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The World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) announces that Dr. Geoff Gelley has been awarded a Ph.D. in Applied Health Sciences from the University of Manitoba

Dr. Geoff Gelley successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on November 30, 2022 at the University of Manitoba.

Dr. Gelley's dissertation was titled "Motor performance of participants with chronic neck pain and asymptomatic participants pre- and post-spinal manipulation using separate eye and neck movement Fitts' tasks."

Co-supervisors were Dr. Steven Passmore (Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management) and Dr. Brian MacNeil (College of Rehabilitation Sciences), and the examination committee included Dr. Walter Herzog (Faculty of Kinesiology, and Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary), Dr. Kristine Cowley (Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology), and Dr. Cheryl Glazebrook (Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management).

 

Dr. Gelley's Reasearch

  • Haejung Lee, Anita Gross, Nejin Chacko, Jeanette Ezzo, Charles H Goldsmith, Geoffrey Gelley, Mario Forget, Sanggyun Lee, Hyeonwoo Jeong, Craig Dixon, Pasqualina L Santaguida (2024): Massage for neck pain contrasted against standard (non-surgical) treatment: A systematic review update, Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.04.016
  • Shelley Sargent, Geoffrey Gelley, Steven Passmore (2024): Correlation between self-report measures of function and lower limb motor performance in patients with and without imaging evidence of unilateral lumbar nerve root compression: a cross-sectional study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther, Mar 14; 1-10 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmpt.2024.02.002
  • Gross AR, Lee H, Ezzo J, Chacko N, Gelley G, Forget M, Morien A, Graham N, Santaguida PL, Rice M, Dixon C. Massage for neck pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004871. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004871.pub5.
  • Kinley Dorji, Nadine Graham, Luciana Macedo, Janelle Gravesande, Charlie H. Goldsmith, Geoffrey Gelley, Maureen Rice & Patricia Solomon (2020): The effect of ultrasound or phonophoresis as an adjuvant treatment for non-specific neck pain: systematic review of randomized controlled trials, Disabil Rehabil, Nov 30; 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1851785
  • Steven Passmore, Geoffrey Gelley, Quinn Malone, Brian MacNeil (2019): Tactile Perception of Pressure and Volitional Thrust Intensity Modulate Spinal Manipulation Dose Characteristics, J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 42(5): 335-342 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmpt.2018.11.017
  • Geoffrey Gelley, Mohammad Zarrabian, Steven Passmore (2019): Emergency Department Clinician Experiences and Perceptions Regarding Noncardiac Chest Pain: A Cross-Sectional Survey, J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 42(3): 159-166 doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2019.02.004
  • Saleh M. Aloraini, Geoffrey Gelley, Cheryl Glazebrook, Kathryn M. Sibley, Jonathan Singer & Steven Passmore (2019): Motor Behavior Concepts in the Study of Balance: A Scoping Review, Journal of Motor Behavior doi:10.1080/00222895.2019.1582472
  • Gross A, Kay TM, Paquin JP, Blanchette S, Lalonde P, Christie T, Dupont G, Graham N, Burnie SJ, Gelley G, Goldsmith CH, Forget M, Hoving JL, Brønfort G, Santaguida PL, Cervical Overview Group (2016): Exercises for mechanical neck disorders. Man Ther. 24(2) 25-45 doi: 10.1016/j.math.2016.04.005
  • Gelley, G.M., Passmore, S.R., MacNeil, B.J. (2015): Acceleration of clinician hand movements during spinal manipulative therapy. Man Ther. 20(2): 342-348 doi: 10.1016/j.math.2014.
  • Gross A, Kay TM, Paquin JP, Blanchette S, Lalonde P, Christie T, Dupont G, Graham N, Burnie SJ, Gelley G, Goldsmith CH, Forget M, Hoving JL, Brønfort G, Santaguida PL, Cervical Overview Group (2015): Exercises for mechanical neck disorders. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 1: CD004250. doi: 10.1002/14651858.
  • Cooper S, Gelley G. (2008): Chiropractic research history in Manitoba (Commentary). JCCA, 52(4): 205-207.