly Gaudreault, Dahlia Kairy, Iuliana Nastasia, Guillaume Léonard. (2023). Self-management programs to ensure sustainable return to work following long-term sick leave due to low back pain: A sequential qualitative study. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. DOI
• M Starzec-proserpio, M Roch, N Gaudreault, F Daigle, N Bureau, M Morin. (2023). (030) Reliability of Shear Wave Elastography for the Assessment of Pelvic Floor Muscle Stiffness. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. DOI
• Justine Benoit-Piau, Christophe Benoit-Piau, Nathaly Gaudreault, Mélanie Morin. (2023). Effect of Conservative Interventions for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Preprofessional and Professional Dancers: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. DOI
• Karine Devantéry, Mélanie Morin, Julien Grimard, Nathaly Gaudreault. (2023). Effects of a Myofascial Technique on the Stiffness and Thickness of the Thoracolumbar Fascia and Lumbar Erector Spinae Muscles in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized before-and-after Experimental Study. Bioengineering. DOI
• Amélie Caron-Laramée, Roua Walha, Patrick Boissy, Nathaly Gaudreault, Nikola Zelovic, Karina Lebel. (2023). Comparison of Three Motion Capture-Based Algorithms for Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics: How Do Algorithms Affect Accuracy and Precision of Clinical Outcomes?. Sensors. DOI
• Alix Cagnin, Manon Choinière, Nathalie J. Bureau, Madeleine Durand, Neila Mezghani, Nathaly Gaudreault, Nicola Hagemeister. (2023). Targeted exercises can improve biomechanical markers in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: A secondary analysis from a cluster randomized controlled trial. The Knee. DOI
• Justine Benoit-Piau, Mélanie Morin, Christine Guptill, Sylvie Fortin, Nathaly Gaudreault. (2022). Movement Competency Screen: Rethinking the Rating. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. DOI
• Roua Walha, Pierre Dagenais, Nathaly Gaudreault, Gabriel Beaudoin-Côté, Patrick Boissy. (2022). The effects of custom-made foot orthoses on foot pain, foot function, gait function, and free-living walking activities in people with psoriatic arthritis (PsA): a pre-experimental trial. Arthritis Research & Therapy. DOI
• Mélanie Roch, Mélanie Morin, Nathaly Gaudreault. (2022). Immediate Effect of Dry Needling on the Viscoelastic Properties of a Trigger Point on the Infraspinatus Muscle Measured with MyotonPRO. Physiotherapy Canada. DOI
• Flemming Kondrup, Nathaly Gaudreault, Gabriel Venne. (2022). The deep fascia and its role in chronic pain and pathological conditions: A review. Clinical Anatomy. DOI
• Isabelle Gilbert, Nathaly Gaudreault, Isabelle Gaboury. (2022). Exploring the Effects of Standardized Soft Tissue Mobilization on the Viscoelastic Properties, Pressure Pain Thresholds, and Tactile Pressure Thresholds of the Cesarean Section Scar. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. DOI
• Frédérique Daigle, Guillaume Léonard, Myriam Émond, Justine Benoit-Piau, Nathaly Gaudreault. (2022). Comparison of the Pressure Biofeedback Unit and Real-Time Ultrasound Imaging as Feedback Tools to Contract the Transversus Abdominis Muscle: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Healthy Older Adults. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. DOI
• Nathaly Gaudreault, Karina Lebel, Sonia Bédard, Frédériqu Daigle, Gabriel Venne, Frédéric Balg. (2021). Using ultrasound imaging to assess novice physiotherapy students’ ability to locate musculoskeletal structures with palpation. Physiotherapy. DOI
• Antoine Laramée, Guillaume Léonard, Mélanie Morin, Mélanie Roch, Nathaly Gaudreault. (2021). Neurophysiological and psychophysical effects of dry versus sham needling of the infraspinatus muscle in patients with chronic shoulder pain: a randomized feasibility study. Archives of Physiotherapy. DOI
• Roua Walha, Karina Lebel, Nathaly Gaudreault, Pierre Dagenais, Andrea Cereatti, Ugo Della Croce, Patrick Boissy. (2021). The Accuracy and Precision of Gait Spatio-Temporal Parameters Extracted from an Instrumented Sock during Treadmill and Overground Walking in Healthy Subjects and Patients with a Foot Impairment Secondary to Psoriatic Arthritis. Sensors. DOI
• Mélanie Roch, Nathaly Gaudreault, Marie-Pierre Cyr, Gabriel Venne, Nathalie J. Bureau, Mélanie Morin. (2021). The Female Pelvic Floor Fascia Anatomy: A Systematic Search and Review. Life. DOI
• Nathaly Gaudreault, Justine Benoît-Piau, Jan Paul van Wingerden, Carla Stecco, Frédérique Daigle, Guillaume Léonard. (2021). An Investigation of the Association between Transversus Abdominis Myofascial Structure and Activation with Age in Healthy Adults using Ultrasound Imaging. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. DOI
• Angèle N. Merlet, Jonathan Harnie, Madalina Macovei, Adam Doelman, Nathaly Gaudreault, Alain Frigon. (2021). Cutaneous inputs from perineal region facilitate spinal locomotor activity and modulate cutaneous reflexes from the foot in spinal cats. Journal of Neuroscience Research. DOI
• Justine Benoît-Piau, Mélanie Morin, Sylvie Fortin, Christine Guptill, Nathaly Gaudreault. (2021). Does the Movement Competency Screen Correlate with Deep Abdominals Activation and Hip Strength for Professional and Pre-professional Dancers?. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. DOI

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés ou supervisés à l'UdeS

• EPK856 - Lectures dirigées. (2023). (3CR).

Activités professionnelles

• Fascia research Society. Co présidente - 6e conférence internationale de la Fascia Research Society. Montréal, Canada. (2022-).
• Poste d'invité. Université de padoue. Neurosciences / Istituto di Anatomia Umana. Padua, Veneto, Italie. (2017-2018).