Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 4979
- katrina.bryant@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Lecturer
- Qualifications
- BPhty MPhty
- Research summary
- Kaupapa Māori research, clinical physiotherapy, rehabilitation and falls prevention
Research
- Kaupapa Māori Research in physiotherapy with specific emphasis on:
Māori centric application of rehabilitation and injury prevention within Māori communities, working alongside iwi, hapū, whānau to conduct research answering self-identified hauora issues, cultural safety, Mātauaka Māori and data sovereignty issue, curriculum development of Hauora Māori curriculum throughout undergraduate physiotherapy education and supporting Māori student achievement in research and undergraduate study. - Clinical research developing biomechanical analysis specific to clinical physiotherapy application. This includes specific interests in posture, running gait and movement patterns required for activities of daily life, morphological anthropology and physiotherapy techniques to facilitate designed movements.
- Applying indigenous movement patterns and tradition into rehabilitation to engage indigenous populations accessing relevant physiotherapy and rehabilitation services. Katrina has created a network of international indigenous Health Researchers involved in indigenous Movement for Rehabilitation incorporating indigenous knowledge and exercises for health research within indigenous communities. Katrina hopes to strengthen her ties within this network and conduct further collaborative work in this space.
- Falls prevention with specific emphasis on engaging ageing Māori into community strengthening and balance exercise programmes. Taurite Tū research is direct Kaupapa Māori research that Katrina has led, out of Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou.
Publications
Pōtiki Bryant, K. (2023, November). Working alongside Māori communities to develop engaging programmes. Keynote presentation at the Osteoarthritis Aotearoa New Zealand Research Network (Te Anga Kaikōiwi o Aotearoa) Annual Conference & the Taumata Osteoarthritis Aotearoa New Zealand Osteoarthritis Summit, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dacombe-Bird, M., Dassanayake, S., Beck, S., Ribeiro, D. C., Nixon, G., Bryant, K., Stokes, T., Wilkins, G., Johnstone, C., Kennedy, E., … Dixon, D. (2023). Musculoskeletal chest pain prevalence in emergency department presentations: A retrospective case notes review. Emergency Medicine Australasia. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14352 Journal - Research Article
Wilson-Munday, T., Petley, W., & Bryant, K. (2022). Implementation of tikanga Māori into clinical physiotherapy treatment: Experiences and recommendations. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 50(3, Suppl.), (pp. S40). doi: 10.15619/NZJP/50.3.07 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Taylor, M., Perry, M., Carrington, E., Bryant, K., Smith, D., & Sanerivi, O. (2022). Lessons Māori led early childhood centres can share to improve paediatric health service: Perceptions of caregivers of Māori children attending Māori centred childcare. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 50(3, Suppl.), (pp. S38-S39). doi: 10.15619/NZJP/50.3.07 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dacombe-Bird, M., Dassanayake, S., August, S., Ribeiro, D. C., Nixon, G., Stokes, T., Wilkins, G., Bryant, K., Beck, S., & Kennedy, E. (2022). Musculoskeletal chest pain prevalence in emergency department presentations: A retrospective case notes review. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 50(3, Suppl.), (pp. S18). doi: 10.15619/NZJP/50.3.07 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract