Matthieu Boisgontier

MSK, MPT, PhD, HDR

Senior Investigator

Associate Professor

University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences

About:

Matthieu Boisgontier is a physiotherapist, a kinesiologist, and a certified medical imaging technologist. He completed his PhD in France in 2012 at Université Grenoble Alpes. His research program blends neuroscience, gerontology, and health to contribute to understanding physical activity and sensorimotor control. Boisgontier has served on 10 editorial boards including Communications in Kinesiology and Peer Community In (PCI) Health & Movement Sciences. His scientific work has been communicated in 50+ countries and 500+ media (e.g., The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail).

Professor Boisgontier teaches in the Physiotherapy Program (University of Ottawa) and his research activities are located at the Lees Campus, University of Ottawa, and the Bruyère Health Élisabeth-Bruyère Hospital. His research work focuses primarily on healthy and pathological aging, physical activity, and sensorimotor control.

Research Interests:

Aging, functional dependence, exercise, motor control, postural control.

Select Publications:

Boisgontier MP. (2022). Research integrity requires to be aware of good and questionable research practices. European Rehabilitation Journal.

van Allen ZM, Orsholits D, Boisgontier MP. (2024). Prestroke physical activity matters for functional limitations: a longitudinal case-control study of 12,860 participants. Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal.

Farajzadeh A, Goubran M, Beehler A, Cherkaoui N, Morrison, de Chanaleilles M, Maltagliati S, Cheval B, Miller MW, Sheehy L, Bilodeau M, Orsholits D, Boisgontier MP. (2023). Automatic approach-avoidance tendency toward physical activity, sedentary, and neutral stimuli as a function of age, explicit affective attitude, and intention to be active. Peer Community Journal.

Cheval B, Darrous L, Choi K, Klimentidis Y, Raichlen D, Alexander G, Cullati S, Kutalik Z, Boisgontier MP. (2023). Genetic insights into the causal relationship between physical activity and cognitive functioning. Scientific Reports.

Cheval B, Maltagliati S, Courvoisier DS, Marcora S, Boisgontier MP. (2024). Development and validation of the physical effort scale (PES). Psychology of Sport & Exercise.

Contact:

matthieu.boisgontier@uottawa.ca

Learn more at matthieuboisgontier.com.