Profile of:

Laura Passalent


Laura Passalent obtained her Bachelor’s of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Toronto in 1995; completed a Masters of Health Science in Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Toronto in 2005, and is a certified Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care. Ms. Passalent is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto, a Clinician Investigator with the Krembil Research Institute and works as a Physiotherapist Practitioner at the Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network. Her clinical and research focus is on the health service delivery and non-pharmacological management of the spondyloarthritis population.

Full name: Laura Passalent

Current country: Canada

Membership level: Full

Type of membership: Member

Number of publications: 15

Canadian Rheumatology Association/Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Living Treatment Recommendations for the Management of Axial Spondyloarthritis (2025)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38950949/

Nonspecific Low Back Pain (2022)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35921469/

Bridging the Gap Between Symptom Onset and Diagnosis in Axial Spondyloarthritis (2022)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34268914/

Motivators, Barriers, and Opportunity for E-Health to Encourage Physical Activity in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Qualitative Descriptive Study (2022)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34928533/

Advancing Early Identification of Axial Spondyloarthritis: An Interobserver Comparison of Extended Role Practitioners and Rheumatologists (2020)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31043543/

The patient perspective: arthritis care provided by Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care program-trained clinicians (2015)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27790044/

Analysis of the effect of the oral contraceptive pill on clinical outcomes in women with ankylosing spondylitis (2014)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24931958/

Geographic information systems (GIS): an emerging method to assess demand and provision for rehabilitation services (2013)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23343362/

Development, sensibility, and reliability of the Toronto Axial Spondyloarthritis Questionnaire in inflammatory bowel disease (2013)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23996291/

System integration and clinical utilization of the Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care (ACPAC) Program-Trained Extended Role Practitioners in Ontario: a two-year, system-level evaluation (2013)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23968638/

Evaluation of perceived collaborative behaviour amongst stakeholders and clinicians of a continuing education programme in arthritis care (2013)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23679675/

Physiotherapy for ankylosing spondylitis: evidence and application (2011)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21150624/

The FIM™ as a measure of change in function after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation: a Canadian perspective (2011)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20586584/

Exercise in ankylosing spondylitis: discrepancies between recommendations and reality (2010)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20194443/

Wait times for publicly funded outpatient and community physiotherapy and occupational therapy services: implications for the increasing number of persons with chronic conditions in ontario, Canada (2009)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20145747/