Contact
Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Physical Therapy
- eparent@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-8889
- Address
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6-110G Clinical Sciences Building
11304 83 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 2G3
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Scoliosis quality of life posture back pain measurement properties
About
Credentials
- BSc. PT, MSc. experimental medicine, PhD rehabilitation science
- Post-doctorate - University of Utah - Supervised by Julie Fritz - 2006-2007
- Post-doctorate - Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital - 2006
- PhD - University of Alberta - Supervised by Michèle Crites-Battié and Tapio Videman - 2005
- MSc - Université Laval - Supervised by Hélène Moffet - 2000
- BSc.- Sciences de la Santé Physiothérapie - Université Laval - 1996
Background
Dr. Parent is originally from Lac-à-la-Tortue, halfway between Montréal and Québec City. He studied physiotherapy at Université Laval in Québec City. He worked as a physiotherapist in a private practice with a focus on musculoskeletal conditions. Dr. Parent completed his MSc in Experimental Medicine (Rehabilitation) at Université Laval in 2000. In 2005, he received his PhD in Rehabilitation Science at the University of Alberta. Dr. Parent’s PhD work focused on the development of a measure of lumbar disc contour abnormality on MRI. He completed one year of post-doctoral work with the Edmonton Scoliosis Research Group with a focus on the assessment of the measurement properties of health-related quality of life questionnaires and surface topography measures. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr Julie Fritz at the University of Utah where he conducted a cohort study to create a prediction rule to identify the responders to extension exercises and understand the mechanisms of action for these exercises. Dr. Parent completed the Intermountain Healthcare mini-training program in Health Care Delivery Improvement. In January 2008, he joined the Department of Physical Therapy with a cross-appointment as a Clinical-Scientist at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital within the Edmonton Scoliosis Research Group
Research
Professional Interests
Dr. Parent’s research interests are in the assessment of the measurement properties of questionnaires and performance measures. He is also focused on the development of prediction rules to identify responders to physical therapy treatments. Further, Dr. Parent is interested in assessing the mechanisms of action of physical therapy interventions using quantitative measures from MR images. The clinical populations he is most interested in are low back pain and scoliosis.
Current Research
- The Schroth Exercise Trial for Scoliosis (SETS) study
- The measurement properties of Full-torso surface topography for scoliosis
- Spinal stiffness characteristics and muscle thickness asymmetries at different levels of scoliosis curves.
- Identifying predictors of good therapeutic response to repeated exercises in patients with low back pain
- Correlations between the changes in pain and the changes in lumbar pathoanatomical findings in response to repeated movement exercises.
Teaching
Eric Parent, PhD, is a graduate supervisor at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Announcements
Dr. Parent currently mentors one PhD student and two MSc students.
Courses
PTHER 573 - Applied Concepts in Evidence-Based Practice
Identification and evaluation of best evidence for a client observed during clinical placement. Critical appraisal methodologies such as single subject design, critically appraised topics, systematic review and clinical practice guidelines will be introduced and applied to the clinical context. Prerequisite: PTHER 572.
Featured Publications
Sanja Schreiber, Eric C. Parent, Gregory N. Kawchuk, Douglas M. Hedden
Children. 2023 March; 10.3390/children10030523
Eric C. Parent, Matthew Vaclavik, Cody Bourgoin, Courtney Hebert, Megan Bouwmeester, Sarah Cheslock, Rebecca Collins, Stefan Potgieter, Mark Coles, Sanja Schreiber, Sabrina Donzelli, Camille Warner
Children. 2023 January; 10.3390/children10020239
Claudie Forest, Eric Parent, Olivier Chémaly, Soraya Barchi, Sabrina Donzelli, Stefano Negrini, Carole Fortin
The Spine Journal. 2022 November; 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.07.094
Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 2021 January; 10.3233/BMR-200169
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 2021 January; 10.3233/SHTI210473
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2021 January; 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001581
Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2021 January; 10.1002/jor.24930
Clinical Biomechanics. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105291
Spine Deformity. 2020 January; 10.1007/s43390-020-00060-1
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 2020 January; 10.1016/j.msksp.2020.102250
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2019 January; 10.1186/s12891-019-2695-9
European Spine Journal. 2019 January; 10.1007/s00586-018-5851-2
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 2019 January; 10.1080/10255842.2019.1584795
Biomedizinische Technik. 2019 January; 10.1515/bmt-2017-0086
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2019 January; 10.1186/s12891-019-2543-y
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders. 2018 January; 10.1186/s13013-017-0145-8
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2018 January; 10.1186/s12891-018-2303-4
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 2018 January; 10.23736/S1973-9087.17.05062-6
Biomedizinische Technik. 2018 January; 10.1515/bmt-2016-0178
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 2018 January; 10.1016/j.msksp.2017.11.008
Spine Journal. 2018 January; 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.05.006
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders. 2017 January; 10.1186/s13013-017-0137-8
Spine. 2017 January; 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001971
Clinical Biomechanics. 2016 January; 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2016.03.006
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders. 2016 January; 10.1186/s13013-016-0101-z
PLoS ONE. 2016 January; 10.1371/journal.pone.0168746
Scoliosis. 2015 January; 10.1186/s13013-015-0048-5
European Spine Journal. 2015 January; 10.1007/s00586-014-3684-1
Correlation between a Novel Surface Topography Asymmetry Analysis and Radiographic Data in Scoliosis
Spine Deformity. 2015 January; 10.1016/j.jspd.2015.02.002
Spine. 2015 January; 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000981
Spine Journal. 2015 January; 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.01.018
Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing. 2015 January; 10.1007/s11517-015-1306-7
Symmetry. 2015 January; 10.3390/sym7031436
Pattern Recognition. 2014 December; 10.1016/j.patcog.2014.06.013
Journal of Pain. 2014 January; 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.10.008
Journal of Physiotherapy. 2014 January; 10.1016/j.jphys.2014.08.005
Spine Deformity. 2014 January; 10.1016/j.jspd.2014.02.006
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 2014 January;
Wong AY, Parent EC, Kawchuk GN.
2013 January;
Wong AY, Kawchuk G, Parent E, Prasad N.
2013 January;
Kennedy MD, Fischer R, Fairbanks K, Lefaivre L, Vickery L, Molzan J, Parent E,
2012 January;
Kawchuk GN, Prasad N, Parent E, Chapman S, Custodio M, Manzon M, Wiebe A, Dhillon S.
2011 January;
Stanton TR, Fritz JM, Hancock MJ, Latimer J, Maher CG, Wand BM, Parent EC.
2011 January;
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Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.
Interested students should email with CV/transcript/personal statement.