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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7466
Email
gisela.sole@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor and Deputy Dean
Qualifications
BScPhysio(Stellenbosch) MSc(Med)ExSci(Cape Town) PhD(Otago)
Research summary
Management of sports and musculoskeletal injury and pain
Teaching
  • Undergraduate musculoskeletal physiotherapy
  • Co-ordinator of postgraduate sports physiotherapy
  • Supervision of PhD and masters' research students
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
Sports and musculoskeletal pain and injury

Research

My research encompasses quantitative and qualitative domains and focuses on management and outcomes of musculoskeletal conditions. My research interests include:

Additional details

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

Publications

Salmon, D., Badenhorst, M., Zoellner, A., Skilton, D., Mossman, K., Lucas, P., … Sole, G. (2025). Slipping through the cracks? Concussion management in Aotearoa New Zealand secondary schools. Journal of School Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/josh.13544 Journal - Research Article

Galea, O., Gray, E., Kennedy, E., Dick, M., Quinn, D., & Sole, G. (2024, July). A streamlined approach to identifying adults suited to neck rehabilitation acutely following concussion: Protocol for a feasibility study. Poster session presented at the 12th World Conference of the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT): Crossing Bridges, Basel, Switzerland. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Vishal, K., Arumugam, A., Sole, G., Shetty, G., Pandey, V., & Maiya, G. A. (2024). 'I do not want to share my pain with anyone': Coping with the invisible burden: A qualitative description of the lived experiences of individuals with rotator cuff related shoulder pain in an Indian setting. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(4), e1951. doi: 10.1002/msc.1951 Journal - Research Article

Bussey, M. D., Salmon, D., Nanai, B., Romanchuk, J., Martin Gomez, R., Tong, D., Sole, G., … Falvey, É. (2024). Assessing head acceleration events in female community rugby union players: A cohort study using instrumented mouthguards. Sports Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40279-024-02111-3 Journal - Research Article

Dalton, M., Galea, O., Blyth, R., Reid, D., Quinn, D., Chua, J., & Sole, G. (2024). Aotearoa New Zealand physiotherapists' perspectives of potential expanded roles for sports-related concussion management: A qualitative study. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 52(2), 113-125. doi: 10.15619/nzjp.v52i2.390 Journal - Research Article

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