Laura Stanley Pietrosimone

Laura Stanley Pietrosimone
Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Surgery 2021

Contact Information

311 Trent Dr, Box 104002, Durham, NC 27710
311 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
laura.pietrosimone@duke.edu (919) 681-4380

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- D.P.T., Duke University School of Medicine 2010
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Surgery 2018 - 2020
- Instructor, Medical Center in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Surgery 2017 - 2018
Expertise
Subject Headings
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Paley, Courtney Trutna, Anna E. Knight, Felix Q. Jin, Spencer R. Moavenzadeh, Laura S. Pietrosimone, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Ned C. Rouze, Mark L. Palmeri, and Kathryn R. Nightingale. “Repeatability of Rotational 3-D Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Measurements in Skeletal Muscle.” Ultrasound Med Biol 49, no. 3 (March 2023): 750–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.10.012.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Knight, Anna E., Felix Q. Jin, Courtney Trutna Paley, Ned C. Rouze, Spencer R. Moavenzadeh, Laura S. Pietrosimone, Mark L. Palmeri, and Kathryn R. Nightingale. “Parametric Analysis of SV Mode Shear Waves in Transversely Isotropic Materials Using Ultrasonic Rotational 3-D SWEI.” Ieee Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 69, no. 11 (November 2022): 3145–54. https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2022.3203935.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pietrosimone, L. S., J. T. Blackburn, E. A. Wikstrom, D. J. Berkoff, S. I. Docking, J. Cook, and D. A. Padua. “Differences in Biomechanical Loading Magnitude During a Landing Task in Male Athletes With and Those Without Patellar Tendinopathy.” Journal of Athletic Training 57, no. 11–12 (November 1, 2022): 1062–71. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0548.20.
    Full Text
  - Wallace, Kyle G., Steven J. Pfeiffer, Laura S. Pietrosimone, Matthew S. Harkey, Xiaopeng Zong, Daniel Nissman, Ganesh M. Kamath, et al. “Changes in Infrapatellar Fat Pad Volume 6 to 12 Months After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Associations With Patient-Reported Knee Function.” J Athl Train 56, no. 11 (November 1, 2021): 1173–79. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0458.20.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Elgart, Brian, Laura S. Pietrosimone, Angela Lucero, Harry C. Stafford, and David J. Berkoff. “Identifying achilles tendon structure differences by ultrasound tissue characterization in asymptomatic individuals.” Scand J Med Sci Sports 31, no. 10 (October 2021): 1914–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14003.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Magill, John R., Heather S. Myers, Trevor A. Lentz, Laura Pietrosimone, Thomas Risoli, Cindy L. Green, Emily K. Reinke, Michael R. Messer, and Jonathan C. Riboh. “Establishing Age- and Sex-Specific Norms for Pediatric Return-to-Sports Physical Performance Testing.” Orthop J Sports Med 9, no. 8 (August 2021): 23259671211023100. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671211023101.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pfeiffer, Steven J., Jeffrey T. Spang, Daniel Nissman, David Lalush, Kyle Wallace, Matthew S. Harkey, Laura S. Pietrosimone, Darin Padua, Troy Blackburn, and Brian Pietrosimone. “Association of Jump-Landing Biomechanics With Tibiofemoral Articular Cartilage Composition 12 Months After ACL Reconstruction.” Orthop J Sports Med 9, no. 7 (July 2021): 23259671211016424. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671211016424.
    Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Magill, John R., Heather S. Myers, Trevor A. Lentz, Laura S. Pietrosimone, Thomas Risoli, Cindy L. Green, Emily K. Reinke, Michael R. Messer, and Jonathan C. Riboh. “Healthy Pediatric Athletes Have Significant Baseline Limb Asymmetries on Common Return-to-Sport Physical Performance Tests.” Orthop J Sports Med 9, no. 1 (January 2021): 2325967120982309. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325967120982309.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Lentz, Trevor A., John Magill, Heather Myers, Laura S. Pietrosimone, Emily K. Reinke, Michael Messer, and Jonathan C. Riboh. “Development of Concise Physical Performance Test Batteries in Young Athletes.” Med Sci Sports Exerc 52, no. 12 (December 2020): 2581–89. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002422.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pietrosimone, Laura S., J Troy Blackburn, Erik A. Wikstrom, David J. Berkoff, Sean I. Docking, Jill Cook, and Darin A. Padua. “Landing biomechanics are not immediately altered by a single-dose patellar tendon isometric exercise protocol in male athletes with patellar tendinopathy: A single-blinded randomized cross-over trial.” Phys Ther Sport 46 (November 2020): 177–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.09.003.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pietrosimone, Laura S., J Troy Blackburn, Erik A. Wikstrom, David J. Berkoff, Sean I. Docking, Jill Cook, and Darin A. Padua. “Landing Biomechanics, But Not Physical Activity, Differ in Young Male Athletes With and Without Patellar Tendinopathy.” J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 50, no. 3 (March 2020): 158–66. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2020.9065.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Losciale, Justin M., Garrett Bullock, Christina Cromwell, Leila Ledbetter, Laura Pietrosimone, and Timothy C. Sell. “Hop Testing Lacks Strong Association With Key Outcome Variables After Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review.” Am J Sports Med 48, no. 2 (February 2020): 511–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546519838794.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pfeiffer, Steven J., Jeffrey Spang, Daniel Nissman, David Lalush, Kyle Wallace, Matthew S. Harkey, Laura S. Pietrosimone, et al. “Gait Mechanics and T1ρ MRI of Tibiofemoral Cartilage 6 Months after ACL Reconstruction.” Med Sci Sports Exerc 51, no. 4 (April 2019): 630–39. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001834.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Lane, Amy R., Matthew S. Harkey, Hope C. Davis, Brittney A. Luc-Harkey, Laura Stanley, Anthony C. Hackney, J Troy Blackburn, and Brian Pietrosimone. “Body Mass Index and Type 2 Collagen Turnover in Individuals After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.” J Athl Train 54, no. 3 (March 2019): 270–75. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-525-17.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Biese, K. M., L. E. Pietrosimone, M. Andrejchak, R. C. Lynall, E. A. Wikstrom, and D. A. Padua. “Preliminary Investigation on the Effect of Cognition on Jump-Landing Performance Using a Clinically Relevant Setup.” Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science 23, no. 1 (January 2, 2019): 78–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2018.1518875.
    Full Text
  - Stanley, Laura E., Matthew Harkey, Brittney Luc-Harkey, Barnett S. Frank, Brian Pietrosimone, J Troy Blackburn, and Darin A. Padua. “Ankle Dorsiflexion displacement is associated with hip and knee kinematics in females following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.” Res Sports Med 27, no. 1 (2019): 21–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2018.1502180.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Eckard, Timothy, Darin Padua, Timothy Mauntel, Barnett Frank, Laura Pietrosimone, Rebecca Begalle, Shiho Goto, Michael Clark, and Kristen Kucera. “Association between double-leg squat and single-leg squat performance and injury incidence among incoming NCAA Division I athletes: A prospective cohort study.” Phys Ther Sport 34 (November 2018): 192–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.10.009.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pietrosimone, Brian, J Troy Blackburn, Darin A. Padua, Steven J. Pfeiffer, Hope C. Davis, Brittney A. Luc-Harkey, Matthew S. Harkey, et al. “Walking gait asymmetries 6 months following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction predict 12-month patient-reported outcomes.” J Orthop Res 36, no. 11 (November 2018): 2932–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.24056.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pfeiffer, Steven, Matthew S. Harkey, Laura E. Stanley, J Troy Blackburn, Darin A. Padua, Jeffrey T. Spang, Stephen W. Marshall, et al. “Associations Between Slower Walking Speed and T1ρ Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Femoral Cartilage Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.” Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 70, no. 8 (August 2018): 1132–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23477.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pfeiffer, Steven J., J Troy Blackburn, Brittney Luc-Harkey, Matthew S. Harkey, Laura E. Stanley, Barnett Frank, Darin Padua, Stephen W. Marshall, Jeffrey T. Spang, and Brian Pietrosimone. “Peak knee biomechanics and limb symmetry following unilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Associations of walking gait and jump-landing outcomes.” Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 53 (March 2018): 79–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2018.01.020.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Ward, Sarah H., J Troy Blackburn, Darin A. Padua, Laura E. Stanley, Matthew S. Harkey, Brittney A. Luc-Harkey, and Brian Pietrosimone. “Quadriceps Neuromuscular Function and Jump-Landing Sagittal-Plane Knee Biomechanics After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.” J Athl Train 53, no. 2 (February 2018): 135–43. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-306-16.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Stanley, L. E., A. Lucero, T. C. Mauntel, M. Kennedy, N. Walker, S. W. Marshall, D. A. Padua, and D. J. Berkoff. “Achilles tendon adaptation in cross-country runners across a competitive season.” Scand J Med Sci Sports 28, no. 1 (January 2018): 303–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12903.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Mauntel, Timothy C., Darin A. Padua, Laura E. Stanley, Barnett S. Frank, Lindsay J. DiStefano, Karen Y. Peck, Kenneth L. Cameron, and Stephen W. Marshall. “Automated Quantification of the Landing Error Scoring System With a Markerless Motion-Capture System.” J Athl Train 52, no. 11 (November 2017): 1002–9. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-52.10.12.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Pietrosimone, Brian, Richard F. Loeser, J Troy Blackburn, Darin A. Padua, Matthew S. Harkey, Laura E. Stanley, Brittney A. Luc-Harkey, et al. “Biochemical markers of cartilage metabolism are associated with walking biomechanics 6-months following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.” J Orthop Res 35, no. 10 (October 2017): 2288–97. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.23534.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Stanley, Laura E., and David J. Berkoff. “Benign Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Distance Runner.” J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 47, no. 2 (February 2017): 125. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2017.6780.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Luc-Harkey, Brittney A., Matthew S. Harkey, Laura E. Stanley, J Troy Blackburn, Darin A. Padua, and Brian Pietrosimone. “Sagittal plane kinematics predict kinetics during walking gait in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.” Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 39 (November 2016): 9–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2016.08.011.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Stanley, Laura E., Zachary Y. Kerr, Thomas P. Dompier, and Darin A. Padua. “Could Isokinetic Evaluation Contribute to the Assessment of Sex Differences in the Incidence of ACL, MCL, and Meniscal Injuries in Collegiate and High School Sports? Response.” Am J Sports Med 44, no. 7 (July 2016): NP36–37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546516655121.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Stanley, Laura E., Zachary Y. Kerr, Thomas P. Dompier, and Darin A. Padua. “Sex Differences in the Incidence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Medial Collateral Ligament, and Meniscal Injuries in Collegiate and High School Sports: 2009-2010 Through 2013-2014.” Am J Sports Med 44, no. 6 (June 2016): 1565–72. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546516630927.
    Full Text Link to Item
  - Berkoff, D. J., K. Krishnamurthy, J. Hopp, Laura Pietrosimone, J. Spores, and D. Braunreiter. “Corrected error video versus a physical therapist instructed home exercise program: accuracy of performing therapeutic shoulder exercises.” International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy 11, no. 5 (2016): 757–64.
- Book Sections
  - Pietrosimone, Laura, and E. Shanley. “Surgical Stabilization for Shoulder Instability: Return-to-Sport Rehabilitation.” In Physical Therapy Case Files: Orthopaedics, edited by Jason Brumitt. McGraw Hill, 2013.
- Conference Papers
  - Jin, F. Q., A. E. Knight, C. T. Paley, L. S. Pietrosimone, L. D. Hobson-Webb, K. R. Nightingale, and M. L. Palmeri. “An Open-Source Radon-Transform Shear Wave Speed Estimator with Masking Functionality to Isolate Different Shear-Wave Modes.” In Ieee International Ultrasonics Symposium, Ius, Vol. 2022-October, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957817.
    Full Text
  - Paley, C. T., A. E. Knight, F. Q. Jin, S. Moavenzadeh, N. C. Rouze, L. S. Pietrosimone, M. L. Palmeri, and K. R. Nightingale. “On the correlation between knee flexion and 3D shear wave speed and amplitude in in vivo vastus lateralis.” In Ieee International Ultrasonics Symposium, Ius, Vol. 2022-October, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957621.
    Full Text
  - Knight, A. E., C. A. Trutna, F. Q. Jin, N. C. Rouze, L. S. Pietrosimone, L. D. Hobson-Webb, A. P. Toth, M. L. Palmeri, and K. R. Nightingale. “Factors Affecting in vivo SH and SV Mode Wave Propagation in vastus lateralis Muscle at Varying Knee Flexion Angles Using Ultrasonic Rotational 3D SWEI.” In Ieee International Ultrasonics Symposium, Ius, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593455.
    Full Text
  - Trutna, C. A., A. E. Knight, F. Q. Jin, N. C. Rouze, L. S. Pietrosimone, A. P. Toth, L. D. Hobson-Webb, M. L. Palmeri, and K. R. Nightingale. “Group Shear Wave Speed Viscoelastic Analysis using 3D Rotational Volumetric Shear Wave Imaging in Relaxed and Contracted in vivo Muscle.” In Ieee International Ultrasonics Symposium, Ius, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593606.
    Full Text
  - Thoma, L. M., H. Davis-Wilson, L. S. Pietrosimone, J. Blackburn, D. A. Padua, and B. Pietrosimone. “DAILY WALKING VOLUME AND INTENSITY AFTER ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS.” In Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28:S392–93, 2020.
    Link to Item
  - Pietrosimone, Laura S., J Troy Blackburn, Erik Wikstrom, David Berkoff, Sean Docking, Jill Cook, and Darin Padua. “Biomechanical Loading Magnitude Differences During Landing in Male Athletes with and without Patellar Tendinopathy.” In Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise, 51:611–611. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2019. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000562327.24618.ec.
    Full Text
  - Pfeiffer, S. J., J. T. Spang, D. Nissman, D. Lalush, K. Wallace, M. S. Harkey, L. Pietrosimone, R. J. Schmitz, T. Blackburn, and B. Pietrosimone. “Associations between lateral compartment T1rho MRI inter-limb ratios and changes in walking gait kinematics following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.” In Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 27:S136–37. Elsevier BV, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.02.201.
    Full Text
  - Pfeiffer, Steven J., Jeffrey Spang, Daniel Nissman, David Lalush, Kyle Wallace, Matthew Harkey, Laura Stanley, Randy Schmitz, Troy Blackburn, and Brian Pietrosimone. “Lesser Mechanical Loading During Walking Gait Associates with Worse Proteoglycan Density 6 months Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.” In Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50:40–41, 2018.
    Link to Item
  - Pietrosimone, Brian, Christopher Johnston, Brittney Luc-Harkey, Matthew Harkey, Laura Stanley, Jonathan Goodwin, Hope Davis, Jeffrey Spang, and J Troy Blackburn. “Greater Loading Rates during Gait are Associated with Knee Symptoms 1.5 Years Following ACL Reconstruction.” In Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50:40–40, 2018.
    Link to Item
  - Lucero, Angela R., Laura E. Stanley, Madison F. Kennedy, Quefeng Li, Mark Dyson, and David J. Berkoff. “Epidemiological Study of Achilles Tendon Morphology Using Ultrasound Tissue Characterization Technology.” In Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise, 49:985–985. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000519690.07932.7c.
    Full Text
  - Pfeiffer, Steven, Troy Blackburn, Brittney Luc-Harkey, Matthew Harkey, Laura Stanley, Stephen Marshall, Jeffrey Spang, Brian Pietrosimone, and Darin Padua. “Aberrant Gait Biomechanics Are Not Associated with Aberrant Landing Biomechanics in Those with ACL Reconstruction.” In Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise, 49:357–357. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000517857.59880.21.
    Full Text
  - Frank, Barnett S., Laura E. Stanley, and Darin A. Padua. “Trunk-Mounted Accelerometry Predicts Temporal Variability in Landing Phases During a Jump-Landing Task.” In Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise, 48:737–38. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000487213.95842.30.
    Full Text
  - Mauntel, Timothy C., Laura E. Stanley, Barnett S. Frank, Shiho Goto, Yana I. Ginzburg, Nina Walker, and Darin A. Padua. “Collegiate Cross Country Athlete Lower Extremity Stress Fracture Risk Factors.” In Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise, 48:39–39. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000485127.25451.b2.
    Full Text
  - Stanley, Laura E., Barnett S. Frank, and Darin A. Padua. “Associations Between Vertical Ground Reaction Forces and Trunk-Mounted Accelerometry During a Jump-Landing.” In Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise, 48:637–637. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000486909.93500.c6.
    Full Text
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- PT-D 743: Advanced Practice Course (APC) VI 2023
- PT-D 633: Movement Science 2022
- PT-D 743: Advanced Practice Course (APC) VI 2022
- PT-D 633: Movement Science 2021
- PT-D 743: Advanced Practice Course (APC) VI 2021

Some information on this profile has been compiled automatically from Duke databases and external sources. (Our About page explains how this works.) If you see a problem with the information, please write to Scholars@Duke and let us know. We will reply promptly.

Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Subject Headings

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Conference Papers

Recent Courses