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  1. “I’ve taught my doctor well”: The lived experiences of people managing pain after spinal cord injury

    Article • New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, September 2025, Physiotherapy New Zealand

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  2. An Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guideline for the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries

    Article • Spinal Cord, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  3. A virtual rehabilitation tool for cognitive rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  4. Screening and outcomes of co-occurring traumatic brain injury among people with spinal cord injury: a scoping review

    Article • Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, January 2025, Acta Dermato-Venereologica

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  5. Healing Horizons: Adaptive VR for Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation

    Article • November 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  6. Is MRI screening for bone marrow oedema useful in predicting lumbar bone stress injuries in adult male professional cricketers? A New Zealand pilot study

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  7. United and flexible: a collaborative approach to early vocational rehabilitation on a spinal unit. A realist study

    Article • Spinal Cord Series and Cases, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  8. Moving forward with innovation in 2023!

    Article • New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, May 2023, Physiotherapy New Zealand

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  9. Early Opportunities to Explore Occupational Identity Change: Qualitative Study of Return-To-Work Experiences After Stroke

    Article • Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, February 2023, Acta Dermato-Venereologica

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  10. Developing spinal cord injury physiotherapy clinical practice guidelines: a qualitative study to determine how physiotherapists and people living with spinal cord injury use evidence

    Article • Spinal Cord, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  11. Flourishing together: research protocol for developing methods to better include disabled people’s knowledge in health policy development

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  12. Difficulties capturing co-occurring traumatic brain injury among people with traumatic spinal cord injury: a population-based study

    Article • Spinal Cord, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  13. Developing A Conceptual Framework for Early Intervention Vocational Rehabilitation for People Following Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  14. How do very early conversations about work soon after a spinal cord injury work?

    Article • Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, May 2022, IOS Press

    Rachelle Martin, Dr Jo Nunnerley

  15. Co-design of a therapeutic virtual reality tool to increase awareness and self-management of cognitive fatigue after traumatic brain injury

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, March 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  16. Early vocational rehabilitation after spinal cord injury: A survey of service users

    Article • Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, November 2021, IOS Press

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  17. Development of a Programme Theory for Early Intervention Vocational Rehabilitation: A Realist Literature Review

    Article • Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  18. Early vocational rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury: a research protocol using realist synthesis and interviews to understand how and why it works

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2021, BMJ

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  19. Access to community support workers during hospital admission for people with spinal cord injury: a pilot study

    Article • Spinal Cord Series and Cases, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  20. Using cannabis for pain management after spinal cord injury: a qualitative study

    Article • Spinal Cord Series and Cases, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  21. The Burwood Academy: incorporating the principles of the independent living paradigm into rehabilitation research

    Article • International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, July 2019, Emerald

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  22. Relationships and the transition from spinal units to community for people with a first spinal cord injury: A New Zealand qualitative study

    Article • Disability and Health Journal, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  23. SCIPA Full-On: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Intensive Whole-Body Exercise and Upper Body Exercise After Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Mary Galea, Dr Jo Nunnerley

  24. Experiences of persons with spinal cord injury undertaking a physical activity programme as part of the SCIPA ‘Full-On’ randomized controlled trial

    Article • Disability and Health Journal, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  25. Achieving assessor accuracy on the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • Spinal Cord, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  26. SCIPA Switch-On

    Article • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, March 2017, SAGE Publications

    Mary Galea, Dr Jo Nunnerley

  27. Training wheelchair navigation in immersive virtual environments for patients with spinal cord injury – end-user input to design an effective system

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  28. Return to work for severely injured survivors of the Christchurch earthquake: influences in the first 2 years

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, July 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tim B. F. Woodfield , Dr Jo Nunnerley

  29. Participation and quality of life outcomes among individuals with earthquake-related physical disability: A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, January 2015, Acta Dermato-Venereologica

    Professor Tim B. F. Woodfield , Dr Jo Nunnerley

  30. “The final piece of the puzzle to fit in”: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the return to employment in New Zealand after spinal cord injury

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    E. Jean C. Hay-Smith, Dr Jo Nunnerley

  31. Leaving a spinal unit and returning to the wider community: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    E. Jean C. Hay-Smith, Dr Jo Nunnerley

  32. Commentary on Community Participation Following Spinal Cord Injury in New Zealand

    Article • Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, March 2010, Thomas Land Publishers

    Dr Jo Nunnerley

  33. Utilisation of patient perspective to validate clinical measures of outcome following spinal cord injury

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jo Nunnerley