Musculoskeletal Masters Conference: Saturday Presentations

Keynote speaker

Duncan has had 37 years of clinical experience in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. He owned and operated a private practice for 17 years before moving to a full-time teaching position at the School of Physiotherapy at AUT in 1999. His main areas of teaching interest are in manual and manipulative therapy especially manipulation to the cervical spine, a topic he has taught both nationally and internationally for over 25 years. He also has a significant interest in sports injury prevention and movement screening. He is the past president of the New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association (NZMPA) and former Vice President of the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists (IFOMT). He is a Fellow of the New Zealand College of Physiotherapy and a life member of NZMPA and Physiotherapy NZ (PNZ).

Duncan’s experience in Sports Physiotherapy is also extensive. He has been a member of the Olympic and Commonwealth Games Medical team from the Seoul Olympics in 1988 until the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and was Chief Physiotherapist for the 1992, 1994 and 1996 Games. He has also been the physiotherapist and physiotherapy coordinator to Rowing New Zealand since 1988. Duncan is the Physiotherapy Advisor to High Performance Sport NZ providing research support and professional development to the rehabilitation team. He has had extensive involvement with national and international level Rowing, Hockey and Swimming.

Research
Duncan completed his Master thesis investigating the influence of hamstring extensibility on the lumbar and pelvic angles in rowers He has also been involved in the development of clinical practice guidelines for knee, shoulder and forearm injuries. He completed his Doctor of Health Science investigating stretching interventions in people with osteoarthritis of the knee. His current research interests lie in sports injury prevention and movement screening. He has over 100 peer review journal and book publications. He is the deputy editor of the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, and is on the editorial panel of the journals Manual Therapy, Journal of Orthopaedics and Sports Physical Therapy, the New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine and the International Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.