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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

Sole, G., Badenhorst, M., Salmon, D., Mossman, K., Zoellner, A., Caya, R., Sutherland, C., … Walters, S. (2025). Implementation outcomes of a Framework for management of Concussion in New Zealand secondary Schools (FRANCS). New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(1), (pp. S41-S42). doi: 10.15619/ncjp.v53i1.478 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Monk, C., Sole, G., & Perry, M. (2025). What physiotherapists believe about self-management and low back pain. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(1), (pp. S32). doi: 10.15619/ncjp.v53i1.478 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dalton, M., Galea, O., Blyth, R., Quinn, D., Reid, D., & Sole, G. (2025). Aotearoa physiotherapists' perspectives of potential expanded roles for sports-related concussion management: A qualitative study. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(1), (pp. S22). doi: 10.15619/ncjp.v53i1.478 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Blyth, R., Sole, G., Galea, O., Bussey, M., & Ahmed, O. (2025). Understanding female football (soccer) players' perception of heading the ball, concussion knowledge, and attitudes. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(1), (pp. S18). doi: 10.15619/ncjp.v53i1.478 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Galea, O. A., Reid, D., Forch, K., & Sole, G. (2025). Overcoming systems failure in concussion management: Looking forward to future innovations. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(1), (pp. S7). doi: 10.15619/ncjp.v53i1.478 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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