Professor G. David Baxter

 

Professor David Baxter is currently the Dean of the School of Physiotherapy at the University of Otago. He is President of the International Phototherapy Association, and Vice-President of the International Academy of Laser Medicine and Surgery. His research expertise and interests are: rehabilitation; low back pain;  complementary and alternative medicine; laser therapy, surveys, controlled trials, systematic reviews. His current research interests are activity monitoring in low back pain; laser therapy: effectiveness in tendinopathies; complementary and alternative medicine for the relief of pain; use of complementary and alternative medicine in the general population; auricular acupuncture personalised exercise programme (APEP) trial. David has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers (eg Disability and Rehabilitation, Clinical Journal of Pain, Spine, Pain etc). He is  Editor of Physical Therapy Reviews,   and a member of the Editorial Boards of photomedicine and Laser Surgery, Laser Therapy and Focus on Alternative & Complementary Therapies .