Eric Gibson

The University of Calgary · Faculty of Kinesiology

Background Youth ice hockey is a popular, fast-paced, collision sport with a high participation rate. Objective To describe upper extremity (UE) injury rates, types, severity, mechanisms, and risk factors in youth ice hockey players. Design Secondary analysis of data from a 5-year prospective cohort study (2013–2018). Setting Canadian youth ice...

Background Professional rugby union is a fast-paced collision sport with a high rate of injury. With the tackle often being a direct and forceful contact between opposing players at the shoulder level, it is a typical injury location. Objective To describe shoulder match and training injury rates, diagnosis, severity, and mechanisms in professiona...

Change of direction (COD) maneuvers in soccer create tactical advantages, but also expose the player to an increased risk of injury. COD ability is commonly tested with pre-planned drills including cuts greater than 90°. These tests do not take into consideration positional differences players encounter during games. This case-series study used pri...

Objective: To describe shoulder-related injury rates (IRs), types, severity, mechanisms, and risk factors in youth ice hockey players during games and practices. Design: Secondary analysis of data from a 5-year prospective cohort study, Safe-to-Play (2013-2018). Setting: Canadian youth ice hockey. Participants: Overall, 6584 player-seasons (...

Background Collision sport participation rates among high school youth in Canada are high. While participation is beneficial for physical and mental well-being, the rates of injury in these sports are high. Aims This study aims to compare injury rates and profiles across four common youth collision sports (ice hockey, tackle football, lacrosse, ru...

Background. Youth around the globe place their shoulders at risk for injury when participating in sports. Shoulder injuries may vary in severity, produce the potential for time-loss from sport, and result in functional disability. We sought to explore sport-related shoulder injuries in youth by identifying injury rates, risk factors, injury mechani...

Background Collision sports (Canadian football, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby) are popular among Canadian male youth, however it is recognised that collision sports are associated with a high risk of injury. Objective To describe the patterns of collision sport-related injury in Canadian male high school athletes. Design Secondary analysis of a cro...

Background Youth around the globe place their shoulders at risk for injury when participating in sports. Shoulder injuries may vary in severity, produce the potential for time-loss from sport, and result in functional disability. Objective To explore youth sport-related shoulder injuries by identifying injury rates, risk factors, injury mechanisms...

Background Surgery for rotator cuff syndrome does not always produce symptom improvement. Biological factors may explain some symptoms, but mood disorder symptoms may also contribute. The purpose of this study is to examine the interaction between disease severity, prevalence of mood disorder diagnoses, and current mood disorder symptoms in preoper...

Prolotherapy injections are becoming increasingly popular as a non-surgical treatment option for many chronic musculoskeletal conditions. Proposed benefits include reduced pain, reduced joint laxity and increased tendon strength. While a number of studies report that prolotherapy reduces pain and increases function for many conditions, the academic...

Hypothesis and background: Surgical outcomes are dependent on multiple clinical and patient factors. One patient factor is pain catastrophizing, which is associated with poorer outcomes in other surgical populations. Our purpose was to examine relationships between gender, patient-reported disease severity, and catastrophizing in patients in whom...

Background: Catastrophizing, a coping style characterized by an exaggerated negative affect when experiencing or anticipating pain, is an important factor that adversely affects surgical outcomes. Various interventions have been attempted with the goal of reducing catastrophizing and, by extension, improving treatment outcomes. We performed a syst...

Background: Catastrophizing, a coping style characterized by an exaggerated negative affect when experiencing or anticipating pain, is an important factor that adversely affects surgical outcomes. Various interventions have been attempted with the goal of reducing catastrophizing and, by extension, improving treatment outcomes. We performed a syst...

Background Distal femoral fracture is a rare, but significant, postoperative complication of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. However, there has not been a reported case of periprosthetic total knee arthroplasty fracture associated with a previous anterior cruciate ligament repair. Case presentation We report the case of a 51-year-old wh...