Jim Dickey, PhD
Education
- PhD (Queen's)
- BSc, MSc (Waterloo)
Research In Profile
Professor Jim Dickey works with students to conduct research in several areas including occupational whole-body vibration, joint injury & modelling, and concussion. Within the research on concussion, he has studied head impact exposures in sports and their neurological and cognitive consequences. Within the research on joint injury & modelling, he has studied injuries in professional hockey, and performance of hockey goaltenders. Within the research on whole-body vibration, he has studied vibration exposures for operators of off road mobile machinery, the effects of sitting posture on vibration exposure and the effects of industrial seats on attenuating vibration.
Please note that he is not currently accepting new students for supervision.
Featured Publications and Projects
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Bonn, M.M.; Dickey, J.P.; Moran, B.; McGuire, S.; Graham, L. Completing an interdisciplinary outpatient intervention improves patient rehabilitation goals following a mild traumatic brain injury. Physiother. Theory Pract. in press, 1-7, 2022. doi:10.1080/09593985.2021.2022046.
- Schulze, K.J., Robinson, M., MacKenzie, H.M., Dickey, J.P. Association of Preexisting Mental Health Conditions With Increased Initial Symptom Count and Severity Score on SCAT5 When Assessing Concussion. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 10 (9):23259671221123581, 2022. doi: 10.1177/23259671221123581.
- Brooks, J.S.; Campbell, K.R.; Allison, W.; Johnson, A.M.; Dickey, J.P. Career Head Impact Exposure Profile of Canadian University Football Players. J. Appl. Biomech. 2022, 38, 47-57, doi:10.1123/jab.2020-0228.
- Brooks, J.S.; Allison, W.; Harriss, A.; Bian, K.; Mao, H.; Dickey, J.P. Purposeful Heading Performed by Female Youth Soccer Players Leads to Strain Development in Deep Brain Structures. Neurotrauma Reports 2:354-362, 2021. doi:10.1089/neur.2021.0014.
- Donskov, A.S.; Brooks, J.S.; Dickey, J.P. Normative Reference of the Single Leg, Medial Countermovement Jump in Adolescent Youth Ice Hockey Players. Sports 9:105, 2021. doi:10.3390/sports9080105.
- Harriss, A., Johnson, A.M., Thompson, J., Walton, D.M., Dickey, J.P. Cumulative soccer heading amplifies the effects of brain activity observed during concurrent moderate exercise and continuous performance task in female youth soccer players. Journal of Concussion. 4:1-9, 2020. DOI 10.1177/2059700220912654
- Donskov, A.S., Humphreys, D., Dickey, J.P. What is Injury In Ice Hockey: An Integrative Literature Review on Injury Rates, Injury Definition, and Athlete Exposure in Men’s Elite Ice Hockey. Sports. 7:227 (23 pages), 2019. DOI: 10.3390/sports7110227
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Current Grants and Research Projects
- Mao, H., Dickey, J. P. (2022-2024). A fast method of calculating cumulative soccer head impact brain strain for youth players . Mitacs. $120,000.
- Dickey, J. P. (2016-2023). Laboratory evaluation of the complex interplay between whole-body vibration and spinal posture . NSERC. $130,000
Featured Graduate Student Projects
- Donskov, Anthony (2021). Doctor of Philosophy, Kinesiology
- Brooks, Jeffrey (2020). Doctor of Philosophy, Kinesiology
- Harriss, Alexandra (2020). Doctor of Philosophy, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Dietze, Ben (2020). Master of Science, Kinesiology
- Allison, Wayne (2019). Master of Science, Kinesiology
Visit for a list of completed student theses and dissertations in the repository.
Additional Information
Academic Appointments and Research Affiliations
- Director, Joint Biomechanics Laboratory
Awards
- College of Biological Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Guelph, 2007
- Full-time Award recipient, Faculty of Health Sciences Teaching Award of Excellence, University of 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Ontario, 2019.
Professional Activities
- Member of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics
- Member of the International Society of Biomechanics
