Eric Gibson

Eric Gibson completed his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Master of Science at the University of Calgary. Eric completed two studentships with the O’Brien Institute for Public Health & Ward of the 21^st Century, as well as three funded studentships with the Orthopaedic Surgery team at the South Health Campus. Here, he collaborated on projects relating to shoulder surgery and patient-specific factors/outcomes. Eric went on to complete his MSc under Dr. Kati Pasanen, focusing on shoulder and upper extremity injury in youth sport (focusing on ice hockey and collision sports). Eric has participated in prospective data collection, systematic reviews, survey design, case reporting, data analysis, manuscript preparation, invited peer review, and the presentation/dissemination of research findings.

As of January 2024, Eric will begin his PhD focusing on youth musculoskeletal injuries in the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre with Dr. Carolyn Emery!

Academic Publications

1. Heming EE, Gibson ES, Friesen KB, et al. Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for upper extremity injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the FAIR consensus. Br J Sports Med. 2025. [In press]
2. Gibson ES, Eliason PH, West SW, Black AM, Lebrun C, Emery CA, Pasanen K. Shoulder Check: Investigating Shoulder Injury Rates, Types, Severity, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey. Clin J Sport Med. 2023 Jun 30. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001169. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37389460.
3. Alanen A, Gibson ES, Critchley ML, Benson LC, Jordan MJ, Ferber R, Pasanen K. Differences in Situational Patterns During Change of Direction Movements Greater than 90° in Youth Male and Female Soccer Players. Journal of Human Kinetics. 2023. Volume 89. DOI: 10.5114/jhk/169524.
4. Gibson ES, Cairo A, Räisänen A, Kuntze C, Emery C, Pasanen K. (2022). The Epidemiology of Youth Sport-Related Shoulder Injuries: A Systematic Review. Translational Sports Medicine. 2022. 1-12. 10.1155/2022/8791398.
5. West SW, Pankow MP, Gibson ES, Eliason PH, Black AM, Emery C. (2022) Injuries in Canadian high school boys’ collision sports: insights across football, ice hockey, lacrosse, and rugby. Sport Sci Health.
6. Gibson ES, LeBlanc J, Sabo MT. (2019) Prior mood disorder diagnoses do not relate to current mood disorder symptoms or patient-reported disease severity in rotator cuff patients. Shoulder & Elbow. https://doi.org/10.1177/1758573220947025
7. Gibson ES, LeBlanc J, Sabo MT. (2019) Intersection of catastrophizing, gender and patient-reported disease severity in preoperative rotator cuff surgical patients: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 28(12): 2284 - 2289.
8. Bourget-Murray J, Frederick AL, Gibson ES, & French SJ. (2019). A rare case of Haemophilus parainfluenzae septic knee following prolotherapy injections. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 10, S193-S196.
9. Gibson ES, Sabo MT. (2018) Can pain catastrophizing be changed in surgical patients?: a scoping review. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 61(5): 311-318.
10. Kooner SS, Gibson ES, Clark ML. (2017) Periprosthetic total knee fracture after remote reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 11(1), 276.

Academic Conference Publications

1. Martin CL, Grimes A, Urban J, Gibson ES, et al. Impact of severe glenohumeral joint injury 5–15 years later: a qualitative study. OARSI World Congress, Seoul, 2025.
2. Gibson ES, Eliason PH, Galarneau J, et al. From rink to prevention and recovery: upper extremity injuries in youth ice hockey. Br J Sports Med. 2024;58:A1.
3. Gibson ES, West SW, Hudson S, et al. From scrum to sling: shoulder injury landscape in professional rugby union. Br J Sports Med. 2024;58:A6.
4. Gibson ES, Cote V, Alanen A, et al. Balance ability differences in youth soccer players. Br J Sports Med.2024;58:A193–A194.
5. Gibson ES, Eliason PH, West SW, Black AM, Lebrun C, Emery CA, Pasanen K. (2023) Shoulder Check: Investigating Shoulder Injury Rates, Types, Severity, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine - CASEM 2023 Annual Symposium Proceedings
6. West SW, Gibson ES, Pankow MP, Eliason PH, Black AM, Emery C. (2021) Injuries in Canadian high school boys’ collision sports: insights across football, ice hockey, lacrosse, and rugby. British Journal of Sports Medicine - IOC 2021 Conference Proceedings
7. Gibson ES, Cairo A, Räisänen A, Kuntze C, Emery C, Pasanen K. (2021). The Epidemiology of Youth Sport-Related Shoulder Injuries: A Systematic Review. British Journal of Sports Medicine - IOC 2021 Conference Proceedings
8. Gibson ES, Cairo A, Räisänen A, Kuntze C, Emery C, Pasanen K. (2021). The Burden of Sport-Related Shoulder Injuries Among Youth: A Systematic Review. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine - CASEM 2021 Annual Symposium Proceedings

Journal Submission

1. Gibson ES, West SW, Hudson S, et al. The shoulder injury landscape across 20 years of professional rugby union. American Journal of Sports Medicine – October 2025