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Kelli Dominick Allen

Kelli Dominick Allen

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
domin004@mc.duke.edu
HSRD (152), Bldg 16, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC

Featured Works

Group physical therapy for veterans with knee osteoarthritis: study design and methodology.

Journal article Contemp Clin Trials · March 2013 Featured Publication Physical therapy (PT) is a key component of treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA) and can decrease pain and improve function. Given the expected rise in prevalence of knee OA and the associated demand for treatment, there is a need for models of care that ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Patient and provider interventions for managing osteoarthritis in primary care: protocols for two randomized controlled trials.

Journal article BMC Musculoskelet Disord · April 24, 2012 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip and knee are among the most common chronic conditions, resulting in substantial pain and functional limitations. Adequate management of OA requires a combination of medical and behavioral strategies. However, some ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Racial differences in knee osteoarthritis pain: potential contribution of occupational and household tasks.

Journal article J Rheumatol · February 2012 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: We examined whether occupational and household tasks contributed to differences in pain between African Americans and whites with radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: Participants from the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project self-r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Participant evaluation of a telephone-based osteoarthritis self-management program, 2006-2009.

Journal article Prev Chronic Dis · 2012 Featured Publication INTRODUCTION: Self-management support interventions can help improve osteoarthritis outcomes but are underused. Little is known about how participants evaluate the helpfulness of these programs. We describe participants' evaluations of a telephone-based, o ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Telephone-based self-management of osteoarthritis: A randomized trial.

Journal article Ann Intern Med · November 2, 2010 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability, and self-management behaviors for osteoarthritis are underutilized. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of a telephone-based self-management intervention for hip or knee osteoarthrit ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Comparison of pain measures among patients with osteoarthritis.

Journal article J Pain · June 2010 Featured Publication UNLABELLED: This study compared recalled average pain, assessed at the end of the day, with the average of real-time pain ratings recorded throughout the day among patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Participants (N = 157) with hand, hip, or knee OA complet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations of occupational tasks with knee and hip osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.

Journal article J Rheumatol · April 2010 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study examined associations of occupational tasks with radiographic and symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) in a community-based sample. METHODS: Participants from the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project (n = 2729) self-repor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racial differences in osteoarthritis pain and function: potential explanatory factors.

Journal article Osteoarthritis Cartilage · February 2010 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: This study examined factors underlying racial differences in pain and function among patients with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: Participants were n=491 African Americans and Caucasians enrolled in a clinical trial of telephone-b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Daily pain variations among patients with hand, hip, and knee osteoarthritis.

Journal article Osteoarthritis Cartilage · October 2009 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: This study examined within-day osteoarthritis (OA)-related pain patterns and associated patient characteristics. METHODS: Participants with physician diagnoses and self-reported symptoms of hand (N=40), hip (N=32), and knee (N=85) OA recorded pa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racial differences in self-reported pain and function among individuals with radiographic hip and knee osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.

Journal article Osteoarthritis Cartilage · September 2009 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: This study compared pain and function among African Americans and Caucasian with radiographic hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA), controlling for radiographic severity and other patient characteristics. METHODS: Participants were 1368 individua ... Full text Link to item Cite

Osteoarthritis and sleep: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.

Journal article J Rheumatol · June 2008 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the association of symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) with sleep disturbance. We compared the prevalence and severity of current sleep problems among individuals with and without symptomatic hip or knee OA in a large, communit ... Link to item Cite

Arthritis prevalence and symptoms among US non-veterans, veterans, and veterans receiving Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare.

Journal article J Rheumatol · February 2006 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: . Studies suggest arthritis and rheumatic diseases are common among military veterans, but prior research has not directly compared arthritis between veterans and the general population. This study compared arthritis prevalence and symptoms betw ... Link to item Cite