Schlegel Research Chair in Mobility and Aging
Contact information
Office: EXP 2679
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 46357
Email: lmgiangr@uwaterloo.ca
Website: Bone Health and Exercise Science Lab
ORCID: Lora Giangregorio
Follow: Follow @l_giangregorio
YouTube: BonES Lab
Research interests
The aim of our research team is to reduce the burden of osteoporotic fractures. We use medical imaging technologies to explore bone and muscle responses to activity or neurologic impairment, and evaluate new methods for image analysis. We conduct epidemiologic studies to inform fracture risk assessment algorithms. We conduct clinical trials to investigate the effects of exercise interventions for reducing fracture risk in high risk individuals. We lead knowledge dissemination and translation activities, and implementation studies to move research on exercise for older adults into practice. For example, our research team has worked with Osteoporosis Canada to develop BoneFit, a two-day workshop for physiotherapists and kinesiologists on appropriate assessment and exercise prescription for individuals with osteoporosis. We also led the development of the Too Fit To Fracture Exercise and Physical Activity Recommendations for Individuals with Osteoporosis.
Graduate supervision and student opportunities
- Research volunteer
- Undergraduate thesis
- MSc thesis
- Coursework interns
- PhD thesis
- Postdoctoral trainee
Graduate studies application details
Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies
- Clinical exercise physiology
- Clinical trials and knowledge translation
- Physical activity and aging
- Osteoporosis and bone health
Courses
KIN 429: Bone and Joint Health
KIN 414: Cases in Clinical Exercise Physiology
Education
PhD, McMaster University
Awards and honours
Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of the Arts of Active Health
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) New Investigator Award
Lindy Fraser Award 2016
Selected publications
Please see Google Scholar for full list of publications
Gibbs JC, McArthur C, Wark JD, Thabane L, Scherer SC, Prasad S, Papaioannou A, Mittmann N, Laprade J, Kim S, Khan A, Kendler DL, Hill KD, Cheung AM, Bleakney R, Ashe MC, Adachi JD, Giangregorio LM.
Phys Ther. 2020 Jan 3. pii: pzz188. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzz188. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 31899499
Morin SN, Djekic-Ivankovic M, Funnell L, Giangregorio L, Rodrigues IB, Ridout R, Feldman S, Kim S, McDonald-Blumer H, Kline G, Ward WE, Santesso N, Leslie WD.
Osteoporos Int. 2019 Dec 14. doi: 10.1007/s00198-019-05248-4. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 31838552
Physical activity and skeletal health in adults.
Cauley JA, Giangregorio L.
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Feb;8(2):150-162. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(19)30351-1. Epub 2019 Nov 20. Review.
PMID: 31759956
McArthur C, Gibbs JC, Ashe MC, Cheung AM, Hill KD, Kendler DL, Khan A, Prasad S, Thabane L, Wark JD, Giangregorio LM.
Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Dec 1:1-7. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1696418. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 31786954
Exercise for improving outcomes after osteoporotic vertebral fracture.
Gibbs JC, MacIntyre NJ, Ponzano M, Templeton JA, Thabane L, Papaioannou A, Giangregorio LM.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Jul 5;7:CD008618. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008618.pub3.
PMID: 31273764
Gibbs JC, McArthur C, Milligan J, Clemson L, Lee L, Boscart VM, Heckman G, Stolee P, Giangregorio LM.
Can J Aging. 2019 Apr 5:1-17. doi: 10.1017/S0714980818000739. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 30947765
Cervinka T, Giangregorio L, Sievanen H, Cheung AM, Craven BC.
J Clin Densitom. 2018 Oct - Dec;21(4):563-582. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2018.07.003. Epub 2018 Jul 29.
PMID: 30196052