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Research Chair in Functional Anatomy
Department of Anatomy

Published Articles

You will find below articles published since 2015 

2025

  1. Crawford MT, Brismée JM., St-Pierre MO., Sizer PS., Bellot N., Sobczak S., Cervical intradiscal pressure responses to end-range supine postures: A cadaveric investigation, Accepted to BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, October 2025.
  2. Hoops JF, James CM, Nichols C, Brismee JM, Rundquist PJ, Atkins L, Sobczak S, Traction Loading Human Coracohumeral Ligaments With 20 And 40 Newton Forces and Sustained Creep Deformation: A Preliminary Cadaveric Investigation, Accepted to Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, October 2025.
  3. Thompson J, Brismée JM, Page P, Hooper T, Rosendahl-Garcia K, Sobczak S. Validity & Reliability of Using Musculoskeletal Ultrasound to Measure Cervical Disc Height. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2025 Jul 2;20(7):964-973.
  4. Pagé I., Dolbec A., Côté G., Doucet C., Hayes D., Langevin P., Pohlman K., Vallières M-H., Sobczak S. Cross-cultural adaptation of the pediatric version of the SafetyNet reporting system for use in French-speaking Canada. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2025, 78, 102542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2025.102542
  5. Normand M., Effatparvar M.R., Lavoie FA., Brismée JM., Sobczak S. Distribution of strength potential of the thumb muscles and their relationship to trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: An exploratory cadaveric study. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2025 Apr;124:106489.
  6. Effatparvar MR., St-Pierre MO., Lavoie FA., Sobczak S. Three-dimensional Determination of Discrete Lumbar spine kinematics using Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, submitted to Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, in press, February 2025.

2024

  1. Bellot N., Ridehalgh C., Brismée JM, Crawford M., St-Pierre MO., Effatparvar MR., Lavoie FA., Sobczak S. Neurodynamic testing of the Suprascapular nerve: An observational cadaveric study. Clinical Biomechanics, 2025 Jan;121:106380. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2024.106380.
  2. Harrison, J. J., Brismée, J.-M., Sizer Jr, P. S., Denny, B. K., Sobczak, S. Sustained versus repetitive standing trunk extension results in greater spinal growth and pain improvement in back pain: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 2024, 37(2), 395-405.
  3. Hoops JF., Hooper TL., Sobczak S., Kapila J., Dewan B., Matthijs OC., Brismée JM. Participants With Restricted Dominant Shoulder Internal Rotation Range of Motion Demonstrate No Side-to-Side Difference in Humeral Head Translation; And No Difference Before and After Joint Mobilization: A Pilot Study. J Phys Ther Sci. 2024 May;36(5):259-266. doi: 10.1589/jpts.36.259.
  4. St-Pierre MO., Sobczak S., Olry R. Cesare Amantini and his Pectineofoveal Fold, Clinical Anatomy, 37(6), 635–639. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.24139

2023

  1. Burgess NE, Gilbert KK, Sobczak S, Sizer PS, Homen D, Lierly M, Kearns G, Brismee JM. Upper limb neurodynamic mobilization disperses intraneural fluid in cervical nerve roots: a human cadaveric investigation. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2023 Nov;68:102876. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2023.102876.
  2. Normand M, Ibrahim M, Morsy M, Brismée JM, Sobczak S. The trapeziometacarpal screw home torque mechanism as a clinical indicator of the posterior joint ligament complex integrity: A cadaveric investigation. J Hand Ther. 2024 Jul-Sep;37(3):388-396. doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2023.08.007.
  3. St-Pierre MO, Lavoie FA, Hoffmann M, Begon M, Sobczak S, Differentiation of strains in the lateral and medial bands of the Iliofemoral ligament: a segmental approach, Journal of anatomy, 2023 Oct;243(4):674-683. doi: 10.1111/joa.13893
  4. Archambault G., Boudier-Revéret M., Hagert E., Effatparvar MR., Sobczak S. Effect of Lacertus Fibrosus Release on Perineural Pressure of the Median Nerve at the Elbow: A Cadaveric Study. International Orthopaedics, 2023 May;47(5):1277-1284. doi: 10.1007/s00264-023-05735-8.
  5. St-Pierre MO, Effatparvar MR, Begon M, Sobczak S. Ilio-femoral ligament strains during the flexion-abduction-external rotation test: a cadaveric study, Clinical Biomechanics, 2023 Feb;102:105903. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2023.105903.

2022 

  1. James C, Brismée JM, St-Pierre M-O, Descarreaux M., Hooper T., Nougarou F, Marineau É, Sobczak S. High Variability of Intradiscal Pressure During Cervical Spine Posterior-Anterior Mobilization: A Cadaveric Investigation. J Manip
  2. Lavoie FA, St-Pierre MO, Paquin JP, Gilbert KK, Ellis R, Sobczak S., In Situ mechanical effects of a neurodynamic mobilization of the superficial fibular nerve: a cadaveric study. J Athl Train
  3. St-Pierre MO, Lavoie FA, Hoffmann M, Begon M, Sobczak S. Normal range of motion at the hip show different pressure behavior in the lateral and acetabular compartments: a cadaveric investigation, J Exp Ortho, 2022 Feb 5;9(1):14..
  4. Effatparvar MR, Sobczak S. Application of ultrasound in spine kinematic determination: A systemic review. J Med Ultrasound 2022. DOI: 10.4103/jmu.jmu_200_21
  5. Effatparvar MR, St-Pierre MO, Sobczak S, Assessment and improvement of a novel ultrasound-based 3D reconstruction method: registered for lumbar spine, J Med and Bio Eng, November 2022
  6. Hoffmann M., Begon M., Assila N., St-Pierre MO., Bertrand-Grenier A., Duprey S., Sobczak S. Moment arms of the deltoid, infraspinatus and teres minor muscles for movements with high range of motion: a cadaveric study, Clinical Biomechanics, 2022 Jul;97:105685.
  7.  St-Pierre MO., Lavoie FA., Brismée JM., Hoffmann M., Begon M., Bertrand-Grenier A., Sobczak S. Intracapsular pressures in the FABER and FADIR tests and their comparison with classic hip range of motion: a cadaveric assessment. Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 2022 Jan;91:105526.

2021

  1. Babaei-Ghazani A., Majdalani C., Luong DH., Bertrand-Grenier A., Sobczak S., Sonoelastography of the shoulder: A narrative review, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Conditions, June 2021, In press.
  2. Forbes A, Cantin V, Bertrand-Grenier A, Develle Y, Dubé Y, Ménard-Lebel C, Sobczak S. Musculoskeletal ultrasound for 3D bone modeling: Application to lumbar vertebrae. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal rehabilitation, accepted January 2021.
  3. Normand M., Tang T., Brismée JM., Sobczak S., Clinical evaluation of thumb base osteoarthritis: A scoping review. Hand Therapy January 2021.
  4. Lohman Bonfiglio CM., Gilbert K., Brismée JM., Sobczak S., Hixson KM., James CR., Sizer P. Upper limb neurodynamic testing with radial and ulnar nerve biases: an analysis of cervical spinal nerve mechanics. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, January 2021, In press.
  5. St-Pierre MO., Boivin K., Saadé N., Fontaine N., Sobczak S. Influence of standardized procedures on intra- and inter-reliability in hip clinical assessment, accepted in Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Online ahead of print (January 2021) 

2020 

  1. St-Pierre MO., Sobczak S., Saadé N., Fontaine N., Boivin K. Quantification and Reliability of hip internal rotation and the FADIR test in supine position using a smartphone application in an asymptomatic population, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics July 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2019.10.009. 
  2. Dimov I., Sobczak S., Grabs D., Nayouf A. The median sacral artery in rectal blood supply: a cadaveric study. Accepted in clinical anatomy, April 2020.
  3. Soucy B., Luong D. H., Michaud J., Boudier-Revéret M., Sobczak S., Accuracy of Ultrasound-Guided Pudendal Nerve Block at the Ischial Spine and Alcock's Canal Levels: A Cadaveric Study, accepted in Pain Medecine, April 2020.
  4. Pape J., Boudier-Revéret M., Brismée JM., Gilbert K., Grabs D., Sobczak S., Accuracy of Unguided and Ultrasound Guided Coracohumeral Ligament Infiltrations: A Cadaveric Case Series. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2020 Feb 28;21(1):136.

2019

  1. Lehoux MC., Sobczak S., Cloutier F., Charest S., Bertrand-Grenier A., Shear wave elastography potential to characterize spastic muscles stiffness in stroke survivors: Literature review. Accepted in Clinical Biomechanics, November 2019.
  2. Nichols C., Brismée JM., Hooper T., Bertrand-Grenier A., Gilbert K., St-Pierre MO., Kapila J.,  Sobczak S.,  Glenohumeral Joint Capsular Tissue Tension Loading Correlates Moderately with Shear Wave Elastography: A Cadaveric Investigation. Ultrasonography. 2020; 39(2):114-120
  3. Mouraux D., Lenoir C., Turgay T., Brassinne E, Sobczak S., The long term effect of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS1) on disability and quality of life after foot injury, accepted in Disability and Rehabilitation, July 2019.
  4. Hallur SS, Brismée JM, Sizer PS, Dierick F, Dewan B, Thiry P, Sobczak S., Three-Dimensional Spinal Position with and without manual distraction load increases spinal height, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. April 2019 
  5. Majdalani C., Boudier-Revéret M., Pape J., Brismée JM., Michaud J., Luong D. H., Grabs D., Chang KV., Chen WS., Wu CH., Sobczak S., Accuracy of Two Ultrasound-Guided Coracohumeral Ligament Injection Approaches: A Cadaveric Study, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, January 2019.
  6. Nayouf A., Lampron A., Faghahati S., Sobczak S., Localization of the emergence of perforator vessels according to the sartorius muscle from the proximal superficial femoral artery in case of cutaneous flap in a cadaver study, Microsurgery, 2019, 39(1), 95.
  7. Munster MM, Brismee JM, Sizer PS, Browne K, Dewan B, Litke A, Pape JL, Sobczak S. Can five minutes of repetitive prone press-ups and sustained prone press-ups following a period of spinal loading reverse spinal shrinkage? Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2019; 35(3), 259-67

2018 

  1. Brismée JM, Pape JL, Woodhouse LJ, Reid D, Bellot N, Matthijs OC, Reumont F, Sobczak S. Reflections and Future Directions on Extending Physiotherapy Scope of Practice to Improve Quality of Care and Preserve Healthcare Resources. Physical Therapy; 2018, 24(4), 827-829.
  2. Pape JL, Brismée JM, Sizer PS, Matthijs OC, Browne KL, Dewan BM, Sobczak S. Increased Spinal Height Using Propped Slouched Sitting Postures: Innovative Ways To Rehydrate Intervertebral Discs, Applied Ergonomics, 2018, 66(1), 6-17.

2017

  1. Boudier-Revéret M., Gilbert K.K., Allégue D.R., Moussadyk M., Brismée J-M., Sizer P. S., Feipel V., Dugailly P-M., Sobczak S. Effect of Neurodynamic Mobilization on Fluid Dispersion in Median Nerve at the Level of the Carpal Tunnel: A Cadaveric Study. Musculoskeletal Sciences and Practice, 2017, 31, 45-51.
  2. Pagé I., Descarreaux M., Sobczak S., Development of a new palpation method using alternative landmarks for the determination of thoracic transverse processes: an in-vitro study, Manual Therapy (Musculoskeletal Science and Practice), 2017, 27, 142-9.
  3. Mouraux D., Brassinne E., Sobczak S., Nonclercq A., Warzée N., Tuna T., Sizer P., B. Penelle. 3D augmented reality mirror visual feedback applied to the treatment of persistent neuropathic pain in the upper extremity. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, J Man Manip Ther. 2017, 25(3): 137-143.
  4. Poortmans V., Brismée J.M., Poortmans B., Matthijs O.C., Dugailly P.M., Sobczak S. Assessment of lumbar spine height changes measurements following sustained lumbar extension posture: comparison between Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Stadiometry, Journal of manipulative and Physiological therapeutics, 2016, 39(8):586-93.

2016

  1. Poortmans V., Brismée J.M., Poortmans B., Matthijs O.C., Dugailly P.M., Sobczak S. Assessment of lumbar spine height changes measurements following sustained lumbar extension posture: comparison between Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Stadiometry, Journal of manipulative and Physiological therapeutics, 2016, 39(8):586-93.
  2. Sobczak S., Dugailly -M., Gilbert KK., Hooper T., Sizer PS., Poortmans B., Matthijs OC., Brismée JM., Intra/inter rater reliability and accuracy of lumbar spine height using musculoskeletal ultrasound: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 2016, 29(1): 171-82. PMID: 26406194
  3. Benoît B., Sobczak S., Salem W., Feipel V., Dugailly P.-M., 3D motion reliability of occipital condylar glide testing: from concept to kinematics evidence. Manual Therapy, 2016, 21:159-64. PMID: 26261003

2015

  1. Dugailly P.-M., De Santis R., Tits M., Sobczak S., Vigne A, Feipel V. Head repositioning accuracy in patients with neck pain and asymptomatic subjects: concurrent validity, influence of motion speed, motion direction and target distance. European Spine Journal, 2015, 24(12): 2885-91. PMID: 26438174
  2. Dugailly P.-M., Sobczak S., Van Geyt B., Bonnechère B., Maroye L., Moiseev F., Rooze M., Salvia P., Feipel V. Head-trunk kinematics during high-velocity low-amplitude manipulation of the cervical spine in asymptomatic subjects: helical axis computation and anatomic motion modeling. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 2015, 38(6): 416-24. PMID: 26215899
  3. Gilbert K.K, Smith M.P., Sobczak S., Brismée J.M., James C.R., Sizer PS., Effects of lower limb neurodynamic mobilization on intraneural fluid dispersion of the fourth lumbar nerve root: an unembalmed cadaveric investigation. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, 2015, 23(5):239-45. PMID: 26955255
  4. Salem W., Coomans Y., Klein P., Sobczak S., Dugailly P.M., Sagittal thoracic and lumbar spine morphology in upright standing and lying prone positions among healthy subjects: influence of various biometric features. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 2015, 40(15): E900-8. PMID: 25839386
  5. Lohman C., Gilbert K.K., Sobczak S., Brismée J.M., James C.R., Day M., Smith M.P., Taylor L., Dugailly P.-M., Pendergrass T.P., Sizer P.S. Cervical Nerve Root Displacement and Strain During Upper Limb Neural Tension Testing: Part 1. A Minimally Invasive Assessment in Unembalmed Cadavers. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 2015, 40(11):793-800. PMID: 26091154
  6. Lohman C., Gilbert K.K., Sobczak S., Brismée J.M., James C.R., Day M., Smith M.P., Taylor L., Dugailly P.-M., Pendergrass T.P., Sizer P.S. Cervical Nerve Root Displacement and Strain During Upper Limb Neural Tension Testing: Part 2. Role of Foraminal Ligaments in the Cervical Spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 2015, 40(11):801-8. PMID: 26091155
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