Scholars@Duke
Joe Tommy Minchew

Joe Tommy Minchew

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
joe.minchew@duke.edu
3609 Southwest Durham Dr., Durham, NC 27707

Selected Publications

Healthcare disparities in adult and pediatric spinal deformity: a state of the art review.

Journal Article Spine Deform · March 2025 PURPOSE: A health disparity refers to a greater disease burden or negative health outcomes influenced by social, economic, and environmental factors. Numerous studies in the surgical literature show that social drivers of health affect health outcomes. Sim ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of a low back pain care pathway in an academic hospital system: results of a consensus process.

Journal Article J Orthop Surg Res · January 3, 2024 BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide and a significant component of healthcare expenditures. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been highlighted as a key resource to improve the quality of care. This study aime ... Full text Link to item Cite

Spinal injuries in athletes

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Annulus cells release ATP in response to vibratory loading in vitro.

Journal Article J Cell Biochem · November 1, 2003 Mechanical forces regulate the developmental path and phenotype of a variety of tissues and cultured cells. Vibratory loading as a mechanical stimulus occurs in connective tissues due to energy returned from ground reaction forces, as well as a mechanical ... Full text Link to item Cite

Vibratory loading decreases extracellular matrix and matrix metalloproteinase gene expression in rabbit annulus cells.

Journal Article Spine J · 2002 BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Whole body vibration is an important factor contributing to low back and radicular pain. Vibratory loading as a mechanical stimulus is transferred to connective tissues as energy from ground reaction forces, as well as a direct input fr ... Full text Link to item Cite

IL-1beta sensitizes intervertebral disc annulus cells to fluid-induced shear stress.

Journal Article J Cell Biochem · 2001 Chronic inflammation and altered mechanical loading are implicated as contributors to intervertebral disc degeneration. Biomechanical and biochemical factors play a role in disc degeneration but have received limited study. Mechanically, intervertebral dis ... Full text Link to item Cite

MR parameters for imaging titanium spinal instrumentation.

Journal Article J Spinal Disord · February 1997 The presence of stainless steel implants along a spinal column causes extreme distortion of data collected by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The recent availability of titanium alloy spinal instrumentation systems suggests that MR imaging evaluation of t ... Link to item Cite

Hyponatremia and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion in adult spinal surgery.

Journal Article Spine (Phila Pa 1976) · August 1, 1994 STUDY DESIGN: Patients undergoing spinal surgery were monitored for sodium balance, fluid type, and volume input and output during surgery and for the first 3 postoperative days. OBJECTIVE: To prospectively document the true incidence of the syndrome of in ... Full text Link to item Cite