Derek James Clewley
Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Clewley is an educator, clinical researcher, physical therapist, and mentor in the DPT program. His specific area of expertise and training is orthopaedics and manual physical therapy. He has achieved board certification in orthopaedics, and is recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. He has a PhD with primary research interests in health seeking behavior, pain science, manual therapy, clinical practice guideline development and implementation, and dry needling. Dr. Clewley has extensive experience in the development of continuing education, residency, and fellowship post graduate training programs.
Current Research Interests
Conservative management of neck pain
Guideline development and implementation
Orthopaedic manual therapy
Healthcare Seeking Behavior for musculoskeletal disorders
Dry Needling
Pain
Guideline development and implementation
Orthopaedic manual therapy
Healthcare Seeking Behavior for musculoskeletal disorders
Dry Needling
Pain
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Surgery 2021
Contact Information
- 311 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
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derek.clewley@duke.edu
(919) 681-8559
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions 2018
- D.P.T., Shenandoah University 2007
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Surgery 2015 - 2020
- Recognition
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Awards & Honors
- Jan Richardson Excellence in Teaching. Duke University - Doctor of Physical Therapy. May 2021
- Merritt Award for Exceptional Service and Achievement. Physical Therapy Association of Georgia. 2014
- Recognition of Excellence. BenchMark Rehab Partners. 2013
- Clinician of the Year. BenchMark Rehab Partners. 2007
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
- Backache--Physical therapy
- Elbow pain
- Manipulation (Therapeutics)
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Musculoskeletal System
- Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
- Musculoskeletal system--Wounds and injuries
- Pain
- Pain Management
- Pain Measurement
- Pain Perception
- Pain Threshold
- Pain, Referred
- Pain--Treatment
- Physical Therapy Specialty
- Physical therapy for older people
- Physical therapy schools
- Physical therapy schools--Accreditation
- Physical therapy services
- Physical therapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Physical therapy--Law and legislation
- Physical therapy--Practice
- Physical therapy--Study and teaching
- Shoulder
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Shoulder Pain
- Shoulder joint--Rotator cuff
- Spine
- Spine--Abnormalities--Exercise therapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Sports physical therapy
- Temporomandibular joint--Abnormalities--Physical therapy
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Griswold, D., K. Learman, E. Ickert, D. Clewley, M. B. Donaldson, M. Wilhelm, and J. Cleland. “Comparing dry needling or local acupuncture to various wet needling injection types for musculoskeletal pain and disability. A systematic review of randomized clinical trials.” Disability and Rehabilitation, January 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2165731.Full Text
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Burri, Sabrina D., Kaleigh M. Smyrk, Mostafa S. Melegy, Melanie M. Kessler, Nadim I. Hussein, Brandi D. Tuttle, and Derek J. Clewley. “Risk factors associated with physical therapist burnout: a systematic review.” Physiotherapy 116 (September 2022): 9–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2022.01.005.Full Text Link to Item
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Alnwick, G. M., D. Clewley, B. Beuning, and S. Koppenhaver. “Improvements after dry needling for craniofacial pain in a patient with chronic rhinosinusitis: a case report.” Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, January 1, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2022.2085218.Full Text
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Braaten, Amanda Day, Cannon Hanebuth, Holt McPherson, Dashae Smallwood, Samantha Kaplan, David Basirico, Derek Clewley, and Zachary Rethorn. “Social determinants of health are associated with physical therapy use: a systematic review.” British Journal of Sports Medicine 55, no. 22 (November 2021): 1293–1300. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-103475.Full Text
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Paz, Tatiana, Rachel N. Meyers, Cayla N. Faverio, Yuxuan Wang, Emily M. Vosburg, and Derek J. Clewley. “Youth Distance Running and Lower Extremity Injury: A Systematic Review.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 18, no. 14 (July 15, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147542.Full Text Link to Item
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Clewley, Derek, Yusra Iftikhar, Maggie E. Horn, and Daniel I. Rhon. “Do the Number of Visits and the Cost of Musculoskeletal Care Improve Outcomes? More May Not Be Better.” J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 50, no. 11 (November 2020): 642–48. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2020.9440.Full Text Link to Item
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Kinney, Meredith, Jasmine Seider, Amanda Floyd Beaty, Kaitlin Coughlin, Maximilian Dyal, and Derek Clewley. “The impact of therapeutic alliance in physical therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review of the literature.” Physiother Theory Pract 36, no. 8 (August 2020): 886–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2018.1516015.Full Text Link to Item
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Minniti, Melissa C., Andrew P. Statkevich, Ryan L. Kelly, Victoria P. Rigsby, Meghan M. Exline, Daniel I. Rhon, and Derek Clewley. “The Safety of Blood Flow Restriction Training as a Therapeutic Intervention for Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review.” Am J Sports Med 48, no. 7 (June 2020): 1773–85. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546519882652.Full Text Link to Item
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Dragotta, K., B. Jang, B. Quinzi, A. Bosco, and D. Clewley. “Physical therapy management of pediatric and adolescent neck pain: a call to action.” Physical Therapy Reviews 24, no. 5 (September 3, 2019): 208–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10833196.2019.1663979.Full Text
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Arnold, Elizabeth, Adam Goode, and Derek Clewley. “Re: Early Physical Therapy for Acute Low Back Pain May Not Reduce Health Services Utilization, Costs, and Opioid Use.” Arch Phys Med Rehabil 100, no. 7 (July 2019): 1376–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2019.03.003.Full Text Link to Item
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Arnold, Elizabeth, Janna La Barrie, Lisley DaSilva, Meagan Patti, Adam Goode, and Derek Clewley. “The Effect of Timing of Physical Therapy for Acute Low Back Pain on Health Services Utilization: A Systematic Review.” Arch Phys Med Rehabil 100, no. 7 (July 2019): 1324–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2018.11.025.Full Text Link to Item
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Clewley, Derek, Daniel I. Rhon, Timothy W. Flynn, Charles D. Sissel, and Chad E. Cook. “Does Health Care Utilization Before Hip Arthroscopy Predict Health Care Utilization After Surgery in the US Military Health System? An Investigation Into Health-Seeking Behavior.” J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 48, no. 11 (November 2018): 878–86. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2018.8259.Full Text Link to Item
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Rhon, Daniel I., Derek Clewley, Jodi L. Young, Charles D. Sissel, and Chad E. Cook. “Leveraging healthcare utilization to explore outcomes from musculoskeletal disorders: methodology for defining relevant variables from a health services data repository.” Bmc Med Inform Decis Mak 18, no. 1 (January 31, 2018): 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-018-0588-8.Full Text Link to Item
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Sola, M., M. Allison, M. Cusick, M. Franek, M. Murray, and Derek Clewley. “Biomechanical and physiological effects of shallow water gait in healthy adults: A systematic review.” Journal of Aquatic Physical Therapy 26, no. 3 (2018).
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Clewley, Derek, Dan Rhon, Tim Flynn, Shane Koppenhaver, and Chad Cook. “Physical therapists familiarity and beliefs about health services utilization and health seeking behaviour.” Braz J Phys Ther 22, no. 4 (2018): 336–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2018.02.002.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Clewley, Derek, Dan Rhon, Timothy Flynn, Shane Koppenhaver, and Chad Cook. “Health seeking behavior as a predictor of healthcare utilization in a population of patients with spinal pain.” Plos One 13, no. 8 (2018): e0201348. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201348.Full Text Link to Item
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Adams, Valerie J., Brianna Walker, Devin Jepson, Carly Cooper, Jordan Tyler, Derek Clewley, Sydney Rozenfeld, and Kristian P. Nitsch. “Measurement Characteristics and Clinical Utility of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale in Individuals Experiencing Low Back Pain.” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 98, no. 11 (November 2017): 2350–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2017.03.005.Full Text
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Blanpied, Peter R., Anita R. Gross, James M. Elliott, Laurie Lee Devaney, Derek Clewley, David M. Walton, Cheryl Sparks, and Eric K. Robertson. “Neck Pain: Revision 2017.” The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy 47, no. 7 (July 2017): A1–83. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2017.0302.Full Text
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Tousignant-Laflamme, Yannick, Shefali Christopher, Derek Clewley, Leila Ledbetter, Christian Jaeger Cook, and Chad E. Cook. “Does shared decision making results in better health related outcomes for individuals with painful musculoskeletal disorders? A systematic review.” J Man Manip Ther 25, no. 3 (July 2017): 144–50. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2017.1323607.Full Text Link to Item
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Lane, Elizabeth, Derek Clewley, and Shane Koppenhaver. “Complaints of Upper Extremity Numbness and Tingling Relieved With Dry Needling of the Teres Minor and Infraspinatus: A Case Report.” J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 47, no. 4 (April 2017): 287–92. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2017.7055.Full Text Link to Item
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McClinton, Shane, Lace Luedke, and Derek Clewley. “Nonsurgical Management of Midsubstance Achilles Tendinopathy.” Clin Podiatr Med Surg 34, no. 2 (April 2017): 137–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpm.2016.10.004.Full Text Link to Item
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Clewley, Derek, Timothy W. Flynn, and Shane Koppenhaver. “Trigger point dry needling as an adjunct treatment for a patient with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.” J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 44, no. 2 (February 2014): 92–101. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2014.4915.Full Text Link to Item
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Conference Papers
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Talty, Francis T., Michelle E. Roberts, Christine Dang, Derek J. Clewley, and Maggie E. Horn. “Using a behavioral model to identify factors associated with choice of provider for neck and low back pain: A systematic review.” In Musculoskelet Sci Pract, 49:102223, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2020.102223.Full Text Link to Item
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Arnold, E., J. La Barrie, L. DaSilva, M. Patti, and Derek Clewley. “The impact of timing of physical therapy for acute low back pain on health services utilization: A systematic review,” n.d.
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Blanpied, P., A. Gross, Derek Clewley, L. Devaney, J. Elliott, C. Sparks, D. Walton, and E. Robertson. “An update on the neck pain clinical practice guideline revision,” n.d.
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Blanpied, P., A. Gross, Derek Clewley, L. Devaney, J. Elliott, C. Sparks, D. Walton, and E. Robertson. “An update on the neck pain clinical practice guideline revision.,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek, D. Maddox, E. Lane, and H. Norton. “Cervicogenic dizziness,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek, D. Rhon, S. Koppenhaver, T. Flynn, and C. Cook. “Healthcare seeking behavior as an explanation for healthcare utilization for low back and neck pain,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek, E. Lane, J. Moore, M. Finnegan, and T. Flynn. “Non-wet substance needling for the management of shoulder pain: A systematic review pain: management a systematic review,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek, E. Lane, and C. Myers. “Medical screening for tomorrow manual therapist,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek, M. Horn, Y. Iftikhar, and D. Rhon. “The relationship between health care utilization and changes in self-reported pain and disability: Is more better?,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek, T. Flynn, and S. Koppenhaver. “Trigger point dry needling as an adjunct treatment for a patient with adhesive capsulitis,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek, and A. Bennett. “Dry needling: clinical cases and decision making,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek, and M. Ross. “Leveraging the non-specific effects of dry needling for the management of shoulder pain,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek. “Guideline based management of pediatric and adolescent neck pain,” n.d.
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Clewley, Derek. “Integration of dry needling and pain sciences for a patient with shoulder pain,” n.d.
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Cooper, D., A. Brannon, C. Sparks, E. Robertson, and Derek Clewley. “Primary hip interventions for patients with low back pain and hip impairments: preliminary results of a case series,” n.d.
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Kinney, M., J. Seider, A. Beaty, K. Coughlin, M. Dyal, and Derek Clewley. “The role of therapeutic alliance in physical therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain: management a systematic review,” n.d.
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Milligan, M., and Derek Clewley. “Dry needling scope of practice,” n.d.
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Pedrotti, M., and Derek Clewley. “A psoas abscess disguised as a musculoskeletal injury: a case report,” n.d.
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Robertson, E., C. Sparks, and Derek Clewley. “Primary hip interventions for patients with low back pain and hip impairments: a prospective case series,” n.d.
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Sola, M., M. Allison, M. Cusick, M. Franek, M. Murray, and Derek Clewley. “Biomechanical and physiological effects of shallow water locomotion in healthy adults pain: management a systematic review,” n.d.
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Taylor, T., B. Butler, M. Shiver, and Derek Clewley. “Blood flow restriction training: A systematic review of safety and adverse event reporting,” n.d.
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Wedemeyer, A., D. Adamson, K. Crenshaw, A. Evans, Derek Clewley, and R. Butler. “The effects of training load on injury rates in an athletic population: A systematic review,” n.d.
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- PT-D 643: Evidence Based Practice 2023
- PT-D 736: Practice Management (CAMP) I 2023
- PT-D 737: Practice Management (CAMP) II 2023
- PT-D 743: Advanced Practice Course (APC) VI 2023
- PT-D 643: Evidence Based Practice 2022
- PT-D 736: Practice Management (CAMP) I 2022
- PT-D 737: Practice Management (CAMP) II 2022
- PT-D 743: Advanced Practice Course (APC) VI 2022
- PT-D 643: Evidence Based Practice 2021
- PT-D 736: Practice Management (CAMP) I 2021
- PT-D 737: Practice Management (CAMP) II 2021
- PT-D 741: Advanced Practice Course (APC) IV 2021
- PT-D 743: Advanced Practice Course (APC) VI 2021
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Advising & Mentoring
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- Capstone mentor for evidence based practice series
- Mentor for student special interest group -- Rehab2Perform
- Mentor American Academy of Manual Physical Therapy Student Special Interest Group
- Mentor for student special interest group -- Private Practice / Business
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- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Guideline based approach to managing pediatric and adolescent neck pain. Cincinnati Childrens Spine Symposium. Cincinnati Childrens Hospital . March 2018 - March 2018 2018
- Integration of dry needling and pain science for musculoskeletal conditions. North Carolina Physical Therapy Association Meeting. 2017 - 2017 2017
- Cervicogenic Dizziness. APTA NEXT Conference. American Physical Therapy Association. June 2016 2016
- Neck Pain Clinical Practice Guidelines: An update. APTA CSM. American Physical Therapy Association. February 2016 2016
- Integration of dry needling and pain sciences. AAOMPT Annual Conference. October 2015 2015
- Myofascial Trigger Point Evidence and Management. Cross Country Education Annual Conference. Cross Country Education. July 2015 2015
- Dry Needling Concentrated Education Series. APTA NEXT Conference. American Physical Therapy Association. 2013 2013
- Evidence based thrust manipulations. Cross Country Education Annual Conference. Cross Country Education. 2011 2011
- Evidence based thrust manipulations. Physical Therapy Association of Georgia Annual Conference. Physical Therapy Association of Georgia. 2010 2010
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Service to the Profession
- Member At Large. American Academy of Manual Physical Therapists. 2016 2016
- Vice President. Academic and Clinical Faculty SIG. American Academy of Manual Physical Therapists. January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2016 2014 - 2016
- Chair. American Physical Therapy Association Conference Programming Committee. APTA. June 2012 2012
- Committee Member. APTA Orthopaedic Section Committee. 2009 - 2015 2009 - 2015
- Committee Member. American Physical Therapy Association Conference Programming Committee. APTA. 2009 - 2012 2009 - 2012
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Academic & Administrative Activities
- Director, Post Professional Education Initiatives
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