Chris McGibbon, PhD

Portrait of Chris McGibbonResearcher Credentials

  • Research Chair in Rehabilitation Biomechanics (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, UNB)
  • Professor (UNB Faculty of Kinesiology)

Research Interests

  • mobility and balance impairments in older adults
  • arthritis and joint injury
  • balance and posture
  • musculoskeletal modeling
  • human movement analysis
  • medical imaging technology

Publications

Below are Chris McGibbon's publications displayed by date:

Wilson A, Sexton A, McGibbon C, Hughes G, Hudgins B, "The development of a wearable motion analysis system", 29th Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Vancouver, BC, 2006

Sexton A, McGibbon C, Wilson A, Hughes G, Hudgins B, "A wearable system for elbow joint angle measurement", 14th Biennial Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2006, pp. 166

Wayne PM, Krebs DE, Macklin EA, Schnyer R, Kaptchuk TJ, Parker SW, McGibbon C, et al., "Acupuncture for upper-extremity rehabilitation in chronic stroke: a randomized sham-controlled study", Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2005, Vol. 86, pp. 2248 - 2255

McGibbon C, "Engineering efficiency: Geriatric gait analysis goes tech", Biomechanics Magazine, 2005, Vol. 12 (7), pp. 20 - 28

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, Wagenaar R, "Stepping stability: Effects of sensory pertubation", J. NeuroEng Rehabil, 2005, Vol. 2 (9)

Cavanaugh JT, Goldvasser D, McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "Comparison of head and body velocity trajectories during locomotion in subjects with vestibulopathy", J Rehabil Res Dev, 2005, Vol. 42, pp. 191 - 198

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, Parker SW, Scarborough DM, Wayne PM, Wolf SL, "Tai Chi and vestibular rehabilitation improve vestibulopathic gait via different neuromuscular mechanisms: Preliminary report", BMC Neurology, 2005, View online

Wayne PM, Scarborough DM, Krebs DE, Parker SW, Wolf SL, Asmundson L, McGibbon C, "Tai Chi for vestulopathic balance dysfunction: A case study", Alt Ther Health Med, 2005, Vol. 11, pp. 60 - 66

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, Wolf SL, Wayne PM, Scarborough DM, Parker SW, "Tai Chi and vestibular rehabilitation effects on gaze and whole body stability ", J Vestib Res, 2005, Vol. 14, pp. 467 - 478

McGibbon C, Goldvasser D, Krebs DE, Scarborough DM, "Instant of chair-rise lift-off can be predicted by foot-floor reaction forces", Human Mov Sci, 2004, Vol. 23, pp. 121 - 132

Smin S, Luepongsak N, McGibbon C, LaValley MP, Krebs DE, Felson DT, "Knee adduction moment and development of chronic knee pain in elders", Arthritis Care Res, 2004, Vol. 51, pp. 371 - 376

Wayne PM, Krebs DE, Wolf SL, Gill-Body KM, Scarborough DM, McGibbon C, Kaptchuk TJ, et al., "Can Tai Chi improve vestibulopathic postural control?", Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2004, Vol. 85, pp. 142 - 152

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "Discriminating age and disability effects in locomotion: Neuromuscular adaptations in musculoskeletal pathology", J App Physiol, 2004, Vol. 96, pp. 149 - 160

McGibbon C, "Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of subchondral bone and cartilage thickness measurement from MRI", Magn Reson Imaging, 2003, Vol. 21, pp. 707 - 714

Dancewicz TM, Krebs DE, McGibbon C, "Lower extremity extensor power and lifting characteristics in disabled elders", J Rehab Res Dev, 2003, Vol. 40, pp. 337 - 348

McGibbon C, Trahan CA, "Measurement accuracy of focal cartilage defects from MRI and correlation of MRI graded lesions with histology: A preliminary study",Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 2003, Vol. 11, pp. 483 - 493

McGibbon C, Bencardino J, Yeh E, Palmer WE, "Accuracy of cartilage and subchondral bone spacial thickness distribution from MRI", J Magn Reson Imaging, 2003, Vol. 17, pp. 703 - 715

McGibbon C, Bencardino J, Palmer WE, "Subchondral bone and cartilage thickness from MRI: Effects of chemical-shift artifact", Magma, 2003, Vol. 16, pp. 1 - 9

O'Kane FW, McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "Kinetic analysis of planned gait termination in healthy subjects and patients with balance disorders", Gait Posture, 2003, Vol. 17, pp. 170 - 179

Krebs DE, Herzog W, McGibbon C, Sharma L, "Work group recommendations: 2002 exercise and physical activity conference", Arthritis Rheum, 2003, Vol. 49, pp. 261 - 262

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, Scarborough DM, "Rehabilitation effects on compensatory gait mechanics in people with arthritis and other impairment", Arthritis Rheum, 2003, Vol. 49, pp. 248 - 254

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "Compensatory gait mechanics in patients with unilateral knee arthritis", J Rheumatol, 2002, Vol. 29, pp. 2410 - 2419

McGibbon C, "Biomechanics in disability research: Gait dysfunction in the elderly",Geriatric Times, 2002, Vol. 3, pp. 23 - 24

Luepongsak N, Amin S, Krebs DE, McGibbon C, Felson DT, "The contribution of type of daily activity to loading across the hip and knee joints in the elderly",Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 2002, Vol. 10, pp. 353 - 359

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "Age related changes in lower trunk coordination and energy transfer during gait", J Neurophysiol, 2001, Vol. 85, pp. 1923 - 1931

Krebs DE, McGibbon C, Goldvasser D, "Analysis of postural pertubation responses",IEEE Trans Neural Sys Rehabil Eng, 2001, Vol. 9, pp. 76 - 80

Puniello MS, McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "Lifting strategy and stability in strength impaired elders", Spine, 2001, Vol. 26, pp. 731 - 737

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, Scarborough DM, "Vestibulopathy and age effects on head stability during chair rise", Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2001, Vol. 121, pp. 52 - 58

McGibbon C, Palmer T, Goldvasser D, Krebs DE, "Kalman filter detection of blinks in video-oculography: Applications for VOR measurement during locomotion", J Neurosci Methods, 2001, Vol. 106, pp. 171 - 178

McGibbon C, Puniello MS, Krebs DE, "Mechanical energy transfer during gait in relation to strength impairment and pathology in elderly women", Clin Biomech, 2001, Vol. 16, pp. 324 - 333

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, Puniello MS, "Mechanical energy analysis identifies compensatory strategies in disabled elders gait", J Biomech, 2001, Vol. 34, pp. 481 - 490

Goldvasser D, McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "High curvature and jerk analysis of hand ataxia", Biol Cybern, 2001, Vol. 84, pp. 85 - 90

Goldvasser D, McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "Vestibular rehabilitation outcomes: velocity trajectory analysis during repeated bench stepping", Clin Neurophysiol, 2000, Vol. 111, pp. 1838 - 1842

Puniello MS, McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "Lifting characteristics of functionally limited elders", J Rehabil Res Dev, 2000, Vol. 37, pp. 341 - 352

Krebs DE, McGibbon C, Fagerson TL, "Invited commentary. Re: An electromyographic study of the hip abductor muscles as subjects with a hip prosthesis walked with different methods of using a cane and carrying a load.", Phys Ther, 1999, Vol. 79, pp. 1174 - 1175

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "The effects of age and functional limitations on leg joint power and work during stance phase of gait", J Rehabil Res Dev, 1999, Vol. 36, pp. 173 - 182

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, Trahan CA, Trippel SB, Mann RW, "Cartilage degeneration in relation to repetitive pressure: Case study of a unilateral hip hemiarthroplasty", J Arthroplasty, 1998, Vol. 14, pp. 52 - 58

McGibbon C, Dupuy D, Palmer WE, Krebs DE, "Cartilage and subchondral bone thickness distribution from magnetic resonance imaging", Acad Radiol, 1998, Vol. 5, pp. 20 - 25

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, "The influence of segmental endpoint kinematics on segmental power calculations", Gait Posture, 1998, Vol. 7, pp. 237 - 242

McGibbon C, Palmer WE, Krebs DE, "A general computing method for spacial cartilage thickness from co-planar MRI", Med Engng Phys, 1998, Vol. 20, pp. 169 - 176

McGibbon C, Krebs DE, Mann RW, "In vivo hip pressures during cane aided and load carrying gait", Arthritis Care and Research, 1997, Vol. 10, pp. 300 - 307

McGibbon C, Riley PO, Krebs DE, "Comparison of hip centre estimation using in-vivo and ex-vivo measurements from the same subject", Clin Biomech, 1997, Vol. 12, pp. 491 - 495