Research team

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Director

Chantale Dumoulin is the Director and Founder of the laboratory. As Full Professor at the School of Rehabilitation at the Université de Montréal, she developed and currently directs a graduate perineal and pelvic rehabilitation program for physiotherapists, the only program of its kind in Canada. Prof. Dumoulin was also the holder of the Canada Research Chair in Urogynecological Health and Aging from 2012 to 2022 and is a researcher specialized in pelvic floor dysfunction at the Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. 

Prof. Dumoulin is interested in the pelvic health of older women. Her research aims to better understand pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and improve prevention and treatment, as well as identify women most likely to benefit from conservative treatments, such as pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation. Her methodological expertise includes the development and psychometric evaluation of measurement tools, the evaluation of the effectiveness of preventive or curative treatments through randomized clinical trials and other studies, as well as writing systematic reviews.

Education

• BSc (PT), Physiotherapy, McGill University (1988)

• MSc Biomedical Sciences (rehabilitation option), Université de Montréal (1994)

• PhD Biomedical Sciences (rehabilitation option), Université de Montréal (2004)

• Postdoctoral Degree, McGill University (2007)

• Postdoctoral Degree, Stanford Medical School (2007)

• Sabbatical Research Fellowship, Cochrane Incontinence Review Group, Aberdeen University, Scotland (2013)

Publications

Articles published in peer-reviewed journals

Books, Brochures/Guides and Book Chapters for clinicians and researchers

Books and brochures for the general public:

Dumoulin C. (2022) Urinary Incontinence: How to prevent and treat this inconvenient problem. CCSMTL Press, Montreal University Institute of Geriatrics Collection, Canada, 118 pages (version française : L’incontinence urinaire: la prévenir, la traiter). ISBN: 978-2-551-26756-9.

Lévesque S, Poissant J, Tardif MJ, Blanchet C, Dumoulin C, Ruchat SM, St-Laurent A. (2018) Activités physiques et de mieux-être. Publication of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Government of Québec, 53 pages (only available in French).

Dumoulin C. (2011) Avant et après bébé; exercices et conseils. Les éditions de l’Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montreal, Canada, 226 pages (only available in French). ISBN: 978-2-896-19426-1

Dumoulin C, Tannenbaum C. (2009). Incontinence : Breaking the Silence. Tips and Tricks for Seniors. Ministère de la Famille et des aînés, Government of Québec, 27 pages (version française : L’incontinence : Brisons le silence, Trucs et astuces pour les aînés).

Research professionals

Sophie Mont-Briant, PT, MSc

Sophie has a professional Master’s degree in Physiotherapy from Université de Montréal since 2013 and she has also completed the graduate program in perineal and pelvic rehabilitation in 2016. She worked in the laboratory as a clinician for the GROUP project in 2016-2017. Since 2022, she is now back working mainly as a research professional, coordinating several projects within our laboratory.

Joanie Mercier, PT, PhD

Students

Esra Üzelpasacı, PT, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow (date of arrival : September 2025)

Research project title: Morphometry and pelvic floor function before and after use of a mobile app and connected object in postmenopausal women with urinary incontinence

Esra is an assistant professor and physiotherapist, graduated from Hacettepe University in Turkey in 2013. After her Masters in Health Sciences (2014-2017) and PhD (2017-2021) at Hacettepe University, she worked as a research assistant at the same institution until 2022. Since 2023, she is teaching at the Faculty of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at Gülhane University of Health Sciences, also in Turkey. She has been conducting research for over 10 years in the field of pelvic and women's health, and her academic work has won national and international awards. In 2025-2026, she will join the Laboratory to work on a project focusing on morphometry and pelvic floor function in post-menopausal women with urinary incontinence following the use of a mobile application.

Montse Rejano Campo, PT, MSc – PhD candidate

Mélodie St-Georges, PT, MSc - PhD student

Gabrielle Carrier-Noreau, PT, MSc - PhD student

Other publications:

Mercier J, Dumoulin C, Carrier-Noreau G. (2023) Pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation for genitourinary syndrome of menopause: why, how and when? Climateric. Apr 5;1-7. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2023.2194527

Research Assistant

Safiye Gencer

Safiye Gencer is an undergraduate student in psychology at the Université de Montréal, where she will complete her bachelor's degree in May 2025. Passionate about neuroscience and the health of children and the elderly, she aspires to continue her studies at the graduate level. Safiye has a wide range of experience in intervention and research, notably as a facilitator at CALACS Trêves pour Elles. Curious and eager to learn, she enjoys writing on a variety of subjects.

As a research assistant since September 2024, Safiye is currently focusing on the French Canadian adaptation of the User Version of the Mobile App Rating Scale (uMARS) questionnaire, which assesses the quality of mobile health apps.

Healthcare professionals - Physiotherapists

Healthcare professionals are actively involved in research projects, and their work is essential to the proper functioning of the laboratory. They are responsible for conducting assessments and providing treatment to participants in different projects.

Sophie Lapointe, PT

Sophie Lapointe has been a physiotherapist in geriatrics and perineal rehabilitation at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM) since 2007, and at the Women’s Health and Aging Laboratory since its inauguration in 2007. She also worked in a private clinic as a pelvic floor physiotherapist for approximately two years, from 2016 to 2018.

Sophie completed the graduate microprogram in perineal et pelvic rehabilitation at Université de Montréal in 2012, then taught the geriatrics course every two years from 2012 to 2019.

In our laboratories, she participated as a clinician in the GROUP, Avulsion, Cancer, Predictors, Femfit, Tele-GROUP and VITAAL projects. Since fall 2023, she is in charge of evaluations for the Mobile Application and Vaginoplasty projects.

Audrey Melançon, PT

Audrey Melançon graduated in physiotherapy from Université de Montréal in 2007, and immediately specialized in neurological disorders (spinal cord injury, stroke, CCT) at the Institut de réadaptation Gingras Lindsay de Montréal (IRGLM).

She completed the graduate microprogram in perineal and pelvic rehabilitation at Université de Montréal in 2013, where she now teaches the course on neurological clients.

Finally, she has been a clinical physiotherapist in our laboratories since 2020, and has participated in the Avulsion and Cancer projects, as well as in treatments for Predictors and VITAAL. Since fall 2023, she is in charge of evaluations for the Mobile Application project.

Formerly in the laboratory:

Mélanie Le Berre, PT, MSc - PhD candidate (2019-2024)

Thesis: Faisabilité, acceptabilité et effets d’un programme de télé-réadaptation en groupe pour traiter l’incontinence urinaire chez les femmes âgées

Mélanie completed a professional Master's degree in Physiotherapy at McGill University. She then completed a Master in Rehabilitation Science at Université de Montréal in 2019 under direction of Professor Dumoulin and co-direction of Professor Morin. Finaly, she pursued a PhD under the direction of Professor Dumoulin and co-direction of Professor Filiatrault. She obtained a Doctoral Training Grant from the Fonds de Recherche Santé Québec (FRQS) for her PhD project studying the feasibility, acceptability, and effects of a tele-rehabilitation pelvic floor muscle training group program for urinary incontinence in older women.

Publications:

Le Berre M, Dumoulin C. Accessibility of pelvic floor physiotherapy for treating urinary incontinence in older women in Quebec: an online survey. Physiotherapy Canada. 2022 Sept; 10.3138/ptc-2021-0089.

Le Berre M, Filiatrault J, Reichetzer B, Dumoulin C. (2022) Feasibility, acceptability and effects of a group pelvic floor muscle telerehabilitation program to treat urinary incontinence in older women. Digital Health. 2022;8. doi:10.1177/20552076221123720

Le Berre M, Filiatrault J, Reichetzer B, Dumoulin C. (2023). Group-Based Pelvic Floor Telerehabilitation to Treat Urinary Incontinence in Older Women: A Feasibility Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(10), 5791. doi:10.3390/ijerph20105791

Le Berre M, Filiatrault J, Reichetzer B, Kairy D, Lachance C, Dumoulin C. (2024) Online group-based pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in older women: a pilot study. International Urogynecology Journal. February 5. doi: 10.1007/s00192-024-05728-0

Le Berre M, Forest L, Dumoulin C. (2024) Implementation of group-based exercise programs in physiotherapy: a rapid scoping review. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. August 1;103(8):761-768. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002477

Memoir: Le Berre, M. (2018) Comparaison de la force musculaire des membres inférieurs, de l’équilibre, de la mobilité et de la fonction chez les femmes âgées avec incontinence urinaire d’urgence ou mixte et les femmes âgées sans incontinence. Papyrus, Collections Thèses et mémoires électroniques de l’Université de Montréal, Faculté de médecine. 

Publications : 

Le Berre M, Dumoulin C. (2020) Force, équilibre, mobilité et fonction des femmes âgées avec incontinence urinaire: une revue de littérature. Kinésithérapie, la revue, Oct;20(226): 3-20. 

Le Berre M, Dumoulin C. (2019) Characteristics of lower limb muscle strength, balance, mobility and function in older women with urge and mixed urinary incontinence: an observational pilot study. Physiotherapy Canada, 2019 summer;71(3):250-260.

Other publications:

Vesentini G, O'Connor N, Elders A, Le Berre M, Nabhan AF, Wagg A, Cacciari L, Dumoulin C. (2022) Interventions for treating urinary incontinence in older women: a network meta‐analysis (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022 Sept, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD015376. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD015376.

Le Berre M, Presse N, Morin M, Larouche M, Campeau L, Hu YX, Reid I, Dumoulin C. (2020) What do we really know about the role of caffeine on urinary tract symptoms? A scoping review on caffeine consumption and urinary symptoms in adults. Neurourol Urodyn, Jun;39(5):1217-1233

Dumoulin C, Le Berre M. (2020) Pelvic floor muscle training for older women with urinary incontinence. Curr Geri Rep, March;9, 54–63.

Giovana Vesenti, PT, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2024)

Research project title: Interventions for treating urinary incontinence in older women: a network meta-analysis

Giovana graduated in physiotherapy in 2012 from the Universidade Estadual Paulista and received her Master’s degree (2013) and PhD (2015) from the same institution. She received scholarships from the “Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo” (FAPESP) and “Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior” (CAPES) for her studies. She also received grants from FAPESP and CAPES for international internships at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Sydney. In her previous work, she investigated the relationship between gestational diabetes and urinary incontinence in animal models and pregnant women. She worked in our laboratory on a meta-analysis to investigate the effects of the interventions for treating urinary incontinence in older women from 2021 to 2024. She is funded by a postdoctoral fellowship from FRQS.

Book chapter :

Dumoulin C, Booth J, Campbel P, Cacciari L, Hagen S, Morin M, Morkved S, Homsi J Ferreira C, Vesentini G, Pang R, Nahom I, Panicker J, Wallace S, Yamanishi T (2022) Adult Conservative Management. In Abrams PH, Cardozo L, Wein A, Wagg A. (Eds.): Incontinence. 7th Edition. International Consultation on Urinary Incontinence, Plymbridge United Kingdom: Health Publication Ltd, pages 795-1038.

Publications:

Vesentini G, O'Connor N, Elders A, Le Berre M, Nabhan AF, Wagg A, Cacciari L, Dumoulin C. (2022) Interventions for treating urinary incontinence in older women: a network meta‐analysis (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022 Sept, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD015376. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD015376.

Vesentini G, Panicker J, Wallace S, Dumoulin C. (2024) Conservative management for urinary incontinence in neurological patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Continence. April 11; 10:101222. doi:10.1016/j.cont.2024.101222

Batoul El-Sayegh, MSc – PhD candidate (2018-2024)

Thesis: Designing a smart pelvic floor muscle dynamometer for the assessment and training of women with urinary incontinence

Batoul El-Sayegh is a biomedical engineer who completed a Masters in Applied Sciences in mechanical engineering at Concordia University in 2018. She did her PhD in Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal with a specialization in integrated circuit design under the supervision of Professor Dumoulin and Professeur Primeau at Polytechnique Montréal. Batoul has been awarded an AGE-WELL scholarship for her PhD project, which aims to design a smart pelvic floor muscle dynamometer to assess and treat women with urinary incontinence.

Publications :

El-Sayegh B, Dumoulin C, Ali M, Assaf H, Sawan M. (2020) A Dynamometer-based Wireless Pelvic Floor Muscle Force Monitoring. 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society. July;6127-6130. doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176660

El-Sayegh B, Dumoulin C, Ali M, Assef A, Sawan M, Primeau FL. (2022) Portable Dynamometer-Based Measurement of Pelvic Floor Muscle Force. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. November;11:44-53. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2022.3223258.

El-Sayegh B, Cacciari L, Primeau FL, Sawan M, Dumoulin C. (2022) The State of Pelvic Floor Muscle Dynamometry: A Critical Review. Neurourology and Urodynamics. December;42(2):478-499. doi:10.1002/nau.25101.

Licia Cacciari, PT, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Research project title: Economic evaluation of group-based vs. individual pelvic floor physiotherapy for urinary incontinence in older women

Licia is a Brazilian physiotherapist with a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, where she was awarded an honorable mention by the national ministry of education. For the past four years, she has been awarded scholarships for her postdoctoral work at CRIUGM under the direction of Professor Dumoulin. Initially, she studied the effects of two different rehabilitation programs on pelvic floor morphometry in older women with urinary incontinence. She is funded by a postdoctoral fellowship from FRQS.

Book chapter :

Dumoulin C, Booth J, Campbel P, Cacciari L, Hagen S, Morin M, Morkved S, Homsi J Ferreira C, Vesentini G, Pang R, Nahom I, Panicker J, Wallace S, Yamanishi T (2022) Adult Conservative Management. In Abrams PH, Cardozo L, Wein A, Wagg A. (Eds.): Incontinence. 7th Edition. International Consultation on Urinary Incontinence, Plymbridge United Kingdom: Health Publication Ltd, pages 795-1038.

Publications :

Larequi Y, Cacciari L, Kouakoue C, Poder T, Vale L, Morin M, Mayrand MH, Tousignant M, Dumoulin C. (2024) L’entraînement des muscles du plancher pelvien en groupe est une approche plus rentable pour traiter l’incontinence urinaire chez les femmes âgées : analyse économique d’un essai randomisé. Mains Libres. March 20;41(1):53. doi:10.55498/MAINSLIBRES.2024.12.1.53

El-Sayegh B, Cacciari L, Primeau FL, Sawan M, Dumoulin C. (2022) The State of Pelvic Floor Muscle Dynamometry: A Critical Review. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2022 Dec. doi:10.1002/nau.25101.

Vesentini G, O'Connor N, Elders A, Le Berre M, Nabhan AF, Wagg A, Cacciari L, Dumoulin C. (2022) Interventions for treating urinary incontinence in older women: a network meta‐analysis (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022 Sept, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD015376. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD015376.

Cacciari L, Mayrand MH, Morin M, Dumoulin C. Never too late to train: effects of pelvic floor muscle training on the levator hiatus shape of incontinent older women. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(17), 11078; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711078

Cacciari L, Kouakou C, Poder T, Vale L, Morin M, Mayrand M, Tousignant M, Dumoulin C. (2022) Group-based pelvic floor muscle training is a more cost-effective approach to treat urinary incontinence in older women : economic analysis of a randomised trial. J of Physiotherapy, June 23;68(3):191-196. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2022.06.001

Dumoulin C, Cacciari L, Mayrand MH. Implementing Group-based pelvic floor muscle training in clinical practice reply. (2021) Jama Intern. Med. November 2021;181 (3): 406-407.

Cacciari L, Morin M, Mayrand M, Tousignant M, Abrahamovick M, Dumoulin C. (2021) Pelvic floor morphometrical and functional changes immediately after pelvic floor muscle training and at 1‐year follow‐up, in older incontinent women. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2021 Jan;40(1):245-255.

Dumoulin C, Morin M, Danielli C, Cacciari L, Mayrand M, Tousignant M, Abrahamovick M. (2020) Group-based versus individual pelvic floor muscle training to treat urinary incontinence in older women. JAMA internal medicine, Aug; 180(10): 1284-1293.

Cacciari, L. P., Kruger, J., Goodman, J., Budgett, D., & Dumoulin, C. (2020). Reliability and validity of intravaginal pressure measurements with a new intravaginal pressure device: The FemFit®. Neurourology and urodynamics, 2020 Jan;39(1):253-260.

Cacciari, L. P., Amorim, A. C., Pássaro, A. C., Dumoulin, C., & Sacco, I. C. (2020). Intravaginal pressure profile of continent and incontinent women. Journal of Biomechanics, 99, 109572.

Cacciari, L. P., Dumoulin, C., & Hay-Smith, E. J. (2019). Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women: a cochrane systematic review abridged republication. Brazilian journal of physical therapy, 23(2):93-107.

Dumoulin C, Pazzoto Cacciari L, Mercier J. (2019) Keeping the pelvic floor healthy. Climacteric, 22(3): 257-262.

Dumoulin C, Cacciari LP, Hay-smith EJC. (2018). Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women. Cochrane Database System Review, 2018 Oct 4; 10: 1465-1858. CD005654.

Marie-Pierre Cyr, PT – PhD student (co-direction, Director M. Morin)

Project title: Étude de faisabilité évaluant l’effet des traitements de physiothérapie chez les survivantes d’un cancer de l’endomètre atteintes d'incontinence urinaire

Thesis: Cyr, M.P. (2021) Traitement multimodal en physiothérapie pour réduire la dyspareunie chez les survivantes d’un cancer gynécologique : une étude pilote multicentrique avec méthodes mixtes. Savoirs UdeS, Collection Médecine et sciences de la santé - Thèses de l’Université de Sherbrooke.

Publications:

Cyr, M. P., C. Dumoulin, P. Bessette, A. Pina, W.H. Gotlieb, K. Lapointe-Milot, M. Mayrand, M. Morin. (2020). Feasibility, acceptability and effects of multimodal pelvic floor physical therapy for gynecological cancer survivors suffering from painful sexual intercourse: a multicenter prospective interventional study. Gynecol Oncol, 2020 Dec;159(3):778-784.

Cyr, M. P., C. Dumoulin, P. Bessette, A. Pina, W.H. Gotlieb, K. Lapointe-Milot, M. Morin. (2021). Characterizing pelvic-floor muscle function and morphometry in gynecological cancer survivors who have dyspareunia: a comparative cross-sectional study. Phys Ther. Epub, 2021;101:1–9.

Cyr, M. P., C. Dumoulin, P. Bessette, A. Pina, W.H. Gotlieb, K. Lapointe-Milot, M. Mayrand, M. Morin. (2021). A prospective single-arm study evaluating the effects of a multimodal physical therapy intervention on psychosexual outcomes in women with dyspareunia after gynecologic cancer. J of Sex Med. 2021;18:946−954.

Morin M, Cyr MP, Dostie R, Camden C, Dumoulin C, Bessette P, Pina A, Gotlieb WH, Lapointe-Milot K, Mayrand MH. (2022) Improvements following multimodal pelvic floor physical therapy in gynecological cancer survivors suffering from pain during sexual intercourse: Results from a one-year follow-up mixed-method study. PLOS ONE. January 25; 17(1):e0262844.

Cyr MP, Dumoulin C, Bessette P, Pina A, Gotlieb WH, Lapointe-Milot K, Mayrand M, Morin M. Changes in pelvic floor morphometry and muscle function after multimodal physiotherapy for gynaecological cancer survivors suffering from dyspareunia: a prospective interventional study. Physiotherapy. 2022 Mar;114:54-62.

Cyr MP, Dostie R, Candem C, Dumoulin C, Bessette P, Pina A, Gotlieb WH, Lapointe-Milot K, Mayrand MH, Morin M. (2022) Acceptability of multimodal pelvic floor physical therapy to treat dyspareunia after gynecological malignancies: a qualitative study of women's views and experiences. Int Urogynecol J. 2022 Aug 10;1-13. doi: 10.1007/s00192-022-05304-4. 

Cyr MP, Camden C, Dumoulin C, Dostie R, Bessette P, Pina A, Gotlieb WH, Lapointe-Milot K, Mayrand MH, Morin M. (2023). Gynecological Cancer Survivors' Experiences of Dyspareunia and Factors Influencing Care-Seeking Behavior: A Qualitative Study. Archives of sexual behavior, Apr 14. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02589-4

Other publications:

Cyr, M. P., Kruger, J., Wong, V., Dumoulin, C., Girard, I., & Morin, M. (2017). Pelvic floor morphometry and function in women with and without puborectalis avulsion in the early postpartum period. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 216(3), 274-e1.

Joanie Mercier, PT – PhD student 

Project title: The impact of a pelvic floor muscle training program on the signs and symptoms of genitourinary syndrome of menopause

Thesis: Mercier, J. (2020). Impact d’un programme d’exercices des muscles du plancher pelvien sur les signes et symptômes du syndrome génitourinaire de la ménopause chez la femme post-ménopausée. Papyrus, Collections Thèses et mémoires électroniques de l’Université de Montréal, Faculté de médecine. 

Publications:

Mercier, J., Morin, M., Lemieux, M.-C., Reichetzer, B., Khalifé, S., & Dumoulin, C. (2016). Pelvic floor muscle training to reduce symptoms and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy: a case study. Menopause (New York, NY).

Mercier, J., Tang, A., Morin, M., Khalifé, S., Lemieux, M. C., Reichetzer, B., & Dumoulin, C. (2018). Test‐retest reliability of clitoral blood flow measurements using color Doppler ultrasonography at rest and after a pelvic floor contraction task in healthy adult women. Neurourology and urodynamics, 37(7), 2249-2256[3] .

Mercier, J., Tang, A., Morin, M., Lemieux, M.-C., Khalifé, S., Reichetzer, B., & Dumoulin, C. (2018). Test–retest reliability of internal pudendal artery blood flow using color Doppler ultrasound in healthy women. International Urogynecology Journal, 29(12), 1817-1824.

Mercier, J., Morin, M., Reichetzer, B., Lemieux, M.-C., Khalifé, S., & Dumoulin, C. (2019). Genitourinary syndrome of menopause symptom severity and impact outcome measures: are they reliable and correlated? Menopause, 26(6), 659-664[4] .

Mercier, J., Morin, M., Zaki, D., Reichetzer, B., Lemieux, M.-C., Khalifé, S., & Dumoulin, C. (2019). Pelvic floor muscle training as a treatment for genitourinary syndrome of menopause: a single-arm feasibility study. Maturitas, 125, 57-62.

Mercier J, Tang A, Morin M, Lemieux M-C, Khalifé S, Reichetzer B, Dumoulin C (2020). Impact d’un programme d’exercices des muscles du plancher pelvien sur la vascularisation pelvi-périnéale de femmes avec syndrome génito-urinaire de la ménopause. Revue Physio-Québec, automne 2019-hiver 2020; 46(2):28-31.

Mercier J, Morin M, Tang A, Richetzer B, Lemieux MC, Khalifé S, Zaki D, Gougeon F, Dumoulin C. (2020) Pelvic floor training: mechanisms of action for the improvement of genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Climacteric, Oct;23(5):468-473.

Mercier J, Dumoulin C, Carrier-Noreau G. (2023) Pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation for genitourinary syndrome of menopause: why, how and when? Climateric. Apr 5;1-7. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2023.2194527

Other publications:

Dumoulin C, Hay-Smith J, MacHabée-Séguin G, Mercier J. (2015) Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women: A short version Cochrane systematic review with meta-analysis. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2015 Apr; 34(4): 300-308.

Dumoulin C, Pazzoto Cacciari L, Mercier J. (2019) Keeping the pelvic floor healthy. Climacteric, 22(3): 257-262.

Marie-Hélène Paquin, PT- Master’s student

Project title: The effects of the urge to urinate on the gait of older incontinent and continent women at risk of falls and living in the community

Memoir: Paquin MH. (2019). Caractéristiques de la marche avec et sans l’envie pressante d’uriner chez la femme âgée chuteuse avec ou sans incontinence. Papyrus, Collections Thèses et mémoires électroniques de l’Université de Montréal, Faculté de médecine. 

Publications:

Paquin, MH, Duclos C, Lapierre, N., Dubreucq L, Morin J, Meunier J., (. . .) Dumoulin, C. (2019). The effects of a strong desire to void on gait for incontinent and continent older community‐dwelling women at risk of falls. Neurourology and urodynamics.

Paquin MH, Duclos C, Dubreucq L, Lapierre N, Rousseau J, Meunier J, Filiatrault J, Morin M, Dumoulin, C. (2021) L’effet d’une envie pressante d’uriner sur les paramètres de marche des femmes âgées ayant des antécédents de chute, qu’elles soient continentes ou incontinentes. Physio-Québec, November 2021.

Other publications:

Lapierre N, Meunier J, Filiatrault J, St-Arnaud A, Paquin M-H, Duclos C, Dubreucq L, Moffet H, Morin M, Milot M-H, Dumoulin C & Rousseau J. (2016) A methodology of implementing a videomonitoring system in community-dwelling elderly. Gerontechnology, 15(0): 87-87.

Lapierre N, Meunier J, St-Arnaud A, Filiatrault J, Paquin MH, Duclos C, Dumoulin C, Rousseau J. (2018) Older women’s perceptions of a programmable video monitoring system at home: a pilot study. Gerontechnology Journal, 17(4): 245-254.

Stéphanie Bernard, PT - Master’s student (co-direction, Director H. Moffet)

Project title: Muscular properties of the pelvic floor in endometric cancer survivors treated with radiotherapy who have urogenital symptoms

Memoir: Bernard, S. (2016). Fonction et structure des muscles du plancher pelvien de femmes traitées par chirurgie et radiothérapie à la suite d'un cancer de l'endomètre. Bibliothèque de l’Université Laval. Thèses et mémoires.

Publications:

Bernard S, Ouellet MP, Moffet H, Roy JS, Dumoulin C. (2015) Effects of radiation therapy on the structure and function of the pelvic floor muscles of patients with cancer in the pelvic area: a systematic review. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, 2016 Apr; 10(2): 351-62.

Bernard S, Moffet H, Ouellet M-P, Plante M, Leblond J, Dumoulin C. (2016) Les propriétés fonctionnelles du plancher pelvien de femmes souffrant d'incontinence urinaire à la suite d’un cancer de l'endomètre traité par chirurgie et radiothérapie : une étude exploratoire. Physio-Québec, Ordre Professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec. Automne-Hiver 2016; 43(2): 26-27.

Bernard S, Moffet H, Plante M, Ouellet MP, Dumoulin C. (2017) Pelvic floor properties in women reporting urinary incontinence after surgery and radiotherapy for endometrial cancer. Physical Therapy, 97(4): 438-448.

Sarah Fradet, PT - Professional Master's student 

Project title: Differences in pelvic floor morphometry in older Women with and without urinary incontinence

Publication:

Fradet, S., Morin, M., Kruger, J., & Dumoulin, C. (2018). Pelvic Floor Morphometric Differences in Elderly Women with or without Urinary Incontinence. Physiotherapy Canada, 70(1), 49-56.

Stéphanie Pontbriand-Drolet, Biomedical Sciences - Master's student

Project title: Comparative study of pelvic floor morphology in older urinary incontinent and continent women

Memoir: Pontbriand‐Drolet, S. (2012). Étude comparative de la morphologie du plancher pelvien des femmes âgées continentes et avec incontinence urinaire. Papyrus, Collections Thèses et mémoires électroniques de l’Université de Montréal, Faculté de médecine. 

Publications:

Pontbriand‐Drolet, S., Tang, A., Madill, S. J., Tannenbaum, C., Lemieux, M. C., Corcos, J., & Dumoulin, C. (2016). Differences in pelvic floor morphology between continent, stress urinary incontinent, and mixed urinary incontinent elderly women: An MRI study. Neurourology and urodynamics, 35(4), 515-521.

Other publications:

Madill S, Tang A, Pontbriand-Drolet S, Dumoulin C. (2011) Comparison of two methods for measuring the pubococcygeal line from sagittal-plane magnetic resonance imaging. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 30(8): 1613-1619.

Madill S, Pontbriand-Drolet S, Tang A, Dumoulin C. (2013) Effects of pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation on PFM function and morphology in older women. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 32(8): 1086-1095.

Madill SJ, Pontbriand-Drolet S, Tang A, Dumoulin C. (2015) Changes in urethral sphincter size following rehabilitation in older women with stress urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J, 2015 Feb; 26(2): 277-283.

Dumoulin C, Tang A, Pontbriand-Drolet S, Maddill S, Morin M. (2017) Pelvic floor morphometry: a predictor of pelvic floor muscle training’s success for women with stress and mixed urinary incontinence. International Urogyneacology Journal, 28(8): 1223-1239.

Valérie Elliott, PT - Master's student

Project title: Virtual reality rehabilitation as a treatment approach for older women with mixed urinary incontinence: a feasibility study

Memoir: Elliott, V. (2013). L’utilisation de la réadaptation par la réalité virtuelle pour traiter l’incontinence urinaire mixte de la femme âgée: une étude de faisabilité. Papyrus, Collections Thèses et mémoires électroniques de l’Université de Montréal, Faculté de médecine. 

Publications:

Elliott, V., de Bruin, E. D., & Dumoulin, C. (2015). Virtual reality rehabilitation as a treatment approach for older women with mixed urinary incontinence: a feasibility study. Neurourology and urodynamics, 34(3), 236-243.

Other publications:

Dumoulin C, Martin C, Elliott V, Bourbonnais D, Morin M, Lemieux MC, Gauthier R. (2013) Randomized controlled trial of physiotherapy for postpartum stress incontinence: 7-year follow-up. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 32(5): 449-454.

Fraser S, Elliott V, DeBruin E, Bherer L, Dumoulin C. (2014) The effects of combined video game dancing and pelvic floor training to improve dual-task gait and cognition in women with mixed-urinary incontinence. Games for Health Journal, 3(3): 172-178.

Jenny Kruger, Nurse and midwife - Postdoctoral Fellow 

Project title: The effectiveness of a pelvic floor muscle exercise program for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women diagnosed  with pelvic floor muscle avulsion

Publications: 

Kruger JA, Dietz HP, Budgett SC, Dumoulin C. (2013). Comparison between transperineal ultrasound and digital dectection of levator ani trauma. Can we improve the odds? Neurourology and Urodynamics, 33(3): 307-311. 

Other publications:

Cyr MP, Kruger J, Wong V, Dumoulin C, Girard I, Morin M (2017) Pelvic floor morphometry and function in women with and without puborectalis avulsion in the early postpartum period Article reference. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2017 Mar; 216(3): 274.e1-274.e8.

Fradet S, Morin M, Kruger J, Dumoulin C. (2018). Pelvic floor morphometric differences in elderly women with or without urinary incontinence. Physiotherapy Journal, 70(1): 49-56.

Cacciari LP, Kruger J, Goodman J, Budgett D, Dumoulin C. (2020) Reliability and vailidity of intravaginal pressure measurements with a new intravaginal pressure device: The FemFit®. Neurourol & Urodyn, 2020 Jan;39(1):253-260. Most cited paper from N&U in 2021.

Pedfsky L, Neilsen PMF, Budgett D, Nemec K, Dumoulin C, Kruger J. (2021) Using codesign to develop a mobile application for pelvic floor muscle training with an intravaginal device (femfit®). 2021 Neurourol Urodyn. 2021 Nov;40(8):1900-1907

Bo K, Anglès-Acedo S, Achla Batra A, Hoff Brækken I, Ling Chan Y, Homsi Jorge C, Kruger J, Yadav M, Dumoulin C. Conservative treatment of patient with pelvic organ prolapse: Pelvic floor muscle training. 2022, In press in International Urogynecology Association Journal

Stephanie Madill, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Project title : Mechanisms of action of group pelvic floor muscle exercises for urinary incontinence

Publications: 

Madill, S., Tang, A., Pontbriand‐Drolet, S., & Dumoulin, C. (2011). Comparison of two methods for measuring the pubococcygeal line from sagittal‐plane magnetic resonance imaging. Neurourology and urodynamics, 30(8), 1613-1619.

Madill, S. J., Pontbriand‐Drolet, S., Tang, A., & Dumoulin, C. (2013). Effects of PFM rehabilitation on PFM function and morphology in older women. Neurourology and urodynamics, 32(8), 1086-1095.

Madill, S. J., Pontbriand-Drolet, S., Tang, A., & Dumoulin, C. (2015). Changes in urethral sphincter size following rehabilitation in older women with stress urinary incontinence. International urogynecology journal, 26(2), 277-283. 

Other publications:

Pontbriand-Drolet S, Tang A, Madill SJ, Tannenbaum C, Lemieux MC, Corcos J, Dumoulin C. (2016) Differences in pelvic floor morphology between stress continent, stress urinary incontinent, and mixed urinary incontinent elderly women: An MRI study. Neurourology & Urodynamics, 2016 Apr; 35(4): 515-21.

Dumoulin C, Tang A, Pontbriand-Drolet S, Maddill S, Morin M. (2017) Pelvic floor morphometry: a predictor of pelvic floor muscle training’s success for women with stress and mixed urinary incontinence. International Urogyneacology Journal, 28(8): 1223-1239.

Claudine Martin, PT - Master’s student

Project title: Pelvic floor muscle training for post-partum urinary incontinence: a 5 year follow up study

Memoir: Martin, C.(2008). Suivi à long terme de l’efficacité d’un traitement de physiothérapie sur l’incontinence urinaire d’effort persistante en période postnatale. Papyrus, Collections Thèses et mémoires électroniques de l’Université de Montréal, Faculté de médecine. 

Publication:

Dumoulin C, Martin C, Elliott V, Bourbonnais D, Morin M, Lemieux MC, Gauthier R. (2013) Randomized controlled trial of physiotherapy for postpartum stress incontinence: 7-year follow-up. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 32(5): 449-454.