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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Dickerson, Clark R.
Contact: University of Waterloo
Department of Kinesiology
200 University Ave W
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, CANADA
Phone: 519-888-4567 x37844
Fax: 519-746-6776
Email: [email protected]
Office: BMH 3034
Degree History:
Degree Institution Department Year Conferred
PhD University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering 2005
MSc Clemson University Bioengineering 1999
BSc Alfred University Mechanical Engineering 1997
(Magna Cum Laude; Minors: Mathematics & Business Administration)
Employment History:
Dates Position Department Institution
2014- Canada Research Chair in Kinesiology University of Waterloo
Shoulder Mechanics (Tier II)
2010 – Associate Professor Kinesiology University of Waterloo
2013 Visiting Scholar Physical Ergonomics Liberty Mutual Research
Institute for Safety
2005 – 2010 Assistant Professor Kinesiology University of Waterloo
2009 – Honorary Research Associate Kinesiology Univ. of New Brunswick
1999 – 2004 Research Assistant Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan
1997 – 1999 Graduate Assistant Bioengineering Clemson University
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Academic Awards and Distinctions:
Year Award (Description – Those tied to conferences are repeated within citations)
1997 Top four-year graduating student, College of Engineering and Professional Studies,
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1997-1998 R.C. Edwards Research Fellowship, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
This highly competitive recognition is awarded to elite incoming graduate students
across all academic disciplines at Clemson University
1999 Honorable mention, student poster competition
18th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Clemson, SC (Conference Paper
#1)
1999-2000 Biomedical Engineering Fellowship, University of Michigan
This full tuition waiver and stipend is awarded to highly recruited graduate students for
the first year of graduate studies at Michigan.
2000-2004 Doctoral Support, Automotive Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI
This support was gained through application for the specific self-initiated project of
“Shoulder biomechanics for vehicular design and manufacturing.” This was awarded
through a competitive application process that included development of a peer-
reviewed multi-year research plan.
2004 Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, University of Michigan Institute of Gerontology
(Declined for faculty position at The University of Waterloo)
This selection was through a competitive application process. This NIH-funded award
targeted research on age-related changes in musculoskeletal health, specifically with
respect to their impact on orthopedic injury potential, with a skeletal fragility focus.
2004 NIH NRSA Kirschstein Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Number: 1-F32-AR051274-01
(Declined for faculty position at The University of Waterloo)
This nationwide competition included the submission of a research grant including a
fully described three-year study. The application focused on the computer simulation
and experimental measurement of micro-crack propagation in trabecular bone.
2007 Julien M. Christensen Memorial Award, Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Rebecca Brookham (Refereed Conference Paper #17)
2007 Founders Award, Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Steven Fischer (Refereed Conference Paper #18)
2008 Finalist, Undergraduate Award, Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Jaclyn Chopp (Refereed Conference Paper #21)
2008 Undergraduate Award, Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Trisha Rosati (Refereed Conference Paper #27)
2008 Finalist, Julien M. Christensen Memorial Award, Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Laurie Hall (Refereed Conference Paper #23)
2009 Finalist, NexGen Ergonomics Award, Ontario Biomechanics Conference
Alicia Belbeck (Non-Refereed Conference Paper #16)
2010 Finalist, NDI Young Investigator Awards - Doctoral Category, Canadian Society for
Biomechanics
Rebecca Brookham (Refereed Conference Paper #38)
2010 Finalist, NDI Young Investigator Awards - Masters Category, Canadian Society for
Biomechanics
Laurie Hall (Refereed Conference Paper #39)
2010 Finalist, International Society for Electromyography and Kinesiology Innovation Award
Samantha Molenaar (Refereed Conference Paper #42)
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2010 Julien M. Christensen Memorial Award, Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Amy Chow (Refereed Conference Paper #46)
2010 NDI Promising Young Investigator Award, Canadian Society for Biomechanics
This competitive national award is presented once every two years to an emergent
Canadian biomechanics researcher within the first 6 years of independent career as a
scientist. The selection was made by an impartial awards committee and 2010 was the
inaugural award. Peer competition for the award consists of all biomechanics
researchers at an equivalent career stage. A maximum of one award is made every 2
years. (Refereed Conference Paper #44)
2010 Early Researcher Award, Ontario Ministry of Innovation
This competitive provincial award is presented yearly to researchers across all
specializations and is intended to assist in building an effective research team early in
an academic career. Awards have been annual (this is the 6th cycle). The award provides
financial assistance for the hiring of trainees for a five year time period.
2011 Undergraduate Award, Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Alan Cudlip (Refereed Conference Paper #50)
2011 Finalist, NDI Masters Award, Ontario Biomechanics Conference
Tea Lulic (Non-Refereed Conference Paper #26)
2012 Finalist, NexGen Ergonomics Award, Ontario Biomechanics Conference
Kristina Gruevski (Non-Refereed Conference Paper #38)
2013 Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety 2013 Visiting Scholar
This residential fellowship is awarded to one international senior researcher annually
through a competitive application process. The fellowship represents a singular
opportunity for collaboration on occupational health and safety research with
colleagues at an internationally recognized private research center.
2014 Finalist, NDI Doctoral Award, Canadian Society for Biomechancs
Jaclyn Chopp-Hurley (Refereed Conference Paper #79)
2014 University of Waterloo Outstanding Performance Award
This award is presented to “reward faculty members for outstanding contribution in
teaching and scholarship” and recipients are selected from the top 20% of eligible
faculty in each department annually.
2014 Canada Research Chair in Shoulder Mechanics (Tier II – NSERC)
This national research chair is awarded to promising emergent scientists to allow focus
on developing their research programs through increased time commitment to research
and salary support through the CRC program. The program aims to achieve research
excellence across disciplines. http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/
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Student Scholarships & Fellowships (Graduate Information Also in Supervision Section)
Year(s) Award Recipient
2006 NSERC USRA Jesse Moreton
2007-2010 NSERC PGS-D3 Steven Fischer
2007 Hallman Undergraduate Research Jaclyn Chopp
Fellowship in Health Promotion
2008-2010 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS-M Amy Chow
2008-2011 NSERC PGS-D3 Rebecca Brookham
2008 NSERC USRA Amy Chow
2008 NSERC USRA Jaclyn Chopp
2009 Undergraduate Research Internship Alison McDonald
2009 Undergraduate Research Internship Erin Middlebrook
2009 Undergraduate Research Internship Samantha Molenaar
2009-2010 NSERC PGS-M Jaclyn Chopp
2009-2011 OGS M Tej-Jaskirat Grewal
2010-2011 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS-M Bryan Picco
2010-2011 OGS D Steven Fischer
2010 Undergraduate Research Internship Alison McDonald
2010 Undergraduate Research Internship Elora Brenneman
2010 Undergraduate Research Internship Alan Cudlip
2010 Undergraduate Research Internship Mamiko Noguchi
2010 Undergraduate Research Internship Erin Middlebrook
2010 Undergraduate Research Internship Karen Ma
2010 RBC Your Future by Design Karen Ma
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2010 NSERC USRA Erin Middlebrook
2011-2012 OGS D Rebecca Brookham
2011 Undergraduate Research Internship Elora Brenneman
2011 Undergraduate Research Internship Alan Cudlip
2011 Undergraduate Research Internship Kimberly MacKay
2011 NSERC USRA Tyler Allen
2011 Undergraduate Research Internship Tyler Allen
2011 Undergraduate Research Internship Elora Brenneman
2011 RBC Your Future by Design Allison Engelhardt
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2011 Undergraduate Research Internship Alan Cudlip
2012 Undergraduate Research Internship Tyler Allen
2012-2015 NSERC PGS-D3 Jaclyn Chopp
2012 RBC Your Future by Design Tyler Allen
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2012-2013 OGS M Alan Cudlip
2012-2013 OGS D (declined) Jaclyn Chopp
2012 ISB Technical Group Travel Grant: ISG Jaclyn Chopp
2012 ISB Technical Group Travel Grant: ISG Rebecca Brookham
2012 CSB Conference Travel Grant Tej-Jaskirat Grewal
2012 CSB Conference Travel Grant Bryan Picco
2012 CRE-MSD Conference Travel Grant Jaclyn Chopp
2012 CRE-MSD Conference Travel Grant Rebecca Brookham
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2012 NSERC USRA Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz
2012 Undergraduate Research Internship Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz
2013-2014 OGS M Angelica Lang
2013 ASB Conference Travel Grant Alan Cudlip
2013 Hallman Undergraduate Research Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz
Fellowship
2013 Undergraduate Research Internship Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz
2014 Undergraduate Research Internship Alberto Pagano
2014-2017 NSERC PGS-D3 Alan Cudlip
2014-2015 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS-M Angelica Lang
2014-2015 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS-M Rachel Whittaker
2014 CRE-MSD Conference Travel Grant Angelica Lang
2014 CRE-MSD Conference Travel Grant Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz
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Scholarly and Professional Activities:
Journal Ad Hoc Reviewing (alphabetical):
1) Annals of Biomedical Engineering
2) American Journal of Sports Medicine
3) Applied Ergonomics
4) Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
5) ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
6) ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
7) Clinical Biomechanics
8) Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
9) Computers in Biology and Medicine
10) Ergonomics
11) European Journal of Applied Physiology
12) Human Factors
13) Human Movement Science
14) Industrial Health
15) IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
16) International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics
17) International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation
18) International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
19) Journal of Applied Biomechanics
20) Journal of Applied Physiology
21) Journal of Biomechanics
22) Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [American Edition]
23) Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
24) Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation
25) Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
26) Journal of Orthopaedic Research
27) Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
28) Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
29) Journal of Sport and Health Science
30) Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
31) Medical Engineering and Physics
32) Minerals
33) Muscle and Nerve
34) Occupational Ergonomics
35) Physiotherapy Canada
36) Proceedings of the IMechE, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
37) Physical Therapy Reviews
38) Psychophysiology
39) WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation
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Academic Society Memberships:
American Society of Biomechanics
Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Canadian Society for Biomechanics
International Society of Biomechanics
International Shoulder Group (a technical group of the International Society of Biomechanics)
Academic Society Leadership:
Canadian Society for Biomechanics: Executive Member, 2013-2017
Canadian Society for Biomechanics: President, 2015-2017
International Shoulder Group: Executive Board, 2015-2017
Conference Leadership:
Scientific Co-Chair, 2006 Meeting of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics
Conference Chair, 2013 Ontario Biomechanics Conference
Scientific Co-Chair, 2014 World Congress of Biomechanics, CSB Representative
Conference Chair, 2014 Meeting of the International Shoulder Group
Conference Session Chairperson:
Session Co-Chair, 2006 Meeting of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Orthopedics I
Session Co-Chair, 2008 North American Congress on Biomechanics, Ergonomics II
Session Chair, 2008 Meeting of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists, Usability
Session Chair, 2011 International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Symposium on
Human Body Dynamics: From Multibody Systems to Biomechanics, Session #2
Session Chair, 2012 Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Occupational Biomechanics Symposium:
Occupational Outliers – Respecting Biomechanical Variability, Canadian Society for
Biomechanics Meeting
Session Chair, 2012 International Shoulder Group, Rotator Cuff
Session Chair, 2013 American Society of Biomechanics, Upper Extremity: Orthopedic Mechanics
and Modeling
Session Chair, 2014 World Congress of Biomechanics, Canadian Society for Biomechanics
Occupational Biomechanics Symposium: Upper extremity analysis tools – their current
utility and future development
Conference Reviewing:
Canadian Society for Biomechanics Meeting: coordinated review of over 170 abstracts, 2006.
Student Awards Reviewer, Association of Canadian Ergonomists Meeting, 2006, 2008.
Scientific Committee, Association of Canadian Ergonomists Meeting, 2007-2011.
Scientific Committee, North American Congress on Biomechanics, 2008.
Delsys Award Committee, North American Congress on Biomechanics, 2008.
Student Awards Committee, Ontario Biomechanics Conference, 2010.
Scientific Committee, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, 2010.
Scientific Committee, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, 2012.
Program Committee, American Society of Biomechanics, 2013.
Awards Chairperson, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, 2014.
Program Chair, 2014 International Shoulder Group, 2014.
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Scholarship Reviewing:
Review Panel, Ontario Graduate Scholarships, Doctoral Division, 2007.
Review Panel, Ontario Graduate Scholarships, Masters Division, 2011.
Grant Reviewing:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC):
Strategic Grants Program, 2007
Discovery Grants Program, 2008-2009; 2009-2010 (x2); 2013-2014 (x2)
Collaborative Research and Development Grants Program, 2010
Collaborative Health Research Projects, 2011 (x2), 2014
Workers Compensation Board, Manitoba
Research and Workplace Innovation Program, 2010-2013
Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD):
Scientific Seed Grant Review Panel, 2008-2010
Arthritis Research Campaign (United Kingdom)
Equipment Grant Program, 2008-2009
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Research Opportunities Program, 2014
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI):
John R. Evans Leaders Fund, 2014
Journal Guest Editorship
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2014-2015: Shoulder Biomechanics Special Isssue
Dedicated to the 10th Meeting of the International Shoulder Group
Journal Editorial Board
Applied Ergonomics, 2015-
Tenure Review:
One international, 2013
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Publications (* indicates student/trainee co-author):
Refereed Journals, published or in press only:
1. Chaffin D.B., Woolley C., Dickerson C.R., and Parkinson M., 2004, Modeling of object
movement capability in the spinal cord injured population. International Journal of Industrial
Ergonomics, 33:229-36.
2. Dickerson C.R., Kim K. Han, Martin B.J., and Chaffin D.B., 2004, Evaluating the effect of
back injury on shoulder loading and effort perception in hand transfer tasks. SAE Transactions:
Journal of Aerospace, 113:78-81.
3. Dickerson C.R., Martin B.J., and Chaffin D.B., 2006, The relationship between shoulder
torques and the perception of muscular effort in load transfer tasks. Ergonomics, 49(11):1036-
51.
4. Dickerson C.R., Martin B.J., and Chaffin D.B., 2007, Predictors of perceived effort in the
shoulder during load transfer tasks, Ergonomics, 50(7):1004-16.
5. *Gatti C., Dickerson C.R., Chadwick E.K., Mell A.G., and Hughes R.E., 2007, Comparison of
model-predicted and measured moment arms for the rotator cuff muscles, Clinical
Biomechanics, 22:639-44.
6. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., and Hughes R.E., 2007, A mathematical musculoskeletal
shoulder model for proactive ergonomic analysis, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and
Biomedical Engineering, 10(6):389-400.
7. Dickerson C.R., Hughes R.E., and Chaffin D.B., 2008, Experimental evaluation of a
computational shoulder muscle force model, Clinical Biomechanics, 23:886-94.
8. Dickerson C.R., Hotchkiss C.E., and Saha, S., 2008, Relationships between densitometric and
morphological parameters as measured by peripheral computed tomography (pQCT) and the
compressive behavior of lumbar vertebral bodies from macaques (macaca fascicularis), Spine,
33(4):366-72.
9. *Brookham R.L., *Moreton J.N., and Dickerson C.R., 2008, Perception of shoulder muscular
effort during low-demand load transfer tasks, Work, 31(4):417-24.
10. *Grieve J.R. and Dickerson C.R., 2008, Overhead work: Identification of evidence-based
exposure guidelines, Occupational Ergonomics, 8:53-66.
11. *Fischer S.L., Wells R.P. and Dickerson C.R., 2009, Controlling the upper limb: the effect of
added degrees of freedom and handle type on upper limb muscle activation, Ergonomics,
52(1):25-35.
12. *Chow A.Y. and Dickerson C.R., 2009, Shoulder strength of females while sitting and
standing as a function of hand location and force direction, Applied Ergonomics, 40(3):303-8.
13. *Raina S.M. and Dickerson C.R., 2009, Examining the effectiveness of job rotation: a deltoid
example, Work 34(2):205-13.
14. *Fischer S.L., *Belbeck A.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, The influence of providing feedback
on force production and within-participant reproducibility during maximal voluntary exertions
for the anterior deltoid, middle deltoid and infraspinatus, Journal of Electromyography and
Kinesiology 20:68-75.
15. Brown S.H.M., *Brookham R.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, High-pass filtering surface EMG
in an attempt to better represent the signals detected at the intramuscular level, Muscle and
Nerve 41(2):234-9.
16. *Chopp J.N., *Fischer S.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, The impact of work configuration,
target angle, and hand force direction on upper extremity muscle activity during sub-maximal
overhead work, Ergonomics 53(1):83-91.
17. *Picco B.R., *Fischer S.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, Scapular orientation influences both
shoulder strength and muscle activity, Clinical Biomechanics, 25:29-36.
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18. Wells R.P., *McFall K. and Dickerson C.R., 2010, Task selection for increased mechanical
exposure variation: relevance to job rotation, Ergonomics, 53(3):314-23.
19. *Chopp J.N., *Fischer S.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, On the feasibility of obtaining multiple
muscular maximal voluntary excitation levels from test exertions: A shoulder example, Journal
of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 20:896-902.
20. *Waite D.L., *Brookham R.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, On the usefulness of using surface
electrode placements to estimate indwelling myoelectric activity of the rotator cuff, Journal of
Electromyography and Kinesiology, 20:903-11.
21. *Howarth S.J., *Pronovost L.M.M., Polgar J.M., Dickerson C.R., and Callaghan J.P., 2010,
Use of a geared wheelchair wheel to reduce propulsive muscular demand during ramp ascent:
Analysis of muscle activation and kinematics, Clinical Biomechanics 25:21-8.
22. *Howarth S.J., Polgar J.M., Dickerson C.R. and Callaghan J.P., 2010, Trunk muscle activation
during wheelchair ramp ascent and the influence of a geared wheel on the demands of postural
control, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 91:436-42.
23. *Brookham R.L., McLean L., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, Construct validity of muscle force
tests of the rotator cuff muscles: an electromyographic investigation, The Physical Therapy
Journal (PTJ) 90:572-80.
24. *Brookham R.L., *Wong J.M., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, Upper limb posture and
submaximal hand tasks influence shoulder muscle activity, International Journal of Industrial
Ergonomics 40:337-44.
25. *Hall L.C. and Dickerson C.R., 2010, Perceived shoulder moment loading during load transfer
tasks following a novel moment-based perception training program, International Journal of
Industrial Ergonomics, 40:402-5.
26. *Chopp J.N., O’Neill J.M., *Hurley K., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, Radiographic Examination
of Humeral Head Migration after Fatiguing the Rotator Cuff, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow
Surgery, 19(8):1137-44.
27. *Perdeaux K.M., *Fischer S.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2010, Isometric strength and
corresponding muscle activation as a function of hand location and force direction: resolving
the role of individual muscles on strength capacity, Occupational Ergonomics, 9:141-51.
28. *Chopp J.N., *Fischer S.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2011, The specificity of fatiguing protocols
affects scapular orientation: implications for subacromial impingement, Clinical Biomechanics,
26:40-5.
29. *Fischer S.L., *Grewal T.-J., Wells R.P., and Dickerson C.R., 2011, Effect of bilateral versus
unilateral exertion tests on maximum voluntary activity and within-participant reproducibility
in the shoulder, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 21:311-7.
30. *McKinnon C.D., Callaghan J.P., and Dickerson C.R., 2011, Field Quantification of Physical
Exposures of Police Officers in Vehicle Operation, International Journal of Occupational
Safety and Ergonomics, 17(1):61-8.
31. *Hall L.C., *Middlebrook E.E., and Dickerson C.R., 2011, Analysis of the influence of rotator
cuff impingements on upper limb kinematics in an elderly population during activities of daily
living, Clinical Biomechanics, 26:579-84.
32. *Brookham R.L., *Middlebrook E.E., *Grewal T.-J., and Dickerson C.R., 2011, The utility of
an empirically derived co-activation ratio for muscle force prediction through optimization,
Journal of Biomechanics, 44(8):1582-7.
33. Dickerson C.R., *Chopp J.N., and *Borgs S.P., 2011, Simulation of fatigue-initiated
subacromial impingement: clarifying mechanisms, Procedia IUTAM, 2:35-47.
34. *Chopp J.N., Hunt S., McKean C., and Dickerson C.R., 2011, Evaluating risks for the upper
extremity during the installation of electrical meters, Occupational Ergonomics, 10:13-24.
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35. Dickerson C.R., *Brookham R.L., and *Chopp J.N., 2011, The working shoulder: assessing
demands, identifying risks, and promoting healthy occupational performance, Physical
Therapy Reviews, 16(5):310-20.
36. *Chopp J.N., and Dickerson C.R., 2012, Resolving the contributions of fatigue-induced
humeral migration and scapular reorientation on the subacromial space: An orthopaedic
geometric simulation analysis, Human Movement Science, 31(2):448-60.
37. *Fischer S.L., *Brenneman E.C., Wells R.P., and Dickerson C.R., 2012, Relationships
between psychophysically acceptable and maximum voluntary hand force capacity in the
context of underlying biomechanical limitations, Applied Ergonomics, 43:813-20.
38. *McKinnon C.D., Callaghan J.P., and Dickerson C.R., 2012, Evaluation of mobile data
terminal location during a simulated police patrol task set, Applied Ergonomics, 43:859-67.
39. *McDonald A., *Picco B.R., *Belbeck A.L., *Chow A.Y., and Dickerson C.R., 2012, Spatial
dependency of shoulder muscle demands in horizontal pushing and pulling, Applied
Ergonomics, 43:971-8.
40. *Grewal T.-J., and Dickerson C.R., 2013, A novel three-dimensional shoulder rhythm
definition that includes overhead and axially rotated humeral postures, Journal of
Biomechanics, 46(3):608-11.
41. *Holmes M.W.R., *McKinnon C.D., Dickerson C.R., and Callaghan J.P., 2013, The Effects of
Police Duty Belt and Seat Design Changes on Lumbar Spine Posture, Driver Contact Pressure
and Discomfort, Ergonomics, 56(1):126-36.
42. *Fischer S.L., *Picco B.R., Wells R.P., and Dickerson C.R., 2013, The roles of whole body
balance, shoe-floor friction and joint strength during maximum exertions: searching for the
“weakest link”, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 29(1):1-11.
43. *Cudlip A.C., *Fischer S.L., Wells R.P, and Dickerson C.R., 2013, The effect of task
frequency and force direction on psychophysically acceptable forces in the context of
biomechanical weakest links, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 29(3):285-91.
44. *Steele T., Merryweather A., Dickerson C.R., and Bloswick D., 2013, A computational study
of shoulder muscle forces during pushing tasks, International Journal of Human Factors
Modelling and Simulation, 4(1):1-22.
45. *Gruevski K.M., *McKinnon C.D., Dickerson C.R., and Callaghan J.P., 2013, The impact of
mobile data terminal usage on posture and low back discomfort when combined with simulated
prolonged driving in police cruisers, International Journal of Occupational Safety and
Ergonomics, 19(3):415-22.
46. *Middlebrook E.E., *Brookham R.L., and Dickerson C.R., 2013, Extrapolation of an empirical
elbow muscle co-activation relationship to a novel task set: implications for predictions of
individual muscle demands, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering,
16(11):1135-42.
47. *Allen T.R., *Brookham R.L., *Cudlip A.C., and Dickerson C.R., 2013, Comparing surface
and indwelling electromyographic signals of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles during
submaximal axial humeral rotation, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 23:1343-9.
48. *Noguchi M., *Chopp J.N., *Borgs S.P., and Dickerson C.R., 2013, Scapular orientation
following repetitive prone rowing: Implications for potential subacromial impingement
mechanisms, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 23:1356-61.
49. *MacLean K.F.E., *Chopp J.N., *Grewal T.-J., *Picco B.R., and Dickerson C.R., 2014, Three-
dimensional comparison of static and dynamic scapular motion tracking techniques, Journal of
Electromyography and Kinesiology, 24(1):65-71.
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50. Fischer S.L. and Dickerson C.R., 2014, Applying psychophysics to prevent overexposure: on
the relationships between acceptable manual force, tissue demands, and strength, International
Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 44(2):266-74.
51. *Brookham R.L. and Dickerson C.R., 2014, Empirical quantification of internal and external
rotation muscular co-activation ratios in healthy shoulders, Medical and Biological Engineering
and Computing, 52:257–64.
52. *Belbeck A.L., *Cudlip A.C., and Dickerson C.R., 2014, Assessing the interplay between the
shoulders and low back during manual patient handling techniques in a nursing setting,
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 20:127-37.
53. *Joseph C., Beach T.A.C., Callaghan J.P., and Dickerson C.R., 2014, The influence of
precision requirements and cognitive challenges on upper extremity joint reaction forces,
moments, and muscle force estimates during prolonged repetitive lifting, Ergonomics, 57:236-
46.
54. *McDonald A.C., *Brenneman E.C., *Cudlip A.C., and Dickerson C.R., 2014, The spatial
dependency of shoulder muscle demands for seated lateral hand force exertions, Journal of
Applied Biomechanics, 30:1-11.
55. *Rosati P.M., *Chopp J.N., and Dickerson C.R., 2014, The influence of wall painting on
shoulder muscle activity and horizontal push force, Applied Ergonomics, 45:1133-9.
56. *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., and Wells R.P., 2014, A novel stochastic model for predicting
maximum and psychophysically acceptable hand force capacity thresholds, Computer Methods
in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 17:1418-31.
57. *McKinnon C.D., *Amy S.A., Callaghan J.P., and Dickerson C.R., 2014, The effect of police
cruiser restraint cage configuration on shoulder discomfort, muscular demands, upper limb
postures, and task performance during simulated police patrol, Applied Ergonomics, 45:1414-
21.
58. *Chopp-Hurley J.N., Langenderfer J.E., and Dickerson C.R., 2014, Probabilistic evaluation of
predicted force sensitivity to muscle attachment and glenohumeral stability uncertainty, Annals
of Biomedical Engineering, 9:1867-1879.
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b) Refereed Conference Proceedings: 1. Dickerson C.R., Saha S., Hotchkiss C., 1999, The compressive behavior of lumbar vertebrae
from Macaca Fascicularis and its Relationship to Bone Density, The 18th Southern Biomedical
Engineering Conference, Clemson, SC. [Honorable mention, student poster competition],
Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering 26 (5): 431-432.
2. Dickerson C.R., Saha S., Hotchkiss C., 1999, QCT cortical shell thickness as a predictor of
vertebral body strength for cynomolgus monkeys, International Mechanical Engineering
Conference and Exhibition, Nashville, TN. American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED 43:181-182.
3. Dickerson C.R., Saha S., Hotchkiss C., 2001, The relationship between peripheral quantitative
tomography (pQCT) and the compressive behavior of male lumbar vertebrae from Macaca
Fascicularis. 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and
Medicine, Charleston, SC.
4. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2001, Exertion-Driven Strength Modeling of the Shoulder. SAE
Digital Human Modeling Conference and Exhibition, Arlington, VA.
5. Chaffin D.B., Woolley C., Martin B.J., Womack N., Dickerson C.R., 2001, Reaching and
object movement capability in the spinal cord injured population. The Anthropometrics of
Disability: An International Workshop, Buffalo, NY.
6. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., Kim K., Martin B.J., Womack N., 2001, The effect of motion
dynamics in calculation of external joint moments during light industrial hand motions.
American Society of Biomechanics 25th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
7. Dickerson C.R., Kim K.H., Adamo D.E., Martin B.J., Chaffin D.B., 2002, Biomechanical
differences in shoulder loading in populations during load-bearing tasks,” IV World Congress
of Biomechanics, Calgary, AB, Canada.
8. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2002, An analysis of shoulder loading differences for simulated
industrial task performance between injured and non-injured subject populations. Annual
Meeting Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Baltimore, MD.
9. Kim K.H., Martin B.J., Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2002, Modeling of shoulder and torso
effort perception in manual tasks. SAE Digital Human Modeling Conference, Munich,
Germany. VDI Berichte (1675), pp. 285-297+518
10. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2003, Dynamic loading and effort perception during one-handed
loaded reaches. American Society of Biomechanics 27th Annual Meeting, Toledo, OH.
11. Dickerson C.R., Rider K.A., Chaffin D.B., 2004, Merging biomechanical models of the
shoulder with digital human modeling. SAE Digital Human Modeling Conference, Rochester,
MI.
12. Dickerson C.R., Hughes R.E., Chaffin D.B., 2005, Development of a biomechanical shoulder
model for ergonomic analysis. XXth Congress, International Society of Biomechanics,
Cleveland, OH.
13. Saha S., Dickerson C.R., 2005, Relationship between the vertebral morphology and its
mechanical properties, Orthopedic Research Society 52nd Meeting, Chicago, IL.
14. Dickerson C.R., *Kyle N.F., Green H., 2006, Fatigability of the upper trapezius in control and
myalgic populations, 2006 Canadian Society for Biomechanics Conference, Waterloo, ON.
15. *Raina S.M., Dickerson C.R., 2006, The effects of job rotation and task order on deltoid
muscle fatigue, 2006 Canadian Society for Biomechanics Conference, Waterloo, ON.
16. Dickerson C.R., *Gatti C.J., Chadwick E.K.J., Mell A.G., Hughes R.E., 2006, Comparison of
mathematical model muscular moment arms with experimental data: a rotator cuff example,
2006 Meeting of the International Shoulder Group (ISG), Chicago, IL.
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17. *Brookham R.L., *Moreton J.N., Dickerson C.R., 2007, Mathematically describing shoulder
effort perception in low-demand tasks, 38th Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian
Ergonomists (ACE 2007), Toronto, ON, [recipient of the Julien M. Christensen Memorial
Award for best paper by a master’s student].
18. *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., Wells R.E., 2007, Changing the degrees of freedom controlled
at the hand-tool interface: An analysis of muscle activation, 38th Annual Meeting of the
Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE 2007), Toronto, ON [recipient of the Founders
Award for best paper by a doctoral student].
19. *Brookham R.L., McLean L., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Electromyography evaluation of manual
muscle tests, North American Congress on Biomechanics (NACOB), Ann Arbor, MI.
20. *Fischer S.L., *Chopp J.N., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Muscle activity in various overhead work
postures, North American Congress on Biomechanics (NACOB), Ann Arbor, MI.
21. *Chopp J.N., Hunt S., McKean C., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Approaches to reducing upper
extremity loading and injury risk factor during the installation of hydrometers, 39th Annual
Meeting of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE), Gatineau, QC. [finalist for the
ACE Undergraduate Award for best paper by an undergraduate student].
22. *Chow A.Y., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Shoulder strength of women in sitting and standing as a
function of posture and push direction, 39th Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian
Ergonomists (ACE), Gatineau, QC.
23. *Hall L.C., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Perception of shoulder moment load during load transfer
tasks, 39th Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE), Gatineau, QC,
[finalist for the Julien M. Christensen Award for best paper by a master’s student].
24. *McKinnon C.D., Callaghan J.P., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Quantifying physical exposures in
police cruiser operations, 39th Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists
(ACE), Gatineau, QC.
25. *Perdeaux K.A., *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2008, The effect of posture on muscle activity
and maximal isometric force exertions, 39th Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian
Ergonomists (ACE), Gatineau, QC.
26. *Pronovost L.M.M., *Howarth S.J., Dickerson C.R., Polgar J., Callaghan J.P., 2008, Effects of
geared wheels on shoulder muscle activity during wheelchair ramp ascent and descent, 39th
Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE), Gatineau, QC.
27. *Rosati P.M., Dickerson C.R., 2008, The influence of paint roller type and wall height on
shoulder muscle activity and force during wall painting, 39th Annual Meeting of the Association
of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE), Gatineau, QC [recipient of the ACE Undergraduate Award
for best paper by an undergraduate student].
28. *Wong J.M., *Brookham R.L., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Effects of upper limb posture and
submaximal hand exertions on shoulder muscle activity, 2008, 39th Annual Meeting of the
Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE), Gatineau, QC.
29. *Chopp J.N., *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2009, Identification of shoulder exertions that
elicit maximal activity of the deltoid and pectoralis major, 33rd Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Biomechanics, State College, PA.
30. *Picco B., *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2009, A quantitative analysis of the relationship
between scapular orientation and shoulder strength, 33rd Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Biomechanics, State College, PA.
31. *Brookham R.L., *Waite D.L., Dickerson C.R., 2009, On the appropriateness of estimating
intramuscular myoelectric signals from surface electrodes for the rotator cuff, 33rd Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, State College, PA.
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32. *Belbeck A.L., *Chow A.Y., Dickerson C.R., 2009, An empirical basis for a spatial shoulder
muscle activity map, 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, State
College, PA.
33. *Howarth S.J., Polgar J.M., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2009, Use of a geared wheelchair
for facilitating manual ramp ascent: effects on muscular demand, 33rd Annual meeting of the
American Society of Biomechanics, State College, PA.
34. *McKinnon C.D., Callaghan J.P., Dickerson C.R., 2009, The evaluation of mobile data
terminal location during a simulated police patrol task set, 40th Annual Meeting of the
Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE), Quebec City, QC.
35. Callaghan J.P., Polgar J.M., *Howarth S.J., Dickerson C.R., Boyd A., 2010, Reducing
muscular effort of manual wheelchair propulsion: Evidence to support the benefits of a geared
wheel. 26th International Seating Symposium. Vancouver, BC. University of British Columbia.
36. *Chopp J.N., O’Neill J.M., *Hurley K., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Radiographic Examination of
humeral head migration after fatiguing the rotator cuff, International Shoulder Group Meeting,
Minneapolis, MN.
37. *Chopp J.N., *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Evaluating 3-D scapular kinematics
following a fatiguing protocol which causes superior humeral head migration, International
Shoulder Group Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
38. *Brookham R.L., *Middlebrook E., *Grewal T-J., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Quantifying the co-
contraction relationship between elbow flexors and extensors during submaximal isometric
exertions, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Kingston, ON. [finalist for NDI Young
Investigator Awards - Doctoral Category]
39. *Hall L.C., *Middlebrook E., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Analysis of the effect of rotator cuff
impingements on upper limb kinematics in an elderly population during activities of daily
living, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Kingston, ON. [finalist for NDI Young Investigator
Awards - Masters Category]
40. *Picco B.P., *Fischer S.L., Wells R.P., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Identifying body region limiters
of manual strength: Is there a weakest link? Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Kingston, ON.
41. *Grewal T.-J., *Fischer S.L., Wells R.P., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Examining the influence of
unilateral versus bilateral maximum voluntary exertions on electromyographic data, Canadian
Society for Biomechanics, Kingston, ON.
42. *Molenaar S., Dickerson C.R., 2010, The influence of police cruiser interior configurations on
biomechanical, perception, and performance measures, Canadian Society for Biomechanics,
Kingston, ON. [finalist for ISEK Innovation Award]
43. *McDonald A., *Picco B.P., *Chow A.Y., *Belbeck A.L., Dickerson C.R., 2010,
Development of a spatial muscle activity map for horizontal forward and backward force
generation, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Kingston, ON.
44. Dickerson C.R., 2010, Is the genesis of rotator cuff disease (RCD) linked to muscle fatigue?
Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Kingston, ON. [recipient of the 2010 CSB NDI Promising
Young Investigator Award]
45. McKinnon C.D., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2010, Field quantification of discomfort and
in-vehicle activities of police cruiser operators, Association of Canadian Ergonomists,
Kelowna, BC.
46. *Chow A.Y., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Resolving the influence of elbow angle, force direction,
and handle orientation on electromyographic and force characteristics of forward pushing and
backward pulling, Association of Canadian Ergonomists, Kelowna, BC. [recipient of the Julien
M. Christensen Award for best paper by a master’s student]
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47. *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., Wells R.P., 2010, A stochastic 3-D static hand force prediction
model for estimating maximum feasible hand forces during unilateral exertions, 7th
International Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Angers,
France.
48. McKinnon C.D., Callaghan J.P, Dickerson C.R., 2010, Assessment of discomfort and
characterization of officer activity in police fleet vehicles, Canadian Association for Research
on Work and Health Conference, Toronto, ON.
49. *Lulic T., *Sravanapudi A., Gonzalez D.A., Dickerson C.R., Roy E.A., 2011, Bilateral three-
dimensional wrist velocity during activities of daily living: towards generating normative upper
limb kinematic profiles, 35th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Long
Beach, CA, USA.
50. *Cudlip A.C., *Fischer S.F., Wells R.P., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Task frequency and force
direction effects on psychophysically acceptable forces in a simulated work task, Association of
Canadian Ergonomists, London, ON [recipient of the ACE Undergraduate Award for best
paper by an undergraduate student].
51. *Fischer S.F., *Brenneman E.C., Wells R.P., Dickerson C.R., 2011, A biomechanical
explanation for psychophysically acceptable forces, Association of Canadian Ergonomists,
London, ON.
52. McKinnon C.D., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2011, Evaluation of the effect of police duty
belt equipment configuration on lumbar posture and discomfort, Association of Canadian
Ergonomists, London, ON.
53. *Ma Y.K., *Belbeck A.L., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Trade-offs between shoulder and low back
exposures following lift training, Association of Canadian Ergonomists, London, ON.
54. *Belbeck A.L., *Cudlip A.C., Dickerson C.R., 2011, The influence of training on
musculoskeletal exposures of the shoulders and low back during manual patient handling tasks,
Association of Canadian Ergonomists, London, ON.
55. *Noguchi M., *Borgs S.P., *Chopp J.N., Dickerson, C.R., 2011, Scapular orientation
following a protocol designed to fatigue the scapulothoracic musculature: Implications for
impingement, Association of Canadian Ergonomists, London, ON.
56. *McDonald A., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Spatial dependency of shoulder muscle demands in
lateral hand force exertions, Association of Canadian Ergonomists, London, ON.
57. *Gruevski K.M., McKinnon C.D., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2011, The effect of mobile
data terminal use on low back posture and discomfort during prolonged driving in police
officers, Association of Canadian Ergonomists, London, ON.
58. *Engelhardt A., *Lulic T., *Sravanapudi A., Roy E.A., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Variation in
planar area movements in healthy individuals: influences of hand dominance and task type (tool
use vs. pantomime), Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology
Conference, Winnipeg, MB.
59. *Chen J., Dickerson C.R., Wells R.P., Laing A.C., 2012, The effects of worker age on lifting:
phsychophysical estimates of acceptable loads and their link to biomechanics, Canadian Society
for Biomechanics, Burnaby, BC.
60. *Cudlip A.C., *Meszaros K.A., Dickerson C.R., 2012, The dependence of average shoulder
muscular activity on hand location and force direction during overhead exertion performance,
Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Burnaby, BC.
61. *Grewal T-J., Dickerson C.R., 2012, A novel shoulder rhythm including overhead and axially
rotated humeral postures, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Burnaby, BC.
62. *Grewal T-J., Dickerson C.R., 2012, A comparison of non-invasive methods of measuring
scapular orientation, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Burnaby, BC.
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63. *Gruevski K.M., McKinnon C.D., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2012, An evaluation of
prolonged simulated driving combined with in-vehicle police work, Canadian Society for
Biomechanics, Burnaby, BC.
64. *Lulic T., *Englehardt A., Gonzalez D., Roy E.A., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Bilateral three-
dimensional analysis of dominant and non-dominant limb joint angles in activities of daily
living, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Burnaby, BC.
65. *Picco B.P., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Profiling mean healthy shoulder multi-planar Elevation
kinematics and variability using skin-mounted scapula tracking techniques, Canadian Society
for Biomechanics, Burnaby, BC.
66. *Picco B.P., Dickerson C.R., 2012, The influence of gender on three-dimensional scapular
kinematics during humeral elevation: implications for subacromial impingement risk, Canadian
Society for Biomechanics, Burnaby, BC.
67. Brookham R.L., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Empirical quantification of an internal and external
rotation co-activation ratio in healthy shoulders, International Shoulder Group Meeting,
Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
68. *Chopp J.N., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Resolving the importance of the role of fatigue-related
scapular dyskinesis as a causal factor for subacromial impingement: a simulation analysis,
International Shoulder Group Meeting, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
69. *Picco B.P., Dickerson C.R., 2012, A method for reducing inter-individual scapular kinematic
profile variability by eliminating postural bias and examining the similarities of linear fits,
International Shoulder Group Meeting, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
70. *Joseph C., Callaghan J.P., Albert W.J., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Substantial intersubject
biomechanical variability exists when performing manufacturing work tasks, Association of
Canadian Ergonomists Meeting, Halifax, NS.
71. *Lulic T., *Engelhardt A., Dickerson C.R., Roy E.A., 2012, In search of manual asymmetries
in aging during complex tasks: does upper limb performance become more symmetric with
age? Society for Neuroscience Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
72. *Brookham R.L., *Allen T.R., *Cudlip A.C., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Comparison of
supraspinatus and infraspinatus surface and fine wire electromyography during isometric
humeral rotation, American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, NE, USA.
73. *Brookham R.L., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Consideration of PCSA in humeral rotation co-
activation calculations, American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, NE, USA.
74. *Cudlip A.C., *Allen T.R., *Holmes M.W.R., Callaghan J.P., Dickerson C.R., 2013, The
effects of shoulder abduction angle and wrist angle on upper extremity muscle activity in
unilateral right-handed push/pull tasks, American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, NE, USA.
75. *Gruevski K.M., *Holmes M.W.R., *Gooyers C.E., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2013,
Evaluation of a novel thoracic support for mobile police officers during prolonged driving
exposures, American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, NE, USA.
76. *Maciukiewicz J.M., *Cudlip A.C., *Chopp J.N., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Muscle activity in
simulated overhead drilling: the influences of work location, force direction, hand configuration
and body posture, American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, NE, USA.
77. *MacLean K.F.E.., *Chopp J.N., *Grewal T-J., *Picco B.R., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Three-
dimensional comparison of static and dynamic scapular motion tracking techniques, American
Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, NE, USA.
78. *McKinnon C.D., Laing A.C., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2013, The influence of neck
posture and Canadian forces helicopter helmet configuration on neck muscular demands.
American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, NE, USA.
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79. *Chopp-Hurley J.N., Langenderfer J.L., Dickerson C.R., 2014, A probabilistic evaluation of
the sensitivity of rotator cuff muscle force predictions to muscle attachment and glenohumeral
stability uncertainty, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA (finalist for NDI
Doctoral Award of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics).
80. *Lulic T., *Maciukiewicz J.M., Bryden P.J., Dickerson C.R., Roy E.A., 2014, The influence of
age on manual asymmetries in a drinking task, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston,
MA.
81. *McKinnon C.D., *Cudlip A.C., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2014, The effects of sitting or
standing posture and material handling task type on trunk muscle activity, 7th World Congress
of Biomechanics, Boston, MA.
82. *Chopp-Hurley J.N., O`Neill J.M., McDonald A.C., Maciukiewicz J.M., Dickerson C.R.,
2014, Variability of glenohumeral and scapulothoracic fatigue responses: implications for
subacromial impingement syndrome, International Shoulder Group Meeting, Waterloo, ON.
83. Xu X., Dickerson C.R., Lin J-H., McGorry R.W., 2014, Evaluation of three regression-based
3D shoulder rhythms, International Shoulder Group Meeting, Waterloo, ON.
84. *Lang A.E., Xu X., Lin J-H., McGorry R.W., Dickerson C.R., 2014, Activation patterns of
humeral internal and external rotators during pure axial moment generation across a postural
range, International Shoulder Group Meeting, Waterloo, ON.
85. *Maciukiewicz J.M., *Cudlip A.C., *Chopp-Hurley J.N., Dickerson C.R., 2014, The influence
of overhead work characteristics on shoulder and back muscle activity during a simulated
drilling task, International Shoulder Group Meeting, Waterloo, ON.
86. *Cudlip A.C., Callaghan J.P., Dickerson C.R., 2014, Effects of sitting and standing on
shoulder muscular demands during materials handling tasks, International Shoulder Group
Meeting, Waterloo, ON.
87. *Brookham R.L., Dickerson C.R., 2014, Quantifying upper limb strength and muscular effort
of breast cancer survivors, International Shoulder Group Meeting, Waterloo, ON.
c) Books and Book Chapters:
1. Dickerson C.R., 2008, Chapter 2: Modeling and simulation of tissue load in the upper
extremities, in the Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science, edited by Y.
Hong and R. Bartlett, Routledge, Oxon, UK, 18-35.
d) Technical and Consulting Reports:
1. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., Foulke J.A., Woolley C., Rabourn, R., August 2000, Dynamic
hand forces and required coefficients of friction for material handling manipulator pushing and
pulling exertions, Prepared for Ford Motor Company.
2. Dickerson C.R., December 2000, Shoulder exertions and biomechanical limits, report to
industrial partners of the Human Motion Simulation Laboratory.
3. Dickerson C.R., June 2001, Approaches to biomechanical modeling of the shoulder, report to
industrial partners of the Human Motion Simulation Laboratory.
4. Dickerson C.R., December 2001, Application of shoulder kinetic modeling to compare spinal
cord injured and normal speed motions, report to industrial partners of the Human Motion
Simulation Laboratory.
5. Dickerson C.R., June 2002, Correlation of biomechanical calculations with estimates of effort
perception in the shoulder, report to industrial partners of the Human Motion Simulation
Laboratory.
6. Dickerson C.R., December 2002, Advances towards a 3-D geometric representation of the
shoulder mechanism, report to industrial partners of the Human Motion Simulation Laboratory.
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7. Dickerson C.R., May 2003, Advances in mathematical modeling of the shoulder, report to
industrial partners of the Human Motion Simulation Laboratory.
8. Dickerson C.R., December 2003, Modeling perceived effort at the shoulder using
biomechanical data, report to the industrial partners of the Human Motion Simulation
Laboratory.
9. Dickerson C.R., June 2004, The role of shoulder biomechanics for interpretation of simulated
movement data, report to the industrial partners of the Human Motion Simulation Laboratory.
10. Dickerson C.R., December 2004, A novel musculoskeletal model description for ergonomic
analysis of tasks and jobs, report to the industrial partners of the Human Motion Simulation
Laboratory.
11. *Fischer S.L., *Chopp J.N., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Overhead Work: Evidence-Driven Job
Design and Evaluation, Position Paper, Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of
Musculoskeletal Disorders.
12. *Chopp J.N., Hunt S., McLean C., Dickerson C.R., 2009, Hydro Meter Installation Technique
Recommendations – prepared for the Electrical and Utility Safety Association of Ontario.
13. McKinnon C.D., Callaghan J.P., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Occupational exposures of Mobile
Police Officers: A Report to the York Regional Police.
14. Laing A.C.T., McKinnon C.D., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2011, The influence of helmet
design, neck posture, and night vision goggle use on neck muscular demand, a report prepared
for Defense Research Development Canada.
15. Callaghan J.P., Dickerson C.R., Laing A.C.T., 2014, The influence of neck posture and helmet
configuration on neck muscle demands, a report prepared for Defense Research Development
Canada.
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e) Other Publications:
Conference, non-refereed:
1. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2001, Shoulder biomechanical modeling during arm reaches in
workplace and vehicle simulation. 7th Automotive Research Center Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
2. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2002, Biomechanical modeling of shoulder loading and
perceived effort during task performance. 8th Automotive Research Center Conference, Ann
Arbor, MI.
3. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2003, Evaluating loading and perceived effort at the shoulder: a
quantitative biomechanical approach to task analysis. 9th Automotive Research Center
Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
4. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2003, An analysis of the relationship between biomechanical
loading and perceived effort at the shoulder for weighted reach tasks. Midwest Graduate
Student Biomechanics Symposium, Toledo, OH.
5. Dickerson C.R., Chaffin D.B., 2004, Shoulder biomechanics and proactive interface design.
10th Automotive Research Center Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
6. *Brookham R.L., *Moreton J.N., Dickerson C.R., 2007, Quantifying the relationship between
shoulder muscular demand and perception during low-level physical demand tasks, 4th Ontario
Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
7. *Raina S.M., Dickerson C.R., 2007, The effects of job rotation and task order on deltoid
muscle fatigue, 4th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
8. McKean C., Dickerson C.R., Maracle S., *Chopp J.N, 2007, Meter installation techniques:
Recommendations for reducing exposure to MSD risk factors. Electricity Distributors
Association of Ontario, Niagara Grand and Western District Joint Metering Workshop.
Burlington, Ontario.
9. *Brookham R.L., McLean L., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Electromyography evaluation of manual
muscle tests, 5th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
10. *Chopp J.N., *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Muscle activity patterns in varied overhead
work, 5th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
11. *Waite D.L., *Brookham R.L., McLean L., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Estimating indwelling
electromyography from surface electrodes in the rotator cuff, 5th Ontario Biomechanics
Conference, Barrie, ON.
12. *Hall L.C., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Perception of shoulder moment load during load transfer
tasks, 5th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
13. *McKinnon C.D., Callaghan J.P., Durkin J.L., Dickerson C.R., 2008, Quantifying physical
exposures in police cruiser operations, 5th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
14. *Pronovost L.M.M., *Howarth S.J., Dickerson C.R., Polgar J., Callaghan J.P., 2008, Effects of
geared wheels on shoulder muscle activity during wheelchair ramp ascent and descent, 5th
Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
15. *Rosati P.M., *Hall L.C., Dickerson C.R., 2008, The influence of paint roller design and wall
height on shoulder muscular activity, humeral posture and horizontal force applied during
standard wall painting, 5th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
16. *Belbeck A.L., *Chow A.Y., Dickerson C.R., 2009, An empirical basis for a spatial shoulder
muscle activity map, 6th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON., [finalist for NexGen
Ergonomics Award].
17. *Howarth S.J., Polgar J.P., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2009, Trunk muscle activity during
wheelchair ramp ascent and the effects of a geared wheel, 6th Ontario Biomechanics
Conference, Barrie, ON.
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18. *Picco B., *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2009, The influence of scapular orientation on
shoulder strength, 6th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
19. *Brookham R.L., Dickerson C.R., 2009, Estimating intramuscular signals from surface
electrodes in the rotator cuff, Ontario Exercise Neuroscience Group Meeting, London, ON.
20. *Molenaar S., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Biomechanical implications of police cruiser rear
restraint cage configurations and mobile data terminal location: half versus full cage designs, 7th
Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
21. *McDonald A., *Picco B.P., *Chow A.Y., *Belbeck A.L., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Shoulder
muscle activity in horizontal pushing and pulling tasks, 7th Ontario Biomechanics Conference,
Barrie, ON.
22. *Fischer S.L., *Grewal T.-J., Wells R.P., Dickerson C.R., 2010, Maximum voluntary electrical
activity in the shoulder: effect of bilateral versus unilateral exertions on signal amplitude and
within-participant reproducibility, 7th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
23. *Borgs S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Stochastic representation of human shoulder orthopaedic
morphology: improving population-based ergonomic assessments, 8th Ontario Biomechanics
Conference, Barrie, ON.
24. *Brenneman E.C., *Fischer S.L., Wells R.P., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Do psychophysically
acceptable forces in unilateral simulated work tasks depend on underlying biomechanical
weakest links?, 8th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
25. *Cudlip A.C., *Fischer S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2011, The effect of frequency and force direction
on psychophysically acceptable forces in a simulated work task, 8th Ontario Biomechanics
Conference, Barrie, ON.
26. *Lulic T., *Sravanapudi A., Gonzalez D., Dickerson C.R., Roy E.A., 2011, Three-dimensional
analysis of preferred and non-preferred limb movement variability in healthy individuals:
implications for understanding apraxia, 8th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
[finalist for NDI Masters Award]
27. *Ma Y.K., *Belbeck A.L., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Assessing trade-offs between the low back
and shoulders: influence of a lift training intervention on muscle demands, 8th Ontario
Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
28. *MacKay K.L., *Meszaros K.A., Dickerson C.R., 2011, The influence of posture variation on
electromyographic signals obtained during maximum voluntary isometric exertions: a shoulder
example, 8th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
29. *Meszaros K.A., Dickerson C.R., 2011, The effects of hand force magnitude and direction on
shoulder muscle activation during submaximal exertions, 8th Ontario Biomechanics Conference,
Barrie, ON.
30. *Noguchi M., *Chopp J.N., *Borgs S.L., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Scapular Orientation
following a protocol designed to fatigue the scapulothoracic musculature: implications for
impingement, 8th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
31. *Sravanapudi A., *Lulic T., Gonzalez D., Roy E.A., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Three-dimensional
modeling of upper extremity kinematics during activities of daily living: towards apraxia
evaluation, 8th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
32. *Ma Y.K., Belbeck A.L., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Low back prevention strategies: are you
protecting your back at the expense of your shoulders? Ontario Kinesiology Association,
Toronto, ON.
33. *Grewal T-J., Dickerson C.R., 2011, A comparison of different methods of measuring scapular
orientation during static humeral postures, Ontario Kinesiology Association, Toronto, ON.
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34. Borgs S.P., Dickerson C.R., 2011, Stochastic representation of human shoulder orthopaedic
morphology: improving population-based ergonomic assessments, Univeristy of Waterloo
Graduate Student Research Conference, Waterloo, ON.
35. *Allen T.R., *Brookham R.L., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Comparing surface and indwelling EMG
signals of rotator cuff muscles during submaximal axial humeral rotation, 9th Ontario
Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
36. *Chen J., Dickerson C.R., Wells R.P., Laing A.C.T., 2012, The effects of worker age on lifting:
psychophysical estimates of acceptable loads and their link to biomechanics, 9th Ontario
Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
37. *Cudlip A.C., *Meszaros K.A., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Examining muscular activity in
overhead exertions, 9th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
38. *Englehardt A., *Lulic T., Gonzalez D., Roy E.A., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Bilateral three-
dimensional analysis of dominant and non-dominant limb movement variability in activities of
daily living, 9th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
39. *Gruevski K.M., McKinnon C.D., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2012, The effect of mobile
terminal use on low back posture and discomfort during prolonged driving in police officers, 9th
Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON [finalist for NexGen Ergonomics Award].
40. *Tsang C., *Meszaros K.A., Dickerson C.R., 2012, Shoulder muscle activity in off-axis
pushing pulling tasks, 9th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
41. *Lulic T., *Englehardt A., Dickerson C.R., Roy E.A., 2012, The effect of aging on spatial and
temporal aspects of movement in the dominant and non-dominant limb during various activities
of daily living, Southern Ontario Motor Behaviour Symposium, Waterloo, ON.
42. *Brookham R.L., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Quantification and comparison of shoulder co-
activation of healthy vs. breast cancer survivor populations, 10th Ontario Biomechanics
Conference, Barrie, ON.
43. *Allen T.R., *Brookham R.L., *Cudlip A.C., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Supraspinatus and
infraspinatus activity in submaximal humeral rotations: comparing surface and indwelling EMG
signals, 10th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
44. *Maciukiewicz J.M., *Cudlip A.C., *Chopp J.N., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Work location, force
direction, hand configuration and posture effects on muscular activity in submaximal overhead
drilling, 10th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
45. *MacLean K.F.E., *Chopp J.N., *Grewal T.-J., *Picco B.R., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Three-
dimensional comparison of static and dynamic scapular motion tracking techniques, 10th
Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
46. *Gruevski K.M., *Holmes M.W.R., *Gooyers C.E., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2013,
Evaluation of a novel thoracic support for mobile police officers during prolonged driving
exposures, 10th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
47. *Cudlip A.C., *Allen T.R., *Holmes M.W.R., Callaghan J.P., Dickerson C.R., 2013, Shoulder
abduction and wrist angle effects on upper extremity muscle activity in unilateral push/pull
tasks, 10th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
48. *McKinnon C.D., Laing A.C.T., Dickerson C.R., Callaghan J.P., 2013, The influence of neck
posture and Canadian Forces helicopter helmet configuration on neck muscular demands, 10th
Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
49. *Chopp-Hurley J.N., Langenderfer J.E., Dickerson C.R., 2014, Probabilistic evaluation of
predicted force sensitivity to muscle attachment and glenohumeral stability uncertainty, 11th
Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
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50. *Cudlip A.C., Callaghan J.P., Dickerson C.R., 2014, Upper extremity muscular demands during
materials handling tasks while sitting and standing, 11th Ontario Biomechanics Conference,
Barrie, ON.
51. *Lang A.E., Xu X., Lin J-H., McGorry R.W., Dickerson C.R., 2014, Activation patterns of
humeral internal and external rotators during axial rotation at varying postures, 11th Ontario
Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
52. *MacLean K.F.E., Dickerson C.R., 2014, Reliability of white light interferometry for assessing
bone surface morphology, 11th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
53. *Maciukiewicz J.M., *Lang A.E., *MacLean K.F.E., Grenier S.G., Dickerson C.R., 2014,
Shoulder and low back loading in cashiers: What are the critical contributing factors? a
laboratory study, 11th Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie, ON.
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Presentations to Scholarly Groups:
a) Invited
1. Dickerson C.R., 2006, Issues facing integration of high-fidelity models in functional job
analysis, in: The state and future of upper extremity biomechanics in the workplace: a
symposium, Canadian Society for Biomechanics Meeting, Waterloo, ON.
2. Dickerson C.R., 2006, Shoulder biomechanics: modeling, joint function, and digital
ergonomics, Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, Downstate Medical Center, School of
Graduate Studies, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
3. Dickerson C.R., 2007, Shoulder biomechanics and digital ergonomics, Industrial Accident
Prevention Association: Health & Safety Canada 2007 Conference & Trade Show, Toronto,
ON.
4. Dickerson C.R., 2007, The shoulder girdle, 2007 Annual Meeting of the Ontario Kinesiology
Association, Waterloo, ON.
5. Dickerson C.R., 2007, The intersection of digital ergonomics and shoulder biomechanics,
Motion Research Group, Systems Design Engineering Department, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, ON.
6. Dickerson C.R., 2008, Making digital humans more ‘human’: Focusing on the shoulder, in:
Occupational evaluations using advanced biomechanical models: Circumventing workplace
barriers through simulation, North American Congress on Biomechanics (NACOB), Ann
Arbor, MI.
7. Dickerson C.R., 2008, Virtual shoulders in a physical world, Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering Seminar Series, State University of New York (SUNY) – Buffalo,
Buffalo, NY.
8. Dickerson C.R., 2010, Attempts to reduce musculoskeletal loading in the electricity and
utilities sector: a meter installation example, Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of
Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD) 2010 Research Retreat, Kingston, ON.
9. Dickerson C.R., 2011, Leveraging large-scale musculoskeletal shoulder models to develop best
practices for ergonomic design of industrial tasks, Ergonomics and Safety Program, University
of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
10. Dickerson C.R., 2012, Occupational outliers: stochasticity and determinism in occupational
biomechanics, in: Occupational Outliers: Respecting Biomechanical Variability: a symposium,
Canadian Society for Biomechanics Meeting, Burnaby, BC [also symposium chair].
11. Dickerson C.R., 2012, Shoulder biomechanics from the assembly line to the clinic to the
retirement home, Human Mobility Research Centre, Queens University, Kingston, ON.
12. Dickerson C.R., 2012, Shoulder biomechanics as a tool for informing clinical, ergonomic, and
injury prevention strategies, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de
Montréal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, QC.
13. Dickerson C.R., 2013, Advances in shoulder biomechanics in ergonomics, clinical practice,
and fundamental mechanics, Graduate Seminar Series, Department of Health Sciences and
Kinesiology, York University, Toronto, ON.
14. Dickerson C.R., 2013, Shoulder biomechanics as a tool for informing ergonomic and injury
prevention strategies, Researcher to researcher series, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for
Safety, Hopkinton, MA.
15. Dickerson C.R., 2013, Applying shoulder biomechanics to inform ergonomic and injury
prevention and treatment strategies, Seminar series, Department of Kinesiology, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
16. Dickerson C.R., *Chopp-Hurley J.N., and Langenderfer J.L., 2014, Resolving relative
contributions to fatigue-induced subacromial space changes: a combined
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kinematic/imaging/simulation approach, in: American Society of Biomechanics Ergonomics
and Human Factors Symposium at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA.
17. Dickerson C.R., 2014, Applied Shoulder Biomechanics – Advancing Fundamental,
Occupational, Population, and Clinical Approaches to Shoulder Function and Dysfunction, IOE
836 Seminar Series, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
b) Self-initiated – N/A
Presentation to Professional Groups:
a) Invited
1. Dickerson C.R., 2006, Shoulder biomechanics and mechanical glenohumeral joint stability,
Alexander Technique Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2. Dickerson C.R., 2014, Occupational shoulder biomechanics: A Perspective, United States
Council for Automotive Research: Ergonomics Task Force, Southfield, MI, USA
b) Self-initiated – N/A
Other Productivity:
Degree documents, limited publication:
1. Dickerson C.R., 1999, The compressive behavior of lumbar vertebrae from (macaca
fascicularis) and its relationship to bone density, Master’s Thesis, Clemson University,
Clemson, SC, USA.
2. Dickerson C.R., 2005, A biomechanical analysis of shoulder loading and effort during load
transfer tasks, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Research Grants and Contracts:
Researcher(s) Agency Funding [#] Tenure Short Title
Laing A.C., DRDC $74,635 2014 Muscle and kinematic responses to
Callaghan J.P., [30%] helmet mounted vision enhancers
Dickerson C.R.
Schinkel-Ivy A., CRE-MSD $9,083 2013-2014 Loading trade-offs between low
Drake J.D.M., [10%] back and shoulder during
Dickerson C.R. custodial tasks
Dickerson C.R. MOL $58,557 2013-2014 Physical exposures and performance
Callaghan J.P. [80%] indicators in office and material
handling tasks while sitting and
standing
Grenier S.G., MOL $58,535 2013-2014 Shoulder and low back loading in
Dickerson C.R., [40%] cashiers: what are the contributing
Joseph C., factors?
Gauvin A.,
MacArthur D.,
Joseph C., CRE-MSD $8,008 2012 Assessment of shoulder muscle
Dickerson C.R. [100%] activity and body posture of cashiers
Dickerson C.R. NSERC $160,000 2011-2016 Advanced empirical & mathematical
[100%] quantification of shoulder tissue
mechanical exposures
Laing A.C., DRDC $56,823 2011 Neck muscle demands during the use
Callaghan J.P., [30%] of helicopter pilot helmets and night
Dickerson C.R. vision goggles
Dickerson C.R., WSIB $37,450 2011-2012 Adaptation of a novel shoulder
Callaghan J.P. [65%] exposure analysis tool for use by
practicing ergonomists
Potvin J.L., AUTO21 $57,250 2011-2012 Developing and implementing
Albert W.J., [20%] digital human modeling to improve
Callaghan J.P., proactive and reactive ergonomic
Dickerson C.R., assessments
Keir P.J.
Laing A.C.T., CRE-MSD $9,931 2010-2011 Load limits for manual material
Wells R.W., [10%] handling - do psychophysical
Dickerson C.R. estimates of acceptable loads during
lifting differ between older and
younger workers?
Dickerson C.R. MRI $190,000 2010-2015 Early Researcher Award: A
(Ontario) [100%] biomechanical model of fatigue-
induced subacromial impingement
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Fischer S.L., CRE-MSD $5,175 2010-2011 A method to predict acceptable hand
Dickerson C.R., [100%] force demands during upper
Wells R.W. extremity intensive work: A test of
principle
Dickerson C.R., CRE-MSD $3,850 2010-2011 Radiographic examination of
Chopp J.N. [100%] humeral head migration after
O’Neill J. fatiguing the rotator cuff with a
simulated work task
Callaghan J.P., WSIB $204,740 2009-2012 Improving the working environment
Dickerson C.R. [35%] in police cruisers: Reducing officers'
physical risks of the low back and
upper extremity
Callaghan J.P, York $24,375 2009 An assessment of laptop usage in
Dickerson C.R. Regional [50%] police cruisers: An evaluation of
(co-P.I.) Police usage patterns, postures and comfort
Potvin J.L., AUTO21 $107,250 2009-2011 Developing and implementing
Albert W.J., [20%] digital human modeling to improve
Callaghan J.P., proactive and reactive ergonomic
Dickerson C.R., assessments
Keir P.J.
Dickerson C.R. CRE-MSD $7,000 2009 Meeting of ministry of labour and
[0%] industrial ergonomists to enhance
provincial ergonomics delivery
Dickerson C.R. NSERC $54,000 2008-2011 Mathematical and empirical
[100%] investigations into shoulder function
Dickerson C.R., CRE-MSD $2,000 2008 A position paper on determining
Grieve J.R., [100%] acceptable levels of overhead work
Fischer S.L. in industry
Dickerson C.R., CRE-MSD $9,755 2008-2009 Integrating a shoulder biomechanical
Marshall J., [100%] model in contemporary job analyses
McAuley K.,
McLean C.
Dickerson C.R., WSIB $172,211 2007-2010 Development and evaluation of a
Callaghan J.P., [65%] novel shoulder occupational
Wotherspoon R.W. exposure analysis tool
Dickerson C.R. CFI $178,035 2007-2010 Digital ergonomics and shoulder
[100%] research laboratory infrastructure
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Dickerson C.R. ORF $178,035 2007-2010 Digital ergonomics and shoulder
[100%] research laboratory infrastructure
Dickerson C.R. Industries $143,716 2007-2010 In-kind support of infrastructure
[100%] acquired through CFI/LOF grants
Dickerson C.R. CFI $53,411 2007-2012 Infrastructure operating fund (to
[100%] support the above infrastructure
awarded through the Leader’s
Opportunity Award from CFI/LOF)
Wells R.P., WSIB $39,928 2007-2008 Development of a novel ergonomic
Kramer D.M., [10%] tool to predict hand and wrist effort
Wyatt C., White D., during work tasks
Dickerson C.R.
Dickerson C.R., CRE-MSD $9,503 2007-2008 Evaluation and refinement of hydro
Maracle S., Boyle C. [75%] meter field installation techniques
Callaghan J.P., CRE-MSD $9,825 2007-2008 Physical exposure evaluation in
Dickerson C.R., [50%] mobile police cruiser operations
Durkin J.L.
Dickerson C.R. CRE-MSD $9,971 2006-2007 Muscular effort in the shoulder in
[100%] low-demand manual tasks
Wells R.P., WSIB $28,695 2006-2007 Multi-task jobs and job rotation
Potvin J., Keir P., [35%] evaluation in the wrist, shoulder, and
Moore A., low back
Carnahan H.,
Dickerson C.R.
Green H., CRE-MSD $7,500 2005-2006 Evaluating trapezius fatigue and
Tupling A.R., [25%] molecular indicators of repetitive
Dickerson C.R. strain injuries
Dickerson C.R. U. Waterloo $35,000 2005 Faculty startup funding
[100%]
Dickerson C.R. U. Waterloo $15,000 2005 Vice president’s award
[100%]
# - Percentage of grant funds applied to personal research program in square brackets under total
Summary of Funding: Lifetime total of awarded grants (including negotiated in-kind contributions):
$2,016,248; estimated value applied directly to my personal research program: $1,428,537 (~71%).
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Student (and Highly Qualified Personnel) Supervision:
a) As Primary Supervisor, Graduate and Postdoctoral (24):
1) Ph.D. (5):
1) Steven Fischer, co-supervised with Richard Wells, 2006-2011, A biomechanical
investigation into the link between simulated job static strength and psychophysical
strength: Do they share a “weakest link” relationship? [NSERC PGS Doctoral
Recipient, 2007-2010; OGS Doctoral Level Recipient, 2010-2011]
2) Rebecca Brookham, 2008-2014, Developing a biomechanical basis for effective return
to work and resumption of daily living activities following breast cancer treatment
[NSERC PGS Doctoral Recipient, 2009-2012; OGS Doctoral Level Recipient, 2011-
2012]
3) Jaclyn Chopp, 2010- , Development of a probabilistic population model for the
prediction of subacromial geometric variability [NSERC PGS Doctoral Recipient,
2012-2015]
4) Kathleen MacLean, 2013- , (Tentative Title) Orthopaedic morphological scapular,
humeral, and clavicular variation in homo sapiens in the recorded fossil record:
implications for function, society, and modernization.
5) Alan Cudlip, 2014- , TBD [NSERC PGS Doctoral Recipient, 2014-2017]
2) Masters (16):
1) Sachin Raina, 2005-2008, Quantifying ligamentous contributions and their effects on a
muscle force prediction model of the shoulder
2) Rebecca Brookham, 2006-2008, Electromyography evaluation of rotator cuff manual
muscle tests
3) Laurie Hall, 2007-2010, Analysis of effect of rotator cuff impingements on upper limb
kinematics in an elderly population during activities of daily living tasks
4) Colin McKinnon, 2007-2009, Quantification and evaluation of physical shoulder
exposures in police mobile data terminal operators
5) Alicia Belbeck, 2008-2010, An assessment of the interplay between the shoulders and
the low back in occupational tasks: A manual patient handling example
6) Jaclyn Chopp, 2008-2009, Radiographic examination of humeral head migration after
fatiguing the rotator cuff [NSERC CGS Masters Recipient, 2009-2010]
7) Amy Chow, 2008-2010, Investigation of hand forces, shoulder muscle activation
patterns in push and pull exertions [NSERC CGS Masters Recipient, 2008-2010]
8) Tej-Jaskirat (Jessie) Grewal, 2009-2011, Quantifying the shoulder rhythm and
comparing non-invasive methods of scapular tracking for overhead and axially rotated
humeral postures [OGS Masters Level Recipient, 2009-2011]
9) Bryan Picco, 2009-2012, Quantifying the effects of humeral elevation angle, plane of
elevation, and motion phase on 3D shoulder kinematics during dynamic humeral
movement in multiple vertical planes [NSERC CGS Masters Recipient, 2010-2011]
10) Stephanie Borgs, 2010-2013, Determining the effects of force intensity, postural and
force direction constraints on off-axis force production during static unilateral pushing
and pulling exertions
11) Kimberly Meszaros, 2010-2013, Resolving the influence of work sequencing which
includes overhead work: implications for job cycle designs
12) Tea Lulic, co-supervised with Eric Roy, 2011-2013, In search of manual asymmetries
in aging during performance of activities of daily living: does upper limb performance
become more symmetric with age?
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13) Karen Ma, co-supervised with William McIlroy, 2011 [Withdrew]
14) Alan Cudlip, 2012-2014, Quantification of upper extremity physical exposures of
materials handling tasks in seated and standing configurations [OGS Masters Level
Recipient, 2012-2013]
15) Angelica Lang, 2013- , [OGS Masters Level Recipient, 2013-2014]; [NSERC CGS
Masters Recipient, 2014-2015]
16) Rachel Whittaker, 2014- , [NSERC CGS Masters Recipient, 2014-2015]
3) Postdoctoral Researchers (3):
1) Michael Holmes, co-supervised with Jack Callaghan, 2011-2012
2) Caroline Joseph, 2012-2013
3) Meghan Vidt, 2014-
4) Graduate Independent Studies (18)
Course Student Term
KIN 682 [13]: 1) Sachin Raina Winter 2007
2) Rebecca Brookham Winter 2007
3) Laurie Hall Winter 2008
4) Colin McKinnon Winter 2008
5) Kevin Hurley Winter 2008
6) Jaclyn Chopp Winter 2009
7) Alicia Belbeck Winter 2009
8) Amy Chow Winter 2010
9) Stephanie Borgs Spring 2011
10) Kimberly Meszaros Spring 2011
11) Tea Lulic Spring 2012
12) Alan Cudlip Spring 2013
13) Angelica Lang Spring 2014
KIN 782 [5]: 1) Steven Fischer Winter 2007
2) Sophia Berolo Winter 2009
3) Rebecca Brookham Spring 2009
4) Jaclyn Chopp Spring 2011
5) Kathleen MacLean Spring 2013
b) Undergraduate research students (101, some in multiple roles):
Course Student Term
KIN 391 [23]: 1) Jesse Moreton Fall 2005
2) Jaclyn Chopp Winter 2007
3) John-Ray Gauthier Winter 2007
4) Nicole Weishar Spring 2007
5) Ronald Tin Spring 2007
6) Colin Hughes Fall 2007
7) Christopher Burnie Spring 2008
8) Daniel James Fall 2008
9) Yamini Mistry Winter 2009
10) Nicola Holmes Winter 2009
11) Alan Cudlip Winter 2010
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12) Leon Latty Spring 2010
13) Christine Ma Spring 2010
14) Joanna Pharazyn Spring 2010
15) Aneesha Sravanapudi Fall 2010
16) Vanessa Quidayan Spring 2011
17) James Prinsen Fall 2012
18) Alberto Pagano Fall 2013
19) Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz Fall 2013
20) Payal Ghandi Winter 2014
21) Cerys McGuinness Fall 2014
22) Dylan Craig Fall 2014
23) Carmen Liang Winter 2015
KIN 431/432 [24]: 1) Jason Grieve Fall 2005, Spring 2006
Underlined name 2) Adam Wong Spring 2006, Winter 2007
indicates work 3) Gregory Cresswell Spring 2007, Winter 2008
from project 4) Amy Chow Spring 2007, Winter 2008
was published 5) Kevin Perdeaux Spring 2007, Winter 2008
in a peer-reviewed 6) Patricia Rosati Spring 2007, Winter 2008
journal 7) Joanna Wong Spring 2007, Winter 2008
8) Jaclyn Chopp Fall 2007, Winter 2008
9) Danielle Waite Fall 2007, Winter 2008
10) Bryan Picco Spring 2008, Winter 2009
11) Alison McDonald Fall 2009, Winter 2010
12) Samantha Molenaar Fall 2009, Winter 2010
13) Erin Middlebrook Spring 2010, Winter 2011
14) Mamiko Noguchi Spring 2010, Fall 2010
15) Karen Ma Spring 2010, Winter 2011
16) Joanna Pharazyn Winter 2011, Winter 2011
17) Alan Cudlip Spring 2011, Spring 2011
18) Elora Brenneman Fall 2010, Fall 2011
19) Kimberly MacKay Spring 2011, Spring 2011
20) Carmen Tsang Spring 2011, Winter 2012
21) Tyler Allen Fall 2012, Winter 2013
22) Daniel MacKinnon Fall 2012, Winter 2013
23) Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz Fall 2014, Winter 2015
24) Alberto Pagano Fall 2014, Winter 2015
KIN 472 [14]: 1) Sharon Fan Winter 2006
2) Jason Grieve Fall 2006
3) Stefano Bozzo Winter 2007
4) Jaclyn Chopp Winter 2008
5) Benjamin Lee Winter 2009
6) Leo Chau Spring 2010
7) Aneesha Sravanapudi Winter 2011
8) Alison McDonald Winter 2011
9) David Smith Winter 2011
10) Karen Ma Winter 2011
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11) Vanessa Quidayan Winter 2012
12) Alan Cudlip Winter 2012
13) James Prinsen Winter 2013
14) Lindsay Cartwright Winter 2014
Research 1) Jesse Moreton Summer 2006
Assistants [40]: 2) Rebecca Curry Summer 2006
3) Thomas Flynn Summer 2006, 2007
4) Jaclyn Chopp Summer 2007, 2008
5) Laurie Hall Summer 2007
6) Danielle Waite Summer 2007
7) Colin McKinnon Summer 2007
8) Alicia Belbeck Summer 2008
9) Amy Chow Summer 2008
10) Teddy Kim Summer 2008
11) Jonathan Lin Winter 2009
12) Boxue Zhou Winter 2009
13) Cheryl Patten Winter 2009
14) Erin Middlebrook Summer 2009, Fall 2010, Summer
2011
15) Alison McDonald Summer 2009, 2010
16) Samantha Molenaar Summer 2009
17) Bryan Picco Summer 2009
18) Tej-Jaskirat Grewal Summer 2009
19) Mamiko Noguchi Fall 2009, Summer 2010
20) Andrew Strathearn Winter 2010
21) Alan Cudlip Summer 2010, Winter 2011, Fall
2011, Winter 2012, Summer
2012
22) Stephanie Borgs Summer 2010
23) Elora Brenneman Summer 2010, Winter 2011,
Summer 2011
24) Kimberly Meszaros Summer 2010
25) Karen Ma Fall 2010, Summer 2011
26) Vanessa Quidayan Fall 2010
27) Carmen Tsang Fall 2010
28) Kimberly MacKay Winter 2011
29) Bronson Du Winter 2011
30) Tyler Allen Summer 2011, Winter 2012,
Summer 2012, Fall 2012,
Summer 2013
31) Tea Lulic Summer 2011
32) Alison Englehardt Fall 2011, Winter 2012
33) Corey Hofkirchner Fall 2011
34) Kevin Cheng Summer 2012
35) Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz Fall 2012, Summer 2013, Winter
2014; Summer 2014
36) Maureen Riddell Summer 2013
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37) Angelica Lang Summer 2013
38) Alberto (Chris) Pagano Summer 2014
39) Archana Kunasegaram Summer 2014
40) Rachel Whittaker Summer 2014
Laboratory Personnel Colin McKinnon, MSc, Research Associate 2009-2011
Alicia Belbeck, MSc, Robot Technician 2011
Jaclyn Chopp, MSc, MoCap Technician 2011
Caroline Joseph, MSE, Laboratory Technician 2011-2013
Kathleen MacLean, MSc, Laboratory Technician 2012
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1. Graduate Supervision, as Committee Member (25):
a. Ph.D. (10):
1) Steven Brown, 2008 (advisor Stuart McGill)
Examining the neuromuscular and mechanical characteristics of the abdominal
musculature and connective tissues: implications for stiffening the lumbar spine
2) Robert Parkinson, 2008 (advisor Jack Callaghan)
Refining the relationship between the mechanical demands on the spine and injury
mechanisms through improved estimates of load exposure and tissue tolerance
3) Diane Gregory, 2009 (advisor Jack Callaghan)
The influence of the tensile material properties of single annulus fibrosus lamellae
and the interlamellar matrix strength on disc herniation and progression
4) Jeremy Noble, 2010 (advisor Stephen Prentice)
Development of a neuromechanical model for understanding dynamic sensorimotor
interactions during locomotion
5) Samuel Howarth, 2011 (advisor Jack Callaghan)
Mechanical response of the porcine cervical spine to acute and repetitive anterior-
posterior shear
6) Tyson Beach, 2012 (advisor Jack Callaghan)
Identifying and training to eliminate movement impairments - effects on low-back
joint loading, stability, and potential for injury at work
7) Mohammad Sharif Shourijeh, 2013 [Systems Design Engineering] (advisor John
McPhee)
Optimal Control and Multibody dynamic modelling of human musculoskeletal
systems
8) Travis Steele, [Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah] (advisor Donald
Bloswick)
Internal Shoulder Biomechanics during Pushing and Pulling Tasks
9) Edward Cambridge, (advisor Stuart McGill)
Hip and spine integration – understanding the linkage from several perspectives of
low back pain
10) Reza Sharif Razavian [Systems Design Engineering (advisor John McPhee)
Human Motor Control Models for Rehabilitation Purposes
b. Masters (15):
1) Claudio Tampier, 2006 (advisor Stuart McGill)
Progressive disc herniation: An investigation of the mechanism using histochemical
and microscopic techniques
2) Christopher Ste-Croix, 2008 (advisor Jennifer Durkin)
Dynamic control strategies used by ACL-deficient copers and non-copers during
stair climbing
3) Kristen McFall, 2008 (advisor Richard Wells)
A psychophysical investigation of grip types with specific application to job rotation
4) Diana DeCarvallo, 2008 (advisor Jack Callaghan)
Time varying gender and passive tissue responses to prolonged driving
5) Lindsay Slater, 2009 (advisor Richard Wells)
The effect of different manual task simulation methods on hand and forearm demand
estimates
6) Andrew Beath (advisor Jennifer Durkin) [withdrew]
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A bovine model of knee cartilage deformation: relevance to osteoarthritis initiation
7) Marcus Yung, 2011 (advisor Richard Wells)
Exposure Amplitude Variation and Its Implications for Acute and Longer Term
Responses Using Biomechanical, Physiological, and Neurphysiological Indicators
8) Iris Levine, 2011 (advisor Andrew Laing)
Factors that influence pelvic stiffness and peak impact force during lateral falls
9) Dianne Ikeda, 2011 (advisor Stuart McGill)
Provocative testing and subsequent intervention to reduce back pain: A series of case
studies
10) Abdulatif Alwasel, 2011 [Systems Design Engineering] (advisor Eihab Abdel-
Rahman)
A device to measure arm elevation in the construction sector
11) Jade Chen, 2012 (advisor Andrew Laing)
The effects of worker age on lifting: psychophysical estimates of acceptable loads
and their link to biomechanics
12) Kristina Gruevski, 2012 (advisor Jack Callaghan)
Evaluation of a thoracic support for police officers during prolonged driving
exposures
13) Adrien Moufflet, (advisor Julie Cote, McGill University)
Identification of objective measures of neck/shoulder fatigue during simulated auto
work at shoulder height
14) Taya McGillivary, (advisor Stacey Acker)
Predicting thigh-calf contact force and area
15) Helen Chong, (advisor Stacey Acker)
Do East Asians achieve greater knee flexion than Caucasian North Americans, and
are East Asian kneeling and squatting styles kinetically different from North
American norms?
2. External Examiner (5):
1) Fearon Seaman, PhD, University of New Brunswick, 2008, Focus area: Biomechanics of the
shoulder, comprehensive examination.
2) Caroline Damecour, PhD, Queens University, 2012, Dissertation title - External trunk
support with industrial benchwork
3) Pierre-Yves Lagace, PhD, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), 2012, Dissertation title -
Développement et validation d'une méthode d'évaluation des translations glénohumérales
3D sous EOS MC (French); Development and validation of a method of evaluating 3-
dimensional glenohumeral translation using EOS MC (English)
4) Julia Zandt, PhD, Technische Universität München, 2014, Dissertation title – Biomechanical
evaluation of healthy shoulder joints in elite junior javelin throwers and volleyball players:
The effectiveness of a 1-year preventive exercise intervention.
5) Kimberley Cullen, PhD, University of Guelph (Biophyisics), 2014, Dissertation title –
Patterns and risk factors for injuries and shoulder muscular activation in dogs performing
agility tasks.
6) Dissertation Defense Chair (5):
1) Aaron Dumas, PhD, University of Waterloo, Faculty of Science, Chemistry
Development of new domino reactions of alkylidene Meldrum’s Acids involving Friedel-
Crafts chemistry and catalytic conjugate addition of alkylidene Meldrum’s acids, 2009.
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2) Agnieszka Fecica, PhD, University of Waterloo, Faculty of Arts, Psychology
A step at a time: An investigation of preschoolers’ simulations of narrative events during
story comprehension, 2010.
3) Howard Chun-Kui Siu, PhD, University of Waterloo, Faculty of Science, Chemistry
Characterization of the self-assembly of pyrene-labelled macromolecules in water, 2010.
4) Carolyn Wilson, PhD, University of Waterloo, Faculty of Arts, Psychology
Dissociating response prepotency and response conflict within tasks of action inhibition
among individuals scoring high on the schizotypal personality questionnaire, 2010.
5) Margaretta Patrick, PhD, University of Waterloo, Faculty of Arts, Religious Studies
Playing for keeps: the evangelical fellowship of Canada in the public sphere, 1983-2006,
2011.
Other – Doctoral comprehensive examination committee, Waterloo Kinesiology (22)
1) Rob Parkinson 2005
2) Jeremy Noble 2005
3) Jonathan Singer 2006
4) Diane Gregory 2006
5) Tyson Beach 2006
6) Jennie Jackson 2006
7) Erika Nelson-Wong 2006
8) Steven Fischer 2007
9) Samuel Howarth 2007
10) Rebecca Brookham 2009
11) Diana De Carvalho 2009
12) David Frost 2009
13) Jaclyn Chopp 2011
14) Kaitlin Gallagher 2011
15) Chad Gooyers 2011
16) Thomas Karakolis 2011
17) Kristina Gruevski 2013
18) Iris Levine 2013
19) Kathleen MacLean 2013
20) Colin McKinnon 2013
21) Natalie Sidorkewicz 2013
22) Tyler Weaver 2013
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Service:
a) University: N/A
b) Faculty:
Founding Faculty Member, Ph.D. in Work and Health Program, 2007
AHS Liaison for Information and Systems Technology, 2006-2007
AHS Representative to Engineering Faculty Council, 2006-2008, 2010
AHS Cooperative Education Review Committee, 2007-present
Chair, AHS Faculty Council, 2010-2011; 2014
AHS Computing Representative 2011-2014
Decanal Renewal Committee, Applied Health Sciences, 2014
Decanal Search Committee, Applied Health Sciences, 2014-2105
c) Department:
Undergraduate Committee, 2006-2007
Graduate Committee, 2006-2010; 2013
Biomechanics Graduate Coordinator, 2006-2007, 2008-2010, 2013
Executive Committee, 2007-2009
Development of Ergonomics Professional Master’s Program, 2008-present
d) Community:
Scientific advisory board member, Centre for Research Expertise for the Prevention of
Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2007-2010
Executive Member, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, 2012-2014
Numerous journal, conference and society contributions (see scholarly and professional activities)
TD Discovery Days in Health Sciences, The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, Laboratory
Experiences, 2011, 2012