Prof. Barker is Clinical Director for Musculoskeletal Services at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre & Professional lead / Director of therapy Research and an honorary Professor Oxford Brookes University.
She is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Scientific Advisory committee.
Karen currently holds the posts of Clinical Director for Musculoskeletal Services at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre & Professional lead / Director of therapy Research. She also has an honorary research fellow post with the School of Health Care at Oxford Brookes and Senior Lecture post with School of Health Sciences at Birmingham University.
Rehabilitation post arthroplasty, Physiotherapy interventions and effect of service delivery models, Non- surgical management of chronic back pain, Limb lengthening and Clinical trials in rehabilitation of common musculoskeletal conditions.