Stuart McGill, University of Waterloo

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Waterloo profile.

Latest papers

The effect of core training on distal limb performance during ballistic strike manoeuvres.
Journal of sports sciences · 2017 · senior author
The effect of short-term isometric training on core/torso stiffness.
Journal of sports sciences · 2017 · senior author
Can fitness and movement quality prevent back injury in elite task force police officers? A 5-year longitudinal study
Ergonomics · 2015 · first author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Probing fundamental mechanics of the spine: Normal and injury mechanics
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$235,000
Towards understanding the role of the hip extensors in those with back disorders
CIHR · 2010 · Supervisor
$17,500
Does gluteus maximus contribute to spine stability?
CIHR · 2010 · Supervisor
$17,500

All 12 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

The effect of core training on distal limb performance during ballistic strike manoeuvres.

Lee B, McGill S

Journal of sports sciences2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1236207 PMID: 27690749

02

The effect of short-term isometric training on core/torso stiffness.

Lee B, McGill S

Journal of sports sciences2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1235791 PMID: 28282756

03

Can fitness and movement quality prevent back injury in elite task force police officers? A 5-year longitudinal study

Stuart M. McGill, David Michael Frost, Thomas Lam, Tim Finlay, Kevin Darby, Jordan Cannon

Ergonomics201542 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1035760 PMID: 25952105

04

Muscle activity and spine load during anterior chain whole body linkage exercises: the body saw, hanging leg raise and walkout from a push-up.

McGill S, Andersen J, Cannon J

Journal of sports sciences2015First author

DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2014.946437 PMID: 25111163

05

Corrective sitting strategies: An examination of muscle activity and spine loading.

Castanharo R, Duarte M, McGill S

Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2013.11.001 PMID: 24295543

06

Movement quality and links to measures of fitness in firefighters

Stuart M. McGill, David Michael Frost, Jordan T. Andersen, Ian T. Crosby, Darren Gardiner

Work201336 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.3233/wor-121538 PMID: 23241706

07

Invited commentary on intrarater and interrater reliability of select clinical tests in patients referred for diagnostic facet joint blocks in the cervical spine.

McGill S

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation2013First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.04.023 PMID: 23791766

08

Arthrogenic neuromusculature inhibition: a foundational investigation of existence in the hip joint.

Freeman S, Mascia A, McGill S

Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)2013Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2012.11.014 PMID: 23261019

09

The relationship between general measures of fitness, passive range of motion and whole-body movement quality

David Michael Frost, Jordan T. Andersen, Thomas Lam, Tim Finlay, Kevin Darby, Stuart M. McGill

Ergonomics201230 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.620177 PMID: 22292560

10

Is there a low-back cost to hip-centric exercise? Quantifying the lumbar spine joint compression and shear forces during movements used to overload the hips.

Frost DM, Beach T, Fenwick C, Callaghan J, McGill S

Journal of sports sciences20126 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.671532 PMID: 22468799

Probing fundamental mechanics of the spine: Normal and injury mechanics

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McGill, Stuart

$235,000

Towards understanding the role of the hip extensors in those with back disorders

SupervisorCIHR2010Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Sidorkewicz, Natalie

Keywords: Back Disorder; Chronic Back Pain; Evidence-Based Practice; Gluteus Maximus; Gluteus Medius; Intervention; Muscle Function; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Therapeutic Exercise

$17,500

Does gluteus maximus contribute to spine stability?

SupervisorCIHR2010Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Cambridge, Edward D

Keywords: Biomechanics; Gluteus Maximus; Modeling; Spine; Stability

$17,500

Portable motion capture system for biomechanics research

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: McPhee, John

$91,830

Development of a model to study the effect of annular re-approximation on spine biomechanics

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: McGill, Stuart

$25,000

Reducing low back injury: expanding fundamental knowledge of spine function

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McGill, Stuart

$310,375

Toward reducing low back injury: Ensuring sufficient spine stability

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McGill, Stuart

$345,825

Live Fire Research Facility

Co-investigatorCFI2000Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Weckman, Elizabeth

Keywords: Fire Research, Health Safety and Fitness, Fire Service Issues, Fire Test Facility, Calorimetry, Structural Fire Behaviour, Fire Suppression, Performance-based Fire Codes

$2,135,415

Toward understanding low back injury resulting from repeated and prolonged loading

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McGill, Stuart

$182,600

Low back injury: toward understanding function and injury mechanisms

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McGill, Stuart

$140,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Department of Medicine
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

David Frost

Department of Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2015

Jordan Cannon

Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Jack Callaghan

Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2012

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