Rate My Professor Gemma Orange

Gemma Orange is a Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle campus, where she teaches in the spinal musculoskeletal area within the Physiotherapy program. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame Australia, a Master of Science in Manipulative Physiotherapy from Curtin University, a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physiotherapy from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Sports Science from Coventry University in the United Kingdom. With 18 years of clinical experience as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist, Gemma has served in senior emergency department and outpatient musculoskeletal roles within the hospital system in Dublin, Ireland. In Perth, Australia, she has held senior clinician positions in private practice and custodial services, and has worked closely with elite sporting teams. She is a titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association.

Gemma's research focuses on investigating the nature of the knee pain experience in people with knee osteoarthritis and the potential role of central nervous system dysfunction. Her doctoral research examined 'An Investigation Into The Nature Of The Knee Pain Experience in People with Knee OA'. She has supervised honours projects, including 'The Perceived Knee Size Task: normative data, reliability, and convergent validity' in 2021 and 'The Fremantle Fragility Index: Normative Data, Reliability and Convergent Validity' in 2021. Key publications include 'Physical Function Following Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: A Longitudinal Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis' published in 2024, 'Care Should be Taken to Ensure Qualitative Process Evaluations Conducted Alongside Clinical Trials do not Complicate the Interpretation of the Original Trial' in 2024, and a co-authored article 'The Fit-for-Purpose Model: Conceptualizing and Managing Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain as an Information Problem' in Physical Therapy in 2022. Gemma contributes to physiotherapy education through her teaching and supervision roles at the university.