Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 5655
- david.baxter@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Professor, Co-Director Ageing Well National Science Challenge; Dean, Graduate Research School
- Qualifications
- BSc(Hons) DPhil MBA FCSP
- Research summary
- Musculoskeletal pain / men’s health / laser medicine
- Teaching
- PhD supervision / medical devices / acupuncture / management
- PHTY610 Research Methods
Research
Rehabilitation; musculoskeletal pain; low back pain; complementary and alternative medicine; physical activity and health; men’s health; laser therapy; photobiomodulation.
Current research interests:
- Musculoskeletal pain, including ageing and pain
- STarTBack: Stratified care for low back pain
- Men’s Health
- Low-level laser therapy (photobiomodulation) for breast cancer-related lymphedema
- Low back pain management: acupuncture, walking programmes
Additional details
Appointments
- Deputy Chair, Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand
- Member, Australian Physiotherapy Council Accreditation Committee
Memberships
- American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (Fellow)
- Royal Academy of Medicine In Ireland (Fellow)
- International Academy for Laser Medicine and Surgery (Fellow)
- Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (UK), Honorary Life Member
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (Fellow)
- Physiotherapy New Zealand
- Global Alliance on Men’s Health
- International Phototherapy Association (Former President)
Editorial board memberships
- Physical Therapy Reviews (Editor-in-Chief)
- Photomedicine and Laser Surgery
- Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
- Laser Therapy
- New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
- Physiotherapy Practice and Research