Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1246-1255 , July 2008

Predictors of Disrupted Social Participation in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  • Cynthia Gagnon, PhD, OT

      Affiliations

    • Neuromuscular Clinic, Centre de réadaptation en déficience physique de Jonquière, Jonquière, QC, Canada
    • Centre for Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Rehabilitation Institute of Québec City, Québec City, QC, Canada
    • Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
    • Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Cynthia Gagnon, PhD, OT, Cliniques des maladies neuromusculaires, Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Jonquière, 2230 de l'Hôpital, CP 1200, Jonquière, QC G7X 7X2, Canada
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  • Jean Mathieu, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Neuromuscular Clinic, Centre de réadaptation en déficience physique de Jonquière, Jonquière, QC, Canada
    • Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Stéphane Jean, PhD, MA

      Affiliations

    • Neuromuscular Clinic, Centre de réadaptation en déficience physique de Jonquière, Jonquière, QC, Canada
    • Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
    • ,
  • Luc Laberge, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Groupe Écobes, Cégep de Jonquière, Jonquière, QC, Canada
    • Département des sciences de l'éducation et de psychologie, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Michel Perron, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Groupe Écobes, Cégep de Jonquière, Jonquière, QC, Canada
    • Montréal University Hospital Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Suzanne Veillette, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Groupe Écobes, Cégep de Jonquière, Jonquière, QC, Canada
    • Montréal University Hospital Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Louis Richer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Département des sciences de l'éducation et de psychologie, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Luc Noreau, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Rehabilitation Institute of Québec City, Québec City, QC, Canada
    • Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada

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 Supported by the Neuromuscular Partnership Program of Muscular Dystrophy Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the ECOGENE-21 Project, Coalition to Advance Healthcare Reform (grant no. CAR43283).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00213-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.049

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