François Desmeules

5.3k total citations
159 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

François Desmeules is a scholar working on Surgery, Pharmacology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, François Desmeules has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Surgery, 65 papers in Pharmacology and 52 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in François Desmeules's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (65 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (51 papers) and Nursing Roles and Practices (34 papers). François Desmeules is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (65 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (51 papers) and Nursing Roles and Practices (34 papers). François Desmeules collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United Kingdom. François Desmeules's co-authors include Jean‐Sébastien Roy, Pierre Frémont, Clermont E. Dionne, Joy C. MacDermid, Pascal‐André Vendittoli, Claude H. Côté, Linda J. Woodhouse, Étienne L. Belzile, Véronique Lowry and Renée Bourbonnais and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

François Desmeules

140 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Desmeules Canada 32 2.0k 899 663 624 456 159 3.3k
Karsten Dreinhöfer Germany 24 1.0k 0.5× 403 0.4× 243 0.4× 243 0.4× 485 1.1× 61 2.3k
Matti Mäkelä Finland 12 3.8k 1.9× 1.3k 1.5× 228 0.3× 1.4k 2.3× 382 0.8× 34 5.2k
Natalie Glass United States 32 2.3k 1.2× 417 0.5× 119 0.2× 302 0.5× 519 1.1× 141 3.2k
Christine M. McDonough United States 25 879 0.4× 567 0.6× 332 0.5× 107 0.2× 800 1.8× 82 2.4k
Torben Bæk Hansen Denmark 37 2.7k 1.4× 205 0.2× 264 0.4× 281 0.5× 314 0.7× 200 4.1k
Renea V Johnston Australia 28 2.0k 1.0× 279 0.3× 107 0.2× 827 1.3× 483 1.1× 67 2.6k
Justine Naylor Australia 34 2.2k 1.1× 295 0.3× 296 0.4× 198 0.3× 230 0.5× 170 3.2k
Daniel I. Rhon United States 22 728 0.4× 932 1.0× 152 0.2× 106 0.2× 601 1.3× 164 2.2k
Deborah Kennedy Canada 29 2.2k 1.1× 542 0.6× 241 0.4× 119 0.2× 199 0.4× 60 3.1k
Lloyd A. Hey United States 22 1.3k 0.6× 953 1.1× 145 0.2× 158 0.3× 111 0.2× 43 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Desmeules

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All Works

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Boutet, M, Jean‐Sébastien Roy, Krista L. Best, et al.. (2025). Cognitive and psychological functioning in individuals with long COVID: a comparative cross-sectional study. Disability and Rehabilitation. 47(26). 6881–6888.
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Lowry, Véronique, Patrick Lavigne, Jean‐Sébastien Roy, et al.. (2024). Low back pain patients' experience and expectations: A qualitative study focusing on physiotherapist and physician care. Musculoskeletal Care. 22(2). e1896–e1896. 1 indexed citations
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Dubé, Marc-Olivier, Simon Lafrance, François Desmeules, et al.. (2024). FITT Odyssey: A Scoping Review of Exercise Programs for Managing Rotator Cuff–Related Shoulder Pain. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 54(8). 513–529. 1 indexed citations
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Lafrance, Simon, Marc-Olivier Dubé, François Desmeules, et al.. (2024). The Efficacy of Exercise Therapy for Rotator Cuff–Related Shoulder Pain According to the FITT Principle: A Systematic Review With Meta-analyses. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 54(8). 499–512. 5 indexed citations
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Lowry, Véronique, et al.. (2023). A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Various Shoulder Disorders. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 105(2). 411–426. 20 indexed citations
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Desmeules, François, Kadija Perreault, Alexandre Campeau‐Lecours, et al.. (2023). Physical and cognitive impairments in people suffering from long COVID: protocol for a longitudinal population-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 13(3). e064054–e064054. 5 indexed citations
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Stokes, Emma, Marguerite Wieler, François Desmeules, et al.. (2023). Developing an international competency and capability framework for advanced practice physiotherapy: a scoping review with narrative synthesis. Physiotherapy. 122. 3–16. 7 indexed citations
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Perreault, Kadija, Simon Berthelot, François Desmeules, et al.. (2021). Direct‐access physiotherapy to help manage patients with musculoskeletal disorders in an emergency department: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Academic Emergency Medicine. 28(8). 848–858. 22 indexed citations
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Desmeules, François, Laura Finucane, Jeremy Lewis, et al.. (2021). Advanced practice in physiotherapy: a global survey. Physiotherapy. 113. 168–176. 32 indexed citations
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Lafrance, Simon, et al.. (2021). Economic evaluation of advanced practice physiotherapy models of care: a systematic review with meta-analyses. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 13 indexed citations
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Lafrance, Simon, Jean‐Sébastien Roy, Joseph-Omer Dyer, et al.. (2020). Shoulder Rotator Cuff Disorders: A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines and Semantic Analyses of Recommendations. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 101(7). 1233–1242. 89 indexed citations
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Lowry, Véronique, Patrick Lavigne, Benjamin Léger-St-Jean, et al.. (2020). Physiotherapists' ability to diagnose and manage shoulder disorders in an outpatient orthopedic clinic: results from a concordance study. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 29(8). 1564–1572. 10 indexed citations
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Fennelly, Orna, Catherine Blake, Oliver FitzGerald, et al.. (2018). Advanced musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice in Ireland: A National Survey. Musculoskeletal Care. 16(4). 425–432. 14 indexed citations
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Deslauriers, Simon, Maude Laliberté, Amélie Lavoie, et al.. (2017). Variations in demand and provision for publicly funded outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy services across Quebec, Canada. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 23(6). 1489–1497. 12 indexed citations
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Lowry, Véronique, et al.. (2017). Efficacy of workplace interventions for shoulder pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 49(7). 529–542. 13 indexed citations
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Vendittoli, Pascal‐André, et al.. (2016). A systematic review of preoperative determinants of patient-reported pain and physical function up to 2 years following primary unilateral total hip arthroplasty. Orthopaedics & Traumatology Surgery & Research. 102(3). 397–403. 31 indexed citations
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Desmeules, François, et al.. (2014). The efficacy of therapeutic ultrasound for rotator cuff tendinopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Physical Therapy in Sport. 16(3). 276–284. 51 indexed citations

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