Gemma Orange

Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, PhD Candidate, MSc. (Manips) Physiotherapy, BSc. (Hons) Physiotherapy, BSc. (Hons) Sports Science
Lecturer

Email: gemma.orange@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0204

• Biography

  Gemma currently teaches into the spinal musculoskeletal area within the Physiotherapy program at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She completed her undergraduate Physiotherapy degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and has a Sports Science degree from Coventry University in the UK. Gemma completed her post graduate Masters at Curtin University and is currently undertaking her Doctorate at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle. She has 18 years of clinical experience holding senior ED and out-patient musculoskeletal roles within the hopital system in Dublin, Ireland and Senior clinician roles in private practice and custodial services in Perth. Gemma has also worked closely with elite sporting teams. Her current research interests include investigating the nature of the knee pain experience in knee osteoarthritis and the role central nervous system dysfunction can play.

• Teaching areas

  • Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
  • Complex Cases

• Research expertise and supervision

  • Honours project supervision; 'The Perceived Knee Size Task: normative data, reliability, and convergent validity' 2021
  • Honours project supervision; 'The Fremantle Fragility Index: Normative Data, Reliability and Convergent Validity' 2021

• Journal Articles and Proceedings

  • Wand BM, et al. The Fit-for-Purpose Model: Conceptualizing and Managing Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain as an Information Problem. Phys Ther. 2022 Nov 1.

• Professional Affiliations

  Member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist)