Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/72901, first published .
Telehealth for the Initial Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Qualitative Study of Patients, Health Care Providers, and Key Stakeholders in the Province of Quebec in Canada

Telehealth for the Initial Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Qualitative Study of Patients, Health Care Providers, and Key Stakeholders in the Province of Quebec in Canada

Telehealth for the Initial Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Qualitative Study of Patients, Health Care Providers, and Key Stakeholders in the Province of Quebec in Canada

Raphaël Vincent   1, 2, 3 , PT, MSc ;   Pauline Lemersre   1, 3 , PT, MSc ;   Geneviève Ferland   1, 2 , PT, MSc ;   Annie Bélanger   4 , Phys T ;   Audrey-Anne Cormier   1, 2 , PT, MSc ;   Kadija Perreault   5, 6 , PT, PhD ;   Jean Sébastien Roy   5, 6 , PT, PhD ;   Nicolas Pinsault   7, 8 , PT, PhD ;   Dahlia Kairy   1, 3 , PT, PhD ;   François Desmeules   1, 2 , PT, PhD

1 School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

2 Maisonneuve-Rosemont Research Center Hospital, University of Montreal Affiliated Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

3 Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Montreal University Institute for Physical Disability Rehabilitation, Montreal, QC, Canada

4 University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

5 School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada

6 Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Quebec City, QC, Canada

7 IFPS (Health Professional Training Institute), Department of Physiotherapy, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France

8 ThEMAS (Techniques for the Evaluation and Modeling of Health Actions) Team, TIMC (Medical Engineering and Complexity Techniques) Laboratory, UMR (Joint Research Unit) CNRS-UGA (The French National Centre for Scientific Research–Université Grenoble Alpes) , Grenoble Alpes University, Saint-Martin-d'Heres, France

Corresponding Author:

  • François Desmeules, PT, PhD
  • School of Rehabilitation
  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
  • 7077 Parc Avenue
  • Montreal, QC H3N 1X7
  • Canada
  • Phone: 1 514 343 6791
  • Email: f.desmeules@umontreal.ca