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Chris McGibbon

ResearcherInst. Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of New Brunswick

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Chris McGibbon

Researcher

Inst. Biomedical Engineering

Engineering

University of New Brunswick

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (7 NSERC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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Artificial sensory systems Biomechanics Biomimetics Cruciate mechanism Finite element models Kinematical design Mechanical testing Power transmission

Latest papers

"It's About Connections": A Grounded Theory of Older Adults' Engagement in Remotely Delivered Home-Based Physical and Cognitive Exercise Interventions Aiming to Reduce the Risk of Dementia.
Journal of patient experience · 2025
Stand if you can- A parallel, superiority cluster randomized controlled trial to improve gait speed for long term care residents.
JAR life · 2025
Effect of using of a lower-extremity exoskeleton on disability of people with multiple sclerosis.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2023 · first author

All 7 publications

Latest funding

The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,070,656
Personalized spinal cord rehabilitation: A pilot study integrating explanatory models with curiosity-driven computational approaches
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$250,000
Biologically inspired knee prosthesis
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$162,000

All 12 grants and awards

7 publications.

"It's About Connections": A Grounded Theory of Older Adults' Engagement in Remotely Delivered Home-Based Physical and Cognitive Exercise Interventions Aiming to Reduce the Risk of Dementia.

Omar H, Yetman L, Tranchant CC, Gallibois M, Haché JC, Faig K, Handrigan G, McGibbon C, Jarrett P

Journal of patient experience2025

DOI: 10.1177/23743735251392324 PMID: 41180905

Stand if you can- A parallel, superiority cluster randomized controlled trial to improve gait speed for long term care residents.

Cooling K, Bouchard DR, Gallibois M, Hebert J, Sénéchal M, Jarrett P, McGibbon C, Richard E, Handrigan G

JAR life2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jarlif.2025.100015 PMID: 40469490

Effect of using of a lower-extremity exoskeleton on disability of people with multiple sclerosis.

McGibbon C, Sexton A, Gryfe P, Dutta T, Jayaraman A, Deems-Dluhy S, Novak A, Fabara E, Adans-Dester C, Bonato P

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology2023First author

DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2021.1874064 PMID: 33503390

The Effect of a Standing Intervention on Falls in Long Term Care: a Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Gallibois M, Handrigan G, Caissie L, Cooling K, Hébert J, Jarrett P, McGibbon C, Read E, Sénéchal M, Bouchard DR

Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ2023

DOI: 10.5770/cgj.26.656 PMID: 37265979

Long-term care residents' acceptance of a standing intervention: A qualitative intrinsic case study.

McCain JE, Caissie L, Edwards J, Handrigan G, McGibbon C, Hebert J, Gallibois M, Cooling KM, Read E, Sénéchal M, Bouchard DR

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.01.024 PMID: 36774680

Evaluation of a lower-extremity robotic exoskeleton for people with knee osteoarthritis.

McGibbon C, Sexton A, Jayaraman A, Deems-Dluhy S, Fabara E, Adans-Dester C, Bonato P, Marquis F, Turmel S, Belzile E

Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA2022First author

DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2021.1887400 PMID: 33571072

Protocol for SYNchronising Exercises, Remedies in GaIt and Cognition at Home (SYNERGIC@Home): feasibility of a home-based double-blind randomised controlled trial to improve gait and cognition in individuals at risk for dementia.

McGibbon C, Jarrett P, Handrigan G, Bouchard D, Tranchant CC, Sexton AM, Yetman L, Robinson B, Crapoulet S, Chamard-Witkowski L, Liu-Ambrose T, Middleton LE, Almeida QJ, Bherer L, Lim A, Speechley M, Kamkar N, Montero Odasso M, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), CAN-THUMBS UP Group

BMJ open2022First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059988 PMID: 35361653

The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Barha, Cindy; Bartha, Robert; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bethell, Jennifer M; Bherer, Louis; Borrie, Michael J; Burhan, Amer M; Camicioli, J. Richard M; Edwards, Jodi D; Faria, Frederico P; Fraser, Sarah A; Li, Karen Zown-Hua; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Middleton, Laura E; Rajah, Maria N

Keywords: Aging; Clinical Guidelines; Cognition; Dementia; Exercise; Gait; Motor Biomarkers; Neurodegeneration

$1,070,656

Personalized spinal cord rehabilitation: A pilot study integrating explanatory models with curiosity-driven computational approaches

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Sensinger, Jonathon

$250,000