Geoffrey Charles Dover, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Science, Concordia University;
Researcher, CRIR-Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre (Constance-Lethbridge Pavilion), CIUSSS West-Central Montreal

Phone: 514 848-2424 (3304)

Fax: 514 848-8681

Email: geoffrey.dover@concordia.ca

Education

B.Sc. (honors), Human Kinetics Major, University of Guelph ON, 1996
Diploma, Sports Injury Management, Sheridan College, Oakville ON, 1999
M.Sc, Exercice and Sport Science, University of Florida, Gainesville FL, 2001
Ph.D., Athletic Training Specialization (minor in Rehabilitation Sciences), University of Florida, Gainesville FL, 2005

Research interests

Chronic pain; relationship between muscle pain and function in order to identify the mechanisms of human pain.

Selected publications

Di Lemme, S., Sanderson, J., Celebrini, R.G. & Dover, G.C. (2020). A comprehensive nonoperative rehabilitation program including blood flow restriction for a talus fracture in a professional hockey player: A case report. International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training, 25(3), 121-130. [doi]

Miller, M.B., Roumanis, M.J., Kakinami, L. & Dover, G.C. (2020). Chronic pain patients’ kinesiophobia and catastrophizing are associated with activity intensity at different times of the day. Journal of Pain Research, 13, 173-284. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

MacDougall, H.L., George, S.Z. & Dover, G.C. (2019). Low back pain treatment by athletic trainers and athletic therapists: Biomedical or biopsychosocial orientation? Journal of Athletic Training, 54(7), 772-779. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Butera, K.A., George, S.Z., Borsa, P.A. & Dover, G.C. (2018). Prolonged reduction in shoulder strength after transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment of exercise-Induced acute muscle pain. Pain Practice, 18(8), 954-968. [doi]

Hedderson, W.C., Dover, G.C., George, S.Z., Crow, J.A. & Borsa, P.A. (2018). Expectancy reduces symptoms but not functional impairment following exercise-induced musculoskeletal injury. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 34(1), 1-7. [doi]

Research orientation

Axis 1: Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities

Research topic

Theme 2: Physical and Cognitive Activities

Research Site

CRIR – Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre (Constance-Lethbridge site), CIUSSS West-Central Montreal