Scholars@Duke
Christopher Daniel Lunsford

Christopher Daniel Lunsford

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery

Selected Publications

Establishing the Need for Anticipatory Symptom Guidance and Networked Models of Disease in Adaptive Family Management Among Children With Medical Complexity: Qualitative Study.

Journal Article JMIR Form Res · November 23, 2023 BACKGROUND: Caregivers of children with medical complexity navigate complex family management tasks for their child both in the hospital and home-based setting. The roles and relationships of members of their social network and the dynamic evolution of the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-Management Characterization for Families of Children With Medical Complexity and Their Social Networks: Protocol for a Qualitative Assessment.

Journal Article JMIR Res Protoc · January 23, 2020 BACKGROUND: Children with medical complexity (CMC) present rewarding but complex challenges for the health care system. Transforming high-quality care practices for this population requires multiple stakeholders and development of innovative models of care ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

COVID-19 and the need for disability conscious medical education, training, and practice.

Journal Article J Pediatr Rehabil Med · 2020 Featured Publication The COVID-19 era exposes what was already a crisis in the medical profession: structural racism, ageism, sexism, classism, and ableism resulting in healthcare disparities for Persons with Disabilities (PWD). Early research highlights these disparities, but ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Children with medical complexity: Challenges and opportunities for human factors/ergonomics

Journal Article Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society · January 1, 2020 For vulnerable patient populations, such as children with medical complexity (CMC), the patient journey is fraught with challenges. By providing a range of perspectives including clinicians, a family caregiver, and Human Factors/Ergonomics (HF/E) experts, ... Full text Open Access Cite

Durable Medical Equipment for Complex Cerebral Palsy

Chapter · December 26, 2018 This book explores management of the many medical comorbidities these children encounter, including orthopedic concerns, mobility and equipment needs, cognition and sensory impairment, difficult behaviors, seizures, respiratory ... ... Cite

Care tools for clinical practice

Chapter · December 26, 2018 This book explores management of the many medical comorbidities these children encounter, including orthopedic concerns, mobility and equipment needs, cognition and sensory impairment, difficult behaviors, seizures, respiratory ... ... Cite

Orthoses for Myelomeningocele

Chapter · January 25, 2018 Preceded by AAOS atlas of orthoses and assistive devices / [edited by] John D. Hsu, John W. Michael, John R. Fisk. 4th ed. c2008. ... Cite

Innovations With 3-Dimensional Printing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Review of the Literature.

Journal Article PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · December 2016 Created more than 30 years ago, 3-dimensional printing (3DP) has recently seen a meteoric rise in interest within medicine, and the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is no exception. Also called additive manufacturing (AM), the recent increase ... Full text Open Access Cite

Comparative effects of multilevel muscle tendon surgery, osteotomies, and dorsal rhizotomy on functional and gait outcome measures for children with cerebral palsy.

Journal Article PM R · May 2015 OBJECTIVE: To compare the impact of common surgical interventions (selective dorsal rhizotomy, muscle-tendon surgery, and osteotomies) for patients with cerebral palsy (CP) on Gross Motor Function Measure and temporal, kinematic, and kinetic gait variables ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite