Our goal and our structure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A better understanding of the risk factors associated with LBP is necessary to improve the quality of life of people with LBP and prevent others from moving on to persistent LBP. It is for this reason that we created the Quebec Back Pain Consortium (Website<\/a>), an innovative two-level structure to study the transition from acute low back pain to persistent low back pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our goal is to better understand the risk factors that favor the transition from a point-in-time LBP to a LBP that lasts over time. To do this, we have developed a research questionnaire common to all our researchers (published article<\/a>) in order to be able to connect all of our results. Our researchers include physiotherapists, psychologists and geneticists, and we are fortunate to collaborate with the Provincial Network for Research in Adaptation and Rehabilitation (REPAR<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n To reach our goal, we established a recruitment platform allowing all Quebecers to be able to complete our questionnaire and be involved in various research projects of our team (Published article<\/a>) in relation to LBP (see illustration). All the data collected will help us to understand how to better manage LBP in the Quebec population and thus prevent it from becoming a pain that lasts over time. You can contact us<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cohort developed by the Consortium brings together more than 7 000 participants living with low back pain. The platform provides various services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n A brand new management team is at the head of the consortium and is made up of Jean-S\u00e9bastien Roy, Hugo Mass\u00e9-Alarie and Carolina B. Meloto. Several new members and student representatives have also joined the multidisciplinary team over the past year. Laurent Dupuis enriches our work by sharing his real-life experience of pain with us. In terms of recruitment, the infrastructure put in place since November 2018 has made it possible to recruit more than 6,600 participants and recruitment has not suffered from the pandemic in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our quarterly newsletter<\/a> is intended for study participants. This describes the progress of the study and shares useful information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our webinars present our most recent results. Our team has already published several articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karen Ghoussoub et al<\/strong>. Stress Characteristics and Their Associations With Pain Intensity: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study<\/a>. Rachael Osagie et al<\/strong>. Impact of different acute low back pain definitions on the predictors and on the risk of transition to chronic low back pain: a prospective longitudinal cohort study<\/a>. (An illustrated summary is available here<\/a>) Adriana Angarita-Fonseca et al<\/strong>. Trajectories of pain and depressive symptoms among people living with low back pain during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 24-month longitudinal study. (An illustrated summary is available here<\/a>) PAIN Reports, August 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Adriana Angarita-Fonseca et al<\/strong>. The Canadian version of the National Institutes of Health minimum dataset for chronic low back pain research : reference values from the Quebec Low Back Pain Study<\/a>. (An illustrated summary is available here<\/a>) Hugo Mass\u00e9-Alarie et al<\/strong>. Low Back Pain definitions : effect on patient inclusion and clinical profiles<\/a> (An illustrated summary is available here<\/a>) Kristina Amja et al<\/strong>. The Experience of People Living With Chronic Pain During a Pandemic : \u201cCrumbling Dreams With Uncertain Futures\u201d<\/a> Gabrielle Pag\u00e9 et al<\/strong>. The Quebec Low Back Pain Study: a protocol for an innovative 2-tier provincial cohort<\/a> Ana\u00efs Lacasse et al<\/strong>. The Canadian minimum dataset for chronic low back pain research: a cross-cultural adaptation of the National Institutes of Health Task Force Research Standards To learn more about our progress, you can consult our 2020-2021<\/a> and 2021-2022<\/a> progress reports intended for our partners in order to present the major advances of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions about our services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOur services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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our team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
our newsletter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
our webinars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Jean-S\u00e9bastien Roy<\/strong> describes the Consortium at the Lunch And Talks (Video<\/a>)
Jean-S\u00e9bastien Roy<\/strong> describes the Consortium to Guylaine Tanguay (Video<\/a>)
Laura Stone<\/strong>, former director of the consortium, discusses the role of epigenetics in pain in this webinar given at the National Institute of Health (Video<\/a>).
Gabrielle Pag\u00e9<\/strong> presents the establishment of a new satellite project to study the impact of stress from COVID-19 on chronic low back pain (Video<\/a>).
Consortium 10 year anniversary video (Vid\u00e9o<\/a>)
Mathieu Roy<\/strong> presents his role in the consortium (Vid\u00e9o<\/a>)
Carolina Meloto<\/strong> presents the consortium (Vid\u00e9o<\/a>)
Carolina Meloto<\/strong><\/strong> presents the Quebec Biobank on Low Back Pain, a satellite project of the the consortium (Vid\u00e9o<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOur publications and progress reports<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
European Journal of Pain, March 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pain Journal, November 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pain Journal, February 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
PAIN Reports, March 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qualitative Health Research, June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
PAIN Reports, January 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>CMAJ Open, March 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nPress release<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n