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Dr Miranda Buhler

Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7460
Email
miranda.buhler@otago.ac.nz
Position
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Qualifications
BPhty MPhty(Distinction) PhD
Research summary
Musculoskeletal conditions, hand and upper limb, allied health workforce, health care access
Teaching
  • Clinical teaching, mentoring, and supervision for hand therapy clinical practice and registration pathway
  • 4th year project / honours / masters' co-supervision
  • Invited Lecturer PHTY354 Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Science
Memberships
  • Chair, Hand Therapy New Zealand (Co-chair)
  • Kaitiaki, Tae Ora Tinana, Physiotherapy New Zealand (Kaitiaki)
  • Health Research South Board
  • Australia New Zealand Musculoskeletal Trials Network (ANZMUSC) Early Career Fellow Committee
  • Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ)
  • Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network
  • Centre for Health Systems and Technology (CHeST)
  • Osteoarthritis Research Society International(OARSI)
  • Editorial Board Hand Therapy
Clinical
Physiotherapy Expert Clinician (hand and musculoskeletal conditions), Te Whatu Ora Southern

Research

Miranda is a clinician-researcher working in the areas of musculoskeletal physiotherapy and health services research.

Her clinical research aims to improve outcomes of care for musculoskeletal conditions focusing on the hand and upper limb.

She has conducted work in thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and finger flexor and extensor tendon repair using qualitative methods, patient co-design, randomised controlled trial, systematic review, and imaging studies. She has particular interests in understanding the impact of conditions for patients and whānau, the effectiveness of orthotic and patient / whānau education interventions, and developing evidence-based pathways of care.

In the health services field, her research investigates how allied health workforce can be better situated to equitably meet population health needs particularly for Māori, Pacific, and low socioeconomic populations.

Miranda is currently conducting a physiotherapy workforce analysis using geospatial methods of 3-step floating catchment area (3SFCA) with support from collaborators at Saskatchewan University, Canada and at the University of Western Australia.

Additional details

Miranda Buhler, Publons

Publications

Buhler, M. (2023, August-September). Thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis survey of practice. Verbal presentation at the Hand Therapy New Zealand Ringaromi Aotearoa Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Buhler, M. (2023, August-September). Musculoskeletal integrated telehealth hybrid model of care for carpal tunnel syndrome. Verbal presentation at the Hand Therapy New Zealand Ringaromi Aotearoa Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bühler, M., Gwynne-Jones, D., Chin, M., Woodside, J., Gough, J., Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2023). Are the outcomes of relative motion extension orthoses non-inferior and cost-effective compared with dynamic extension orthoses for management of zones V-VI finger extensor tendon repairs: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Hand Therapy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2023.02.010 Journal - Research Article

Buhler, M. (2022, March). Patient/public perceptions of the role of digital health modalities in a pathway of care for carpal tunnel syndrome: A participatory qualitative study. Verbal presentation at the Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) Digital Health Conference, [Online]. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Buhler, M. (2022, March). The benefits of adding a splint to best practice usual care for thumb CMC OA: A feasibility RCT. Verbal presentation at the Hand Therapy New Zealand Ringaromi Aotearoa Conference, [Online]. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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