Rate My Professor David Sainsbury

David Sainsbury serves as a Lecturer in the Curtin School of Allied Health, part of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy and a Master's degree. His professional career focuses on teaching and research within physiotherapy and exercise science. Sainsbury has contributed to innovative teaching practices, including a Teaching and Learning Grant project to implement and evaluate SparkPlus, an online tool for peer evaluation of teamwork across Physiotherapy & Exercise Science courses. He has been recognized in the Faculty of Health Sciences Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards for sustained and outstanding contributions to physiotherapy education, alongside colleagues Tanis Kelly and Sonia Ranelli.

Sainsbury's research interests encompass musculoskeletal physiotherapy, including muscle activation patterns, the effects of stretching and warm-up on flexibility in injured populations, massage techniques for muscle length, hip strength in patellofemoral pain, sports injury factors in adolescent team sports participants, and simulation-based learning in physiotherapy curricula. His publications include 'Gluteus Medius Muscle Activation During Isometric Exercises' (Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 2011, co-authored with Catriona O'Dwyer and Kieran O'Sullivan), which investigated gluteus medius subdivisions during exercises. Other works are 'The Effect of Warm-up, Static Stretching and Dynamic Stretching on Hamstring Flexibility in Previously Injured Subjects' (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2009), 'Evaluation of the Effect of Two Massage Techniques on Hamstring Muscle Length in Competitive Female Hockey Players' (Physical Therapy in Sport, 2009), 'No Deficit in Hip Isometric Strength or Concentric Endurance in Young Females with Mild Patellofemoral Pain' (2013), 'Introducing Simulation Based Learning Activities to Physiotherapy Course Curricula' (Creative Education, 2016, co-authored with Dennis, T. Redwood, Leo Ng, and A. Furness), and 'Factors Associated With Sports Injuries in Adolescents Who Play Team Sports at a Nonelite Level: A Scoping Review' (JOSPT Open, 2023). His work on ResearchGate shows 11 publications cited over 511 times. Additionally, he co-authored on attrition from pediatric chronic pain clinics using the PaedePPOC database (2025).