Rate My Professor Daniel Cury Ribeiro

Associate Professor Daniel Cury Ribeiro serves as Senior Lecturer and Associate Head of the Physiotherapy Programme in the Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Prior to this, he held the position of Senior Lecturer in the School of Physiotherapy, Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. Ribeiro earned his PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Otago in 2013, following an MSc in Biomechanics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil in 2005, and a degree in Rehabilitation Sciences from the University Center Methodist IPA in Brazil in 2002. His academic career has focused on advancing physiotherapy through rigorous research and teaching.

Ribeiro's research specializations encompass musculoskeletal disorders and rehabilitation, clinical biomechanics, process evaluations of clinical trials, and interventions for conditions including rotator cuff-related shoulder pain, knee and hip osteoarthritis, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction outcomes, scapular dyskinesis, and pelvic girdle pain. He has published extensively in high-impact journals, contributing to Global Burden of Disease studies on musculoskeletal disorders. Key publications include 'Movement patterns of the knee during gait following ACL reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (2016, 250 citations), 'Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain and its relationship with relaxin levels during pregnancy: a systematic review' (2012, 221 citations), 'Online technology use in physiotherapy teaching and learning: a systematic review of effectiveness and users’ perceptions' (2015, 152 citations), 'Spinal, pelvic, and hip movement asymmetries in people with lower-limb amputation: systematic review' (2015, 133 citations), and 'The prevalence of myofascial trigger points in neck and shoulder-related disorders: a systematic review of the literature' (2018, 132 citations). Recent works feature randomized controlled trials such as 'The immediate effects of mobilization with movement on shoulder range of motion and pain in patients with rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: A randomized controlled trial (Evolution Trial)' (2024) and analyses of exercise and manual therapy moderators for osteoarthritis (2026). Ribeiro's contributions enhance clinical practice, intervention fidelity reporting, and biomechanical understanding in physiotherapy, influencing rehabilitation strategies worldwide.