Scholars@Duke
Benjamin Dean Holmes

Benjamin Dean Holmes

Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
benjamin.holmes@duke.edu
3000 Rogers Road, Suite 330, Wake Forest, NC 27587

Selected Publications

Artificial intelligence-guided therapy: Clinic versus home users. Long-term differences in patient-reported outcomes in patients with low back pain

Journal Article Journal of Orthopaedic Reports · June 1, 2025 Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a common cause of disability in the United States and contributes to a great economic burden on both the individual and healthcare system level. Previous studies have investigated home-based therapy as an alternative or s ... Full text Open Access Cite

Nutrition interventions for spine-related pain: A scoping review.

Journal Article Biomol Biomed · January 30, 2025 Multiple studies have been published regarding various nutritional supplements or interventions to improve chronic pain. However, many of these studies emphasized widespread pain and were not specific to the spine. Therefore, the primary objective of this ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Spinal cord injury etiology, severity, and care in East Asia: a cross-sectional analysis of the International Spinal Cord Society Database Project.

Journal Article Spinal Cord · July 2024 STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate etiologic factors associated with spinal cord injury (SCI) severity and to identify predictive factors of reduction in SCI severity in six countries. SETTING: SCI centers in Bangladesh, India, Ma ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The Synchronous Application of Yoga and Myofascial Release Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain: A Case Report.

Journal Article Altern Ther Health Med · June 2024 INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is common and costly, and conventional care is often inadequate for pain resolution. Although evidence supports movement and manual therapy treatments, the benefits of the synchronous application of these two therap ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Geospatial analysis of mortality risk from road traffic crashes in Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Journal Article Traffic Safety Research · June 30, 2023 The objective of the study was to present a novel analytical approach using Nigerian trauma registry data to determine risks and of road traffic crash-related mortality for patients treated at National Trauma Centre, Abuja. Patient characteristics ... Full text Open Access Cite

Low back pain does not predict unemployment in a U.S. refugee population: A retrospective cohort study.

Journal Article N Am Spine Soc J · December 2022 BACKGROUND: Unemployment can limit host-community integration for refugees. Poor health is a leading cause of unemployment among refugees in the U.S. This study assesses whether low back pain (LBP) is predictive of unemployment among a group of refugees in ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The Manchurian candidate: chiropractors as propagators of neoliberalism in health care

Journal Article Chiropractic & Manual Therapies · December 2020 AbstractThe rise of neoliberalism has influenced the health care sector, including the chiropractic profession. The neoliberal infiltration of market justice behavior is in direct conflict with the fiduciary agreement to se ... Full text Open Access Cite

The prevalence of psychosocial related terminology in chiropractic program courses, chiropractic accreditation standards, and chiropractic examining board testing content in the United States

Journal Article Chiropractic & Manual Therapies · December 2020 AbstractBackgroundSpine related disorders entail biological (somatic), psychological, and social factors. Though biological factors are often emphasized, psychosocial considerations may ... Full text Open Access Cite

Understanding Etiologies of Road Traffic Crashes, Injuries, and Death for Patients at National Hospital Abuja: A Qualitative Content Analysis Using Haddon’s Matrix

Journal Article The Qualitative Report · April 12, 2020 Road traffic crashes and sequelae are reaching pandemic proportions globally and have currently achieved disproportionately high levels in Nigeria. Quantitative studies are accumulating in the peer-reviewed literature, but there is a paucity of qua ... Full text Open Access Cite

When walking is bad for your back: a cohort study of risk factors for traumatic spinal injury in Abuja.

Journal Article Pan Afr Med J · 2019 INTRODUCTION: This study evaluates characteristics and risk factors of traumatic spinal injuries (TSIs) treated at a trauma center in Abuja, Nigeria. TSIs are a global concern. They are frequently disabling, leading to economic, workforce, and quality of l ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Factors in Patient Responsiveness to Directional Preference-Matched Treatment of Neck Pain With or Without Upper Extremity Radiation.

Journal Article J Patient Cent Res Rev · 2017 PURPOSE: Patient-related predictive factors in responsiveness to directional preference therapy for neck pain with or without upper extremity radiation (NP/R) have not been reported. A directional preference is any neck movement that, when performed repeat ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite