Dan Currie

Dan is a Mechanical Engineer and current PhD Candidate in the Mobilize Lab. He completed his BEng at the University of Western Ontario and then worked in the manufacturing industry designing dozens of products used around globe. His research interests include knee and hip osteoarthritis, joint preservation and pain. The title of his thesis is “Symmetry of hip, knee and ankle power generation during cycling across different seat heights and workloads in individuals with unequal osteoarthritis pain between knees.” With this thesis he is interested in identifying if the hip or ankle joints produce more power to compensate for a painful knee joint when cycling and if cycling is the right tool to rehabilitate knees in patients with unequal knee pain. In addition to his own research Dan is assisting the other MSc students in the lab with their research.

In addition to his own research, Dan's role in the lab includes helping other MSc students in the lab with their research, assisting a CIHR funded project and contributing to a lab-wide systematic review examining the relationship between exercise dosage and knee/hip osteoarthritis.