Kendal Marriott

Kendal comes to the Mobilize lab via Western University, where she completed her Masters of Physical Therapy and a Rehab Sciences PhD! Her PhD thesis, completed in 2017, was entitled " Dynamic loading and pain in knee osteoarthritis: effects of limb realignment and ligament reconstruction surgeries". Kendal has been a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Mobilize Lab since 2018.  She is interested in identifying early disease mechanisms for the development of joint degeneration in young adults; how differential disease courses are impacted by the interaction between biomechanics, joint morphology and systemic inflammation. Her research plan is to work towards developing a risk profile to identiy those at risk of OA or with early OA.

Kendal's role is vital with the Mobilize lab, and she plays a pivotal part in mentoring and assisting our newer students (undergrads to PhD!). Currently she is leading a large systematic review (looking at exercise dosage and knee OA), which is nearing it's end stages, as well as a project involving CLSA data.  She has also been a crucial member of the CIHR funded project in the lab.