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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 4677
Email
gisela.sole@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor; Associate Dean Graduate Research
Qualifications
BSc(Physio), MSc(Med)Exercise Science, PhD
Research summary
Management of sports and musculoskeletal injury and pain
Teaching
  • Sports physiotherapy
  • Musculoskeletal physiotherapy
Memberships
  • Board of Graduate Studies (BOGS)
  • Senate
  • Immediate Past President of the Otago Medical School Research Society
  • Physiotherapy New Zealand
  • Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy New Zealand
  • Graduate Member of New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapy
Clinical
Shoulder and knee rehabilitation, patient education, liefstyle factors

Research

  • Concussion management for sports and schools
  • Musculoskeletal pain and injury, focus on shoulder and knee injuries including anterior cruciate ligament ruptures.
  • Self-management
  • Patient health literacy

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Additional details

  • UK Council for Graduate Education: Recognised Research Supervisor
  • Regular reviewer for a number of journals

Publications

Salmon, D. M., Romanchuk, J., Badenhorst, M., Zoellner, A., Brown, J., Kerr, Z. Y., … Sole, G., & Walters, S. (2026). Predictors of concussion management pathway adherence in New Zealand community rugby: A prospective cohort study. JSAMS Plus, 8, 100161. doi: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2026.100161 Journal - Research Article

Salmon, D. M., Badenhorst, M., Kerr, Z. Y., Whatman, C., Brown, J., Romanchuk, J., … Sole, G., … Rasmussen, K. (2026). Mahi tahi (working together) and the lessons learned from implementating a concussion management pathway for community rugby in New Zealand: Haerenga (our journey). JSAMS Plus, 8, 100156. doi: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2026.100156 Journal - Research Article

Gray, E., Calverley, J., Jenkins, M., Stone, O., & Sole, G. (2026). Perceptions and experiences of returning to sport following myocardial infarction: A qualitative Study. Clinical Rehabilitation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/02692155261487460 Journal - Research Article

John, N., Meehan, K., Perry, M. A., Wassinger, C., & Sole, G. (2026). Factors and experiences influencing physiotherapists’ care of patients with rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: A qualitative study. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 54(1), 50-64. doi: 10.15619/nzjp.v54i1.524 Journal - Research Article

Sole, G., Samaranayaka, A., Douglas, C., Perry, M., Bell, R., Roy, J.-S., … Swain, N. (2026). Effectiveness of manual therapy with pragmatic physiotherapy for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: A pilot randomized clinical trial. Archives of Physiotherapy, 16, 102-115. doi: 10.33393/aop.2026.3684 Journal - Research Article

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