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Contact Details

Email
emma.oloughlin@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Medicine
Department
Department of Surgery and Critical Care (Wellington)

Research

I completed my BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy from Trinity College Dublin. I completed rotations in Geriatrics, General Medicine, Neurology and Sports Medicine at Changi General Hospital in Singapore before travelling to the US, where I was the physiotherapist for the 3,000-mile bicycle race ‘Race Across America’ in 2015 and 2016. I then moved to Switzerland where I worked in musculoskeletal private practice with skiers in Verbier.

I moved to New Zealand in 2017, and currently work as a clinical advisor with ACC. I am also completing a PhD on the impact of a female-specific anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation programme. I have a strong interest in including female participants in my research and investigating female-specific prevention, causation and management of common musculoskeletal conditions.

When I’m not working, I can usually be found running, biking or tramping in New Zealand’s backcountry.

Publications

Helu, T., O'Loughlin, E., Petley, W., & Popadich, A. (2025). “You receive the diagnosis, but your whānau have the cancer”: Patients' perspectives on breast cancer treatment in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1627), 16-27. doi: 10.26635/6965.7034 Journal - Research Article

Hickey, J., O'Loughlin, E., & Reid, D. (2025). Participants' experiences of a new menstrual-cycle phase-based anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation programme: A post-hoc qualitative study. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(2), 69-79. doi: 10.15619/nzjp.v53i2.470 Journal - Research Article

O'Loughlin, E., Reid, D., Sims, S., & Larsen, P. (2024). The effect of menstrual cycle phase-based rehabilitation for females following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A randomised controlled trial. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 52(3), 219-235. Journal - Research Article

O'Loughlin, E., Reid, D., & Sims, S. (2023). The role of menstrual cycle phase-based resistance training for women post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A scoping review. Physical Therapy Reviews, 28(3), 211-222. doi: 10.1080/10833196.2023.2266320 Journal - Research Article

O'Loughlin, E., Reid, D., Sims, S., & Larsen, P. (2023). The effect of menstrual cycle phase-based rehabilitation for women following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A randomised controlled trial. Proceedings of the New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association (NZMPA) Biennial Conference. (pp. 30). Retrieved from https://www.nzmpa.org.nz Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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