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Gordon Giesbrecht
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Latest papers
Database quality assessment in research in paramedicine: a scoping review.
Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2023
Prevention and Treatment of Nonfreezing Cold Injuries and Warm Water Immersion Tissue Injuries: A Supplement to the Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Wilderness & environmental medicine · 2023
Database quality assessment in research in paramedicine: a scoping review protocol.
BMJ open · 2022
Latest funding
- $168,000
Neuromuscular mechanisms for cold-induced changes in voluntary and involuntary muscle activity
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $85,032
Transcortical magnetic stimulator station
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
- $135,000
Cold-induced decrement in voluntary and involuntary muscle activity, and influence of the head on thermoregulation and heat transfer
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
7 publications.
Database quality assessment in research in paramedicine: a scoping review.
McDonald N, Little N, Kriellaars D, Doupe MB, Giesbrecht G, Pryce RT
Prevention and Treatment of Nonfreezing Cold Injuries and Warm Water Immersion Tissue Injuries: A Supplement to the Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Zafren K, Hollis S, Weiss EA, Danzl D, Wilburn J, Kimmel N, Imray C, Giesbrecht G, Tipton M
Database quality assessment in research in paramedicine: a scoping review protocol.
McDonald N, Kriellaars D, Doupe M, Giesbrecht G, Pryce RT
Resuscitation of an Unconscious Victim of Accidental Hypothermia in 1805.
Wallner B, Giesbrecht G, Pasquier M, Gordon L, Lechner R, Brugger H, Paal P, Darocha T, Zafren K
The adaptation of the beyond cold water bootcamp course for Inuvialuit communities in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Contini N, Giles AR, Giesbrecht G, Raddi T
Using Shared Treadmill Workstations to Promote Less Time Spent in Daily Low Intensity Physical Activities: A Pilot Study.
Bouchard DR, Strachan S, Johnson L, Moola F, Chitkara R, McMillan D, Myrie S, Giesbrecht G
Shivering heat production and body fat protect the core from cooling during body immersion, but not during head submersion: a structural equation model.
Pretorius T, Lix L, Giesbrecht G
Neuromuscular mechanisms for cold-induced changes in voluntary and involuntary muscle activity
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
Keywords: thermoregulation; cold stress; voluntary muscle activity; shivering; neuromuscular control; voluntary activation; muscle inhibition; muscle excitation
Transcortical magnetic stimulator station
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
Cold-induced decrement in voluntary and involuntary muscle activity, and influence of the head on thermoregulation and heat transfer
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
Heat transfer through the head, and cold-induced muscle failure
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
Thermoregulatory metabolism and blood flow in humans
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
Temperature control system for laboratory immersion tanks
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
Thermoregulation research
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
Mechanisms for physiologic responses to cooling in humans
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
Blood flow and EMG measurement system
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gordon
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Lisa Lix and Gordon Giesbrecht: 1 shared paper
- Malcolm Doupe and Gordon Giesbrecht: 1 shared paper
- Shaelyn Strachan and Gordon Giesbrecht: 1 shared paper
- Kinesiology Recreation Management
- Community Health Sciences
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