Scholars@Duke
Keping Wu

Keping Wu

Associate Professor of Anthropology at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Selected Publications

Improved Walking Steadiness Following total Hip Arthroplasty Compared to Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Journal Article Arthroplast Today · October 2025 BACKGROUND: Total knee (TKA) and hip arthroplasty (THA) effectively treat end-stage osteoarthritis by restoring mobility and reducing pain; however, it is unclear how balance and steadiness compare between TKA and THA patients. This study utilized wearable ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk Factors for Postoperative Infection and Associated Outcomes After Pilon Fracture Fixation: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study.

Journal Article Foot Ankle Int · September 2025 BACKGROUND: Pilon fractures are complex, often involving severe comminution and soft tissue compromise. Risk factors for infection after ankle fracture definitive fixation have been associated with open and/or comminuted fractures and poorly managed diabet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association between work-from-home policies and United States public interest in foot surgery conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends analysis.

Journal Article Work · August 2025 BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic, marked by significant lifestyle changes and healthcare-seeking behavior shifts, prompted the implementation of widespread Work from Home (WFH) policies.ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemi ... Full text Link to item Cite

State Healthcare Regulations and Total Knee Arthroplasty Prices Across the United States.

Journal Article Arthroplast Today · June 2025 BACKGROUND: The cost of healthcare services in the United States is subject to various regulatory influences, yet the impact of state-level healthcare policies and political affiliations on total knee arthroplasty (TKA) prices remains underexplored. METHOD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Changes in Pain-Related Psychological Distress After Surgery in Patients with Musculoskeletal Injury.

Journal Article Int J Environ Res Public Health · May 30, 2025 (1) Background: Pain experiences are shaped by both physical injury and psychological distress, posing challenges for orthopedic care. While surgery may alleviate injury-related distress, the extent of psychological improvement post surgery remains unclear ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Impact of Health Policy on Total Ankle Arthroplasty Prices in the United States.

Journal Article J Am Acad Orthop Surg · May 2, 2025 BACKGROUND: Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is increasingly used due to advancements in surgical technology leading to promising results. Although TAA may have a higher upfront complication rate, its long-term benefits, including lower rates of adjacent joi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fall Prevention after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.

Journal Article Orthop Clin North Am · April 2025 Despite the success of total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty, patients face an increased risk of postoperative falls, often due to surgery-induced changes in muscle strength. Falls can lead to serious consequences, including fractures and redu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of Bilateral Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement: A Detailed Analysis of Implant Survivability and Patient-Reported Outcomes.

Journal Article Foot Ankle Orthop · April 2025 BACKGROUND: Total ankle replacement (TAR) is an established treatment for end-stage ankle arthritis, offering pain relief and improved functionality. The Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (STAR) was first used in the United States in 1998 and although u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Younger age correlates with increased gutter impingement rates after total ankle arthroplasty.

Journal Article Foot Ankle Surg · February 2025 BACKGROUND: While total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) has evolved over the years with improved designs and enhanced bony fixation methods, it remains a technically demanding procedure with a risk of early postoperative complications. One of the most common comp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Taste, market, and social sustainability: multi-scalar foodscapes in Southwest China

Journal Article Food Culture and Society · January 1, 2025 Drawing upon ethnographic research conducted in the Nu Valley of Northwest Yunnan, this study investigates: 1) how foodways transcend ethnic boundaries in this diverse borderland society; 2) how taste preferences and market dynamics influence food consumpt ... Full text Cite

Correlation between the optimal screening for prediction of referral and outcome yellow flag tool and patient-reported legacy outcome measures in patients undergoing shoulder surgery

Journal Article Jses International · September 1, 2024 Background: The Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome Yellow Flag (OSPRO-YF) Tool is a 10-item multidimensional screening tool utilized to evaluate pain-related psychological traits in individuals with musculoskeletal pain conditions. Th ... Full text Cite

The INVISION Talar Component in Revision Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Analysis of Early Outcomes.

Journal Article Diagnostics (Basel) · July 26, 2024 INTRODUCTION: Launched in 2018 for revision total ankle arthroplasty (rTAA), the INVISION talar component addresses subsidence when poor talar bone stock is present. Due to the recency of the market-availability of the INVISION, studies evaluating its effi ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of bleeding on outcomes following lung transplantation: a retrospective analysis using the universal definition of perioperative bleeding.

Journal Article J Cardiothorac Surg · July 25, 2024 BACKGROUND: Lung transplantation (LT) represents a high-risk procedure for end-stage lung diseases. This study describes the outcomes of patients undergoing LT that require massive transfusions as defined by the universal definition of perioperative bleedi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Native Joint Septic Arthritis.

Journal Article Antibiotics (Basel) · June 27, 2024 Native joint septic arthritis (NJSA) is a severe and rapidly progressing joint infection, predominantly bacterial but also potentially fungal or viral, characterized by synovial membrane inflammation and joint damage, necessitating urgent and multidiscipli ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Art of Neighboring beyond the Nation: Ethnic and Religious Pluralism in Southwest China

Journal Article Religions · March 1, 2024 Northwest Yunnan is nested in the border areas of Tibet, Myanmar, and Southwest China. The religiously and ethnically diverse region has astonishingly seen a lack of “conflict”, as is often assumed in regions of ethnic and religious differences. This paper ... Full text Cite

From Survivalism to Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Transformations of a Chinese Voluntary Association in New Zealand

Journal Article Ethnic and Racial Studies · January 1, 2024 Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, this paper investigates the response of a Chinese voluntary association in New Zealand to demographic changes in the national Chinese community since the 1990s. The Chinese Community Association developed from ... Full text Cite

Direct anterior compared to posterior approach for hip hemiarthroplasty following femoral neck fractures

Journal Article World Journal of Orthopedics · January 1, 2024 The differences in complication rates between the direct anterior and posterior approaches for hemiarthroplasty in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures are not yet fully understood. Dislocation, a severe complication associated with increased morta ... Full text Cite

Racial Disparities in Outcomes After Foot and Ankle Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Journal Article J Foot Ankle Surg · 2024 This systematic review and meta-analysis delved into the impact of race and ethnicity on outcomes following foot and ankle surgery, an area garnering increasing attention within the medical community. Despite significant literature on postsurgical clinical ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluating the impact of work from home policies on Google search Trends related to ankle surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal Article Work · 2024 BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic caused notable shifts in healthcare behavior, influenced by remote work policies. This study examines the impact of Work from Home (WFH) policies on public interest in ankle-related orthopaedic surgeries, utilizing Google ... Full text Link to item Cite

Religion in the Folded City: Origami and the Boundaries of the Chronotope

Journal Article Comparative Studies in Society and History · October 4, 2023 In this article we rethink the chronotope approach by examining what happened to religious space-times in a Chinese urban development project that completely transformed what had once been five relatively rural townships. What happens to chronotopes when a ... Full text Cite

Overnight urbanization and changing spirits disturbed ecosystems in southern jiangsu

Journal Article Current Anthropology · October 1, 2021 Three Chinese cases involving ghost attacks, the increase of spirit mediums, and innovations in the forms and objects of temple worship suggest how nonequilibrium ecology, broadly conceived, can clarify processes of urban change. They extend Ingold’s call ... Full text Open Access Cite

From «Cloud tomb-sweeping» to «cloud ethnography»: Alternative means of mourning and research during Covid-19 in China

Journal Article Etnografia E Ricerca Qualitativa · August 1, 2020 Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese government has introduced strict measures of «social distancing», which include the shutting down of places where people gather, such as schools and shopping centers, as well as cemeteries and relig ... Full text Cite

The ethics of religious giving in Asia: introduction

Journal Article Journal of Contemporary Religion · January 2, 2020 Full text Cite

IT HAPPENS AMONG PEOPLE

Journal Article · November 1, 2019 Written by eleven leading anthropologists from around the world, this volume extends the insights of Fredrik Barth, one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, to push even further at the frontiers of anthropology and honor ... Full text Cite

Religion and Charity

Journal Article · October 31, 2017 Free markets alone do not work effectively to solve certain kinds of human problems, such as education, old age care, or disaster relief. Nor have markets ever been the sole solution to the psychological challenges of death, suffering, or injustice ... Full text Cite

The Philanthropic Turn of Religions in Post-Mao China: Bureaucratization, Professionalization, and the Making of a Moral Subject

Journal Article Modern China · July 2017 Religious philanthropy has grown steadily as a social force in post-Mao China. This article explores the interactions between religious policy and religious philanthropy to understand the transformations at the levels of the state, religious group ... Full text Cite

On the Boundaries Between Good and Evil: Constructing Multiple Moralities in China

Journal Article The Journal of Asian Studies · February 2017 This essay discusses three contrasting versions of the relationship between good and evil in contemporary China: a spirit medium who maneuvers between them, a charismatic Christian group that forges an identity by defending the border between them, ... Full text Cite