Participate in a research project

Participants are at the heart of research. Without their involvement, our teams’ ability to advance knowledge, develop effective interventions and formulate informed policies would be severely limited.

Whether you have a disability or not, here’s why your involvement is important:

People with disabilities

To evaluate the effectiveness of new technologies, techniques or interventions in real-life contexts. Participants provide empirical data to test hypotheses and develop new theories or models. Your personal experiences, perceptions and behaviors enrich our researchers’ understanding of complex phenomena.

People without disabilities

The participation of a diversity of individuals, including those without disabilities, ensures the validity of research results. For some studies, it is crucial to include comparison groups or people who reflect the diversity of the population: variations in age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic conditions, and other demographic factors.

Our current projects

The following research projects currently require the participation of volunteers. Please do not hesitate to contact the people in charge of each study if you have any questions about how to participate.

Sound therapy and cardiac coherence for the management of chronic pain and tinnitus in Canadian veterans

Lead researcher : Philippe Fournier

Project number : 2023-2815_RIS
Type of volunteers needed : Veterans suffering from chronic pain and tinnitus

Rehabilitation of vocal emotion comprehension deficits in people living with Parkinson’s disease

Lead researcher : Philippe Fournier

Project number : 2025-3027
Type of volunteer needed: People living with Parkinson’s disease

Rehabilitation of vocal emotion comprehension deficits in people living with Parkinson’s disease.

Lead researcher : Laura Monetta

Project number : 2025-3027
Type of volunteers needed : Speech-language therapists working with people living with an acquired communication disorder (adult clientele)

Exploring nurses’ stress levels, resilience and job satisfaction

Lead researcher : Alexandra Lecours

Project number : CER-24-313-07.07
Type of volunteer needed : Nurses

Communication and learning needs of deaf adolescents

Lead researcher : Louise Duchesne

Project number : 2025-3154
Type of volunteers needed : High school students aged 12 to 18 with hearing loss

Testing the HART 2.0 tool for evaluating healthcare applications

Lead researchers : Krista Best, Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau

Project number : 2020-1984
Type of volunteers needed : Professionals, healthcare workers and students whose clientele includes people living with Alzheimer’s.

Pain perception study

Lead researcher : Michel-Pierre Coll

Project number : 2023-2487
Type of volunteers needed : Seniors aged between 18 and 55 with no chronic pain or neurological problems

Study of the effect of an analgesic device on pain discrimination

Lead researcher : Michel-Pierre Coll

Project number : 2024-3000
Type of volunteers needed : People aged 18 and over with no chronic pain or neurological problems

Study on visual stimulation and pain perception

Lead researcher : Michel-Pierre Coll

Project number : 2023-2741
Type of volunteers needed : People aged 18 and over with no chronic pain or neurological problems

MRI neuroimaging study of pain perception in the context of exploration and learning

Lead researcher : Michel-Pierre Coll

Project number : 2024-2928
Type of volunteers needed : Right-handed people, aged between 18 and 40, without chronic pain or neurological impairment

Exploration and learning study on pain perception

Lead researcher : Michel-Pierre Coll

Project number : 2024-2928
Type of volunteers needed : People aged between 18 and 40, without chronic pain or neurological impairment

Exploring the effectiveness of the Canadian application (ICanWALK©) for evaluating and training users of walking aids

Lead researcher : Krista Best

Project number : 2024-3085
Type of volunteer needed : User of walking aids (crutches, canes, walkers)

Language rehabilitation after stroke – Part 2

Lead researchers : Maximiliano A. Wilson, Hugo Massé-Alarie

Project number : 2024-3084
Type of volunteers needed : People who suffered a stroke more than 6 months ago and whose mother tongue is French.

Language rehabilitation after stroke – Part 1

Lead researchers : Maximiliano A. Wilson, Hugo Massé-Alarie

Project number : 2024-3084
Type of volunteers needed : People who suffered a stroke more than 6 months ago and whose mother tongue is French.

Validation and standardization of tests assessing cognition and language via videoconferencing

Lead researcher : Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau

Project number : 2024-2920
Type of volunteers needed : People aged 30 to 79 with French as their first and most common language, but without neurological disorders.

Optimization of an online self-management program for persistent musculoskeletal pain

Lead researcher : Jean-Sébastien Roy

Project number : 2024-2935
Type of volunteers needed : People aged 18 to 75 with musculoskeletal pain lasting more than 3 months.

Central control of back muscles and pain as predictive and explanatory factors in chronic low back pain

Lead researcher : Hugo Massé-Alarie

Project number : 2023-2682
Type of volunteers needed : People aged between 18 and 65 who have experienced lower back pain for less than 3 months OR on less than half the days in the last 6 months.

Assessment of fundamental motor skills in children with physical disabilities

Lead researcher : Maxime Robert

Project number : 2021-2320
Type of volunteers needed : Children aged 3 to 11 with physical disabilities, with or without walking aids.

Co-development of workshops to promote psychological well-being after stroke

Lead researchers : Marie-Christine Ouellet , Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau

Project number : 2024-2879
Type of volunteer needed : Stroke survivors and their caregivers

Exploring the housing needs of people with spinal cord injury or dysfunction

Lead researcher : Krista Best

Project number : 2024-2952
Type of volunteers needed : Adults with spinal cord injury or dysfunction (SCI/D), their family members and healthcare professionals caring for people with SCI/D.

Evaluating the impact of using a new mealtime aid

Lead researcher : Véronique Flamand

Project number : 2023-2786
Type of volunteers needed : People aged 8 and over with significant upper limb impairments that reduce their ability to feed themselves (involuntary movements, muscle spasticity, muscle weakness or athetosis-like movements).

Neuroimaging study of pain perception

Lead researcher : Michel-Pierre Coll

Project number : 2024-2928
Type of volunteers needed : People aged between 18 and 40 with no diagnosed neurological, psychiatric or chronic pain problems.

Effectiveness of smart headphones in improving speech recognition in normal-hearing individuals

Lead researcher : Matthieu Hotton

Project number : 2024-2904
Type of volunteers needed : adults aged 18 to 40 with normal hearing and French as their mother tongue

A new individualized, ecological and immersive approach to measuring noise annoyance: feasibility study

Lead researcher : Philippe Fournier

Project number : 2023-2844
Type of volunteers needed : Hyperacoustic people (hypersensitivity to loud sounds) aged 20 to 40.

Telepractice services in neuropsychology and speech-language pathology for cognitive assessment and intervention in the elderly

Lead researcher : Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau

Project number : MP-13-2021-2121
Type of volunteer needed : Manager of a department with neuropsychologists or speech therapists as professionals, serving at least part of a geriatric clientele.

Study on learning and pain

Lead researcher : Michel-Pierre Coll

Project number : 2022-2452
Type of volunteers sought : People aged 18 or over with no persistent pain OR who have been experiencing persistent pain for more than 3 months, with no diagnosed neurological or psychiatric problems.

Quantifying the self-propelled movements of manual wheelchair users

Lead researcher : François Routhier

Project number : 2024-2860
Type of volunteers needed : Adults using a manual wheelchair (MW) as their primary means of mobility and capable of propelling a MW with both hands for more than 3 minutes.

Social interaction with virtual characters

Lead researcher : Philip Jackson

Project number : 2020-1939
Type of volunteers needed : People aged 55 and over in good health

Effects of motorized exoskeleton assistance level and functional electrical stimulation intensity during floor walking on activation pattern and muscle fatigue

Lead researcher : Andréanne Blanchette

Project number : 2023-2612
Type of volunteer needed : Healthy young adults (18 to 35).

Control and perception of balance in different contexts

Lead researcher : Martin Simoneau

Project number : 2021-2280
Type of volunteers needed : People aged between 18 and 40 or between 60 and 75, with no health problems, injuries, musculoskeletal, psychological or neurological problems, dizziness or vertigo.

Optimizing prosthetic follow-up in lower-limb amputees

Lead researcher : Katia Turcot

Project number : 2023-2738
Two types of profile are sought for this study (click on the profile that corresponds to you for more information):

Study of back muscle control in teenagers

Lead researcher : Martin Simoneau

Project number : 2023-2754
Type of volunteers needed : Teenagers aged 10 to 19 with no scoliosis (spinal deformity), back pain or injuries to upper or lower limbs.

Gait retraining for knee osteoarthritis : validation of an intelligent system based on real-time feedback

Lead researcher : Katia Turcot

Project number : MP-13-2021-2269

Two types of profile are sought for this study (click on the profile that corresponds to you for more information):
People without musculoskeletal disorders
People suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee

Assessment of sensorimotor functions in children

Lead researcher : Catherine Mercier

Project number : 2023-2684
Type of volunteers needed : Young people aged 6 to 16 with uncorrected vision problems

Study of inter- and intramuscular coherence in teenagers

Lead researcher : Martine Simoneau

Project number : 2022-2336
Type of volunteers needed : Teenagers aged 10 and 18 with no scoliosis (spinal deformity), back pain or injury, or lower or upper limb pain or injury.

Development of a mobile navigation tool for manual wheelchair users

Lead researcher : Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi

Project number : 2023-2649
Type of volunteers needed : Wheelchair users aged between 18 and 65, with good vision, and able to use navigation technologies on a mobile device (e.g. Google Maps).