Patrick Ippersiel

Patrick Ippersiel has been an assistant professor at the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa since July 2025. He holds a BSc in physical therapy, a master’s degree in clinical physiotherapy from Curtin University in Western Australia, and a PhD in rehabilitation sciences from McGill University. He recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the École de kinésiologie et des sciences de l'activité physique at the University of Montréal. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manual and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists (FCAMPT). His research focuses on the intersection of movement science, pain and clinical rehabilitation.

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• Low back pain
• Movement biomechanics in musculoskeletal health conditions
• Clinical rehabilitation
• Biopsychosocial models of pain
• Hip joint pathologies and recovery

Professor Ippersiel’s research examines movement adaptations in musculoskeletal conditions by integrating biomechanics, motor control and biopsychosocial models of pain. His work focuses on low back pain, hip-related conditions including femoroacetabular impingement, and recovery following total hip arthroplasty. He uses motion analysis, IMUs, EMG and advanced biomechanical methods to quantify inter-joint coordination, muscle co-contraction, movement variability and asymmetry during clinically relevant and real-world tasks. His research aims to improve how movement quality and recovery are assessed in rehabilitation and to support more targeted, patient-centred clinical decision-making.

See Patrick Ippersiel’s publications.