Dr Robert Forget, pht., Ph.D

École de réadaptation
Faculté de médecine
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec)
H3C 3J7
robert.forget@umontreal.ca

Champs de recherche:
Évaluation des déficits sensoriels somesthésiques et leurs effets sur la motricité humaine.
Étude de l'activité réflexe et des mécanismes neurophysiologiques d'intégration sensori-motrice lors de pathologies affectant le tonus et la coordination musculaire. Adaptation des sensibilités cutanées et proprioceptives lors de lésions du sytème nerveux central et périphérique.

Publications récentes:
ST-PIERRE, D., CHOINIERE, M., FORGET, R. and GARREL, D. (1998) Muscle strength in individuals with healed burns. Archives of Physical Medecine and Rehabilitation. 79 : 155-161.

GAGNON, I*., FORGET, R., SULLIVAN, J. (1998) Motor performance following mild traumatic brain injury in children : an exploratory study. Brain Injury 12 : 843-853.

MALENFANT, A*., FORGET, R., AMSEL, R., PAPILLON, J., FRIGON, J.Y. and CHOINIÈRE, M. (1998) Tactil, thermal and pain sensibility in burn patients with and without chronic pain and paresthesia problems. Pain 77 : 241-251.

St-Pierre, D., Choinière, M., Forget, R. and Garrel, D. (1997). Muscle strength in individuals with healed burns. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (Accepted for publication).

Nougier, V., Bard, C., Fleury, M., Teasdale, N., Cole, J., Forget, R., Paillard, J. and Lamarre, Y. (1996) Control of single-joint movements in deafferented patients: evidence for amplitude coding rather than position control. Experimental Brain Research, 109: 473-482.

Menier, C., Forget, R. and Lambert, J. (1996) Evaluation of two-point discrimination in children: reliability, effects of passive displacement and voluntary movement. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 38: 523-537

Lajoie, Y., Teasdale, N., Cole, J., Burnett, M., Bard, C., Fleury, M., Forget, R., Paillard, J. and Lamarre, Y. (1996). Gait behavior in a deafferented subject without large myelinated sensory fibers below the neck. Neurology 47: 109-115.

Malenfant, A., Forget, R., Papillon, J., Amsel, R., Frigon, J.Y. and Choinière, M. (1996) Prevalence and characteristics of chronic sensory problems in burn patients. Pain 67: 493-500.

Forget, R. and Lamarre, Y. (1995) Postural adjustments associated with different unloadings of the forearm: effects of proprioceptive and cutaneous afferents deprivation. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 73: 285-294.

Schmied, A., Vedel, J.P., Pouget, J., Forget, R., Lamarre, Y. and Paillard, J. (1995) Changes in motoneurone connectivity assessed from neuronal synchronization analysis. In: Taylor A., Gladden M.H. and Durbaba R. (eds.) Alpha and Gamma Motor Systems, Plenum Press N.Y. pp. 469-477.

LaRue, J., Bard, C., Fleury, M., Teasdale, N., Paillard, J., Forget, R. and Lamarre, Y. (1995) Is proprioception important for the timing of motor activities? Canadian Journal of Physiology andPharmacology 73: 255-261.