Carol L. Richards,
Regular researcher
- Emeritus Professor / Laval University
Carol L. Richards, OC, CQ, PhD, Pht, FACSS, is a retired Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation of the Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval. A physiotherapist by training, her research activities have helped redefine the clinical management and social integration of people who have suffered a stroke. She has extensive administrative experience as the Founding Director of the Department of Physiotherapy, the Provincial Network for Adaptation-Rehabilitation Research (REPAR) and CIRRIS, and as a member of numerous boards of directors, including the Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Centres of Excellence. Ms. Richards was crowned an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, and a Knight of the Ordre national du Québec in 2017.
Keywords
physiotherapy, motor recovery, social integration of people with neurological disorders
Recent publications
- Gait Training after Stroke on a Self-Paced Treadmill with and without Virtual Environment Scenarios: A Proof-of-Principle Study
- Cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive functioning following short-term interventions in chronic stroke survivors with cognitive impairment: a pilot study.
- Comparison of kinetic strategies for avoidance of an obstacle with either the paretic or non-paretic as leading limb in persons post stroke