Rate My Professor Jean Theroux

Jean Theroux, DC, PhD, is a clinical lecturer in the School of Allied Health at Murdoch University, part of the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education in Perth, Australia. He obtained his Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1984 and his PhD from the Université de Montréal in 2017. Theroux's career includes prior roles as Chargé de cours at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières from 1995 to 2015 and Associé de recherche at CHU Sainte-Justine in Montréal. Since 2015, he has been at Murdoch University, where he teaches chiropractic students prior to their clinical placements, supervises research projects, and contributes to the Murdoch University Chiropractic Clinic, including developing a scoliosis management program.

Theroux's research specializations encompass adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), back pain prevalence and management, spinal manipulative therapy, lumbar multifidus muscle morphology in low back pain patients, and chiropractic education. Key publications include 'Prevalence and management of back pain in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients: a retrospective study' (2015), 'Back pain prevalence is associated with curve-type and severity in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a cross-sectional study' (2017), 'Prevalence of low back pain in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review' (2017), 'Spinal manipulative therapy for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review' (2017), 'Lumbar multifidus muscle morphology is associated with low back-related pain duration, disability, and leg pain: A cross-sectional study in secondary care' (2023), and 'The impact of pregnancy on women with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a scoping review' (2023). Additional works cover 'Chiropractic students' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to joining a professional association' (2019), 'Exploring 1st- and 2nd-year chiropractic students' willingness and attitudes toward peer physical examination' (2023), and 'Reliability and validity of physical examination tests for the assessment of ankle instability' (2022). He has supervised PhD theses on lumbar multifidus morphology and spinal degeneration. Theroux's scholarship, with over 500 citations, informs evidence-based chiropractic practices and multidisciplinary pain management.