Sean Gibbons BSc. (Hons) P.T., MSc. Ergonomics, MCPA

Biography:

Sean Gibbons graduated from Manchester University in the UK in 1995. He shares his time between clinical practice, teaching and is pursuing his PhD at Memorial University of Newfoundland. It involves the inter-relationship between, psychosocial factors, motor control, learning based cognitive factors, sensory motor function and outcome. His research has definite clinical implications for the management of musculoskeletal dysfunction. The development of the Motor Control Abilities Questionnaire identifies clients who will unlikely do well with specific motor control rehabilitation and identifies alternative rehabilitation options to improve motor control and cognitive dysfunction. His dissection and research has provided new insight into muscle function and prompted research into the field. Specific muscles have included psoas major, gluteus maximus and upper trapezius. This has lead to the development of new rehabilitation protocols for several muscles. He has presented his research at national and international conferences and has several journal publications on related topics.

Publications/Presentations:

Gibbons SGT and Comerford MJ 2001 Strength versus stability. Part 1: Concepts and terms. Orthopaedic Division Review. March / April. 21-27

Gibbons SGT and Comerford MJ 2001 Strength versus stability. Part 2: Benefits and limitations. Orthopaedic Division Review. March / April. 28-33

Gibbons SGT, Mottram S, Comerford MJ 2001 Stability and movement dysfunction related to the elbow and forearm. Orthopaedic Division Review. Sept / Oct:15-33

Gibbons SGT, Comerford MJ and Emerson P 2002 Rehabilitation of the stability function of psoas major. Orthopaedic Division Review. Jan / Feb. 7-16

Gibbons SGT 2007 Clinical anatomy and function of psoas major and deep sacral gluteus maximus. In: Vleeming A, Stoeckhart R and Mooney V. Movement, Stability and Lumbopelvic Pain, 2^nd Edition, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh

Gibbons 2008 Assessment and rehabilitation of the stability function of psoas major. Manual Therapy (German) In press.

Gibbons SGT 2008 Retraining of asymmetry in recruitment of transversus abdominis. Orthopaedic Division Review. In press

Gibbons SGT 2008 A Model for the Clinical Application of Movement Dysfunction. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. In press

Gibbons SGT, MWR Holmes, C Grandy, C Kean and DG Behm Altered hip and trunk muscle recruitment in subjects with long standing low back pain during a specific exercise for the psoas major muscle. Submitted

Gibbons SGT Sensory motor exercise may improve cognitive learning function. A case series. Submitted

Gibbons SGT Functional anatomy of gluteus maximus. Submitted

Gibbons SGT Anatomy and functional relations of psoas major. Submitted

Gibbons SGT Why does exercise help? Submitted

Scheduled Courses
Motor Control Ability Assessment & Proprioceptive Sensory Motor Training	08 Nov - 09 Nov 2008	London - exact venue tbc