Sole, Gisela

Gisela Sole is an Associate Professor at the School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, New Zealand where she has worked as teacher, clinical educator and researcher for 20 years. She had previously worked in South Africa and Switzerland as physiotherapy clinician and academic, working and collaborating with patients, students and colleagues from diverse cultural backgrounds. She currently coordinates the post-graduate Sports Physiotherapy course and teaches undergraduate physiotherapy students with a focus on musculoskeletal disorders. Her research focusses on strategies to engage patients with persistent shoulder pain in their own rehabilitation, including patients' and health professionals' beliefs. She also explores management and outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament injury in the New Zealand context, combining quantitative and qualitative research methods. She has published more than 80 peer reviewed journal articles, and has supervised a number of Honours, Masters and PhD students.