Profile
Michael Pierrynowski is an Associate Professor within the School of Rehabilitation Science and the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University. For over 25 years Michael has demonstrated expertise in the analysis of human movement with a concentration on normal and pathological motion. He has supervised numerous graduate students and has over 100 scientific publications. Michael is a long-standing consulting editor for the Journal of Biomechanics and has recently become the biomechanics section editor for Elsevier's The Yearbook of Sports Medicine. His recent scientific work focuses on using directional statistics to model the motion of the ankle, knee, lumbar spine, and head, neck and shoulder complex.
Fun Fact
Built a Garden Folly that amused and amazed his neighbours.
Taking Graduate Students
I am looking for 1-2 motivated full-time potential graduate students with strong mechanical, mathematical and programming experience who will use those skills to examine human movement.
Lab/Research Institute
Human Movement Laboratory, McMaster University
Human Biodynamics Laboratory, McMaster University Joint Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Guelph
Courses Taught
MSc RS, PT and OT, McMaster University
2007
MSc (OT) Term IV Occupational Therapy (Research Course Tutor)
MSc (PT) Unit I Physiotherapy (Tutor)
2006
MSc (RS 701) Analysis and Rehabilitation of Functional Movement
MSc (PT) Unit II Physiotherapy (Tutor)
2005
MSc (PT) Unit I Physiotherapy (Tutor)
MSc (PT) Unit II Physiotherapy (Tutor)
2006
MSc (RS 701) Analysis and Rehabilitation of Functional Movement
MSc (PT) Unit II Physiotherapy (Tutor)
2005
MSc (PT) Unit I Physiotherapy (Tutor)
MSc (PT) Unit II Physiotherapy (Tutor)
2004
MSc (RS 701) Analysis and Rehabilitation of Functional Movement
MSc (PT) Unit I Physiotherapy (Tutor)
MSc (PT) Unit II Physiotherapy (Tutor)
MSc (PT) Unit II Physiotherapy (Professional Issues Coordinator)
MSc (PT) Unit VI Physiotherapy (Research Coordinator)
MSc (OT) Term IV Occupational Therapy (Research Course Tutor)
2003
MSc (RS 701) Analysis and Rehabilitation of Functional Movement (with J Wessel)
MSc (PT) Unit II Physiotherapy (Tutor)
MSc (PT) Unit II Physiotherapy (Professional Issues Coordinator)
MSc (OT) Term V Occupational Therapy (Research Course Tutor)
MSc (PT) Unit VI Physiotherapy (Research Coordinator)
Recent Research
2007
NIH, 01 Jul 2008 – 30 June 2010, $273,879.20, Characterizing the magnitude and time course of biological responses in mild and moderate whiplash associated disorders as a basis for differentiating biological outcomes and predictors. MacDermid J, Pierrynowski M, Gross A, Dickey J, Goldsmith C, Galea V, McLaughlin L, Woodhouse L.
2007
NSERC, Research Tools and Instruments Grant, 01 July 2008 – 30 June 2009, $135,799, Geometry of human movement. Kim P, Pierrynowski M, Dickey J.
2007
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 01 Oct 2007 - 30 Sep 2008, $100,000, Dose-Dependency of Joint Loading and Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis in Middle-Aged Male Runners: Influence of Running Speed and Mileage, Periarticular Muscle Strength and Prior Injury to the Knee. Blimkie, CJR, Adachi R, Webber C, Pierrynowski M, Gordon C, Beattie K, Young B, Thabane L, Inglis D
2006-2007
Neuro Group Inc, 01 Aug 2006 - 31 Dec 2007, $423,000, Proposal to Evaluate the Efficacy of the IntereX5000 in the Treatment of Chronic Neck and Shoulder Pain. Triano J, Woodhouse L, Galea V, Injeyan HS, MacDermid J, McGregor M, Pierrynowski MR, Ruegg R, Teodoroczyk JA.
2006
Anonymous, 30 Sep 2006 - 31 July 2007, $48,000, A randomized clinical trial to determine if [blinded] foot orthoses improve impairment and functional outcomes. Pierrynowski MR.
2006
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Invention - Tools, Techniques & Devices for Research and Health Care, 01 Oct 2006 - 30 Sep 2009, $100,000, The Neck-Walk Index, a novel performance outcome measure for patients with chronic neck pain: Moving a laboratory tool to the clinical environment. Pierrynowski MR, McDermid J, Gross A, Galea V, McLaughlin L.
2006
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 01 Oct 2006 - 30 Sep 2009, $100,000, Dose-Dependency of Joint Loading and Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis in Middle-Aged Male Runners: Influence of Running Speed and Mileage, Periarticular Muscle Strength and Prior Injury to the Knee. Blimkie, CJR, Adachi R, Webber C, Pierrynowski M, Gordon C, Beattie K, Young B, Thabane L, Inglis D, Wessel J.
2006
United States Department of Defense (DOD), Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP), 01 Sep 2006 - 31 Dec 2008, $575,000, Subject-Specific Assessment of Tibia Stress Fracture Risk, Webber CE, Adachi JD, Blimkie CJR, Gordon CL, Inglis D, Pierrynowski MR, Pietruszczak S.
2006
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 01 April 2006 - 31 March 2009, $234,057, Biomechanical and neurophysiological foundations underlying complex musculoskeletal disorders affecting the neck and arm, Pierrynowski MR, Galea V, MacDermid J, Gross, A.
2005
United States Department of Defense (DOD), Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP), 01 Sep 2005 - 31 Dec 2008, $615,370, The development of a subject-specific technique for the assessment of individual fracture risk, Webber CE, Adachi JD, Blimkie CJR, Gordon CL, Inglis D, Pierrynowski MR, Pietruszczak S. |