Address:
Physical Therapy
DUMC Box 104002
Durham NC 27708

Office phone:
(919) 684-9575
FAX:
(919) 668-3022
E-mail:
mailto:chad.cook@duke.edu

Professional Membership

American Physical Therapy Association, 1990-present
American Acadamy of Orthopaedic Manual Therapists, 2001-present
North Carolina Physical Therapy Association, 2004 to present

Duke Medicine Appointments

Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Community and Family Medicine
Division of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery

Teaching Responsibilities

Clinical Examination, Evaluation, Diagnosis & Prognosis (PT 316); Musculoskeletal Practice Management I (PT 403); Musculoskeletal Practice Management II (PT 506); Manual Therapy Elective

Awards and Honors

OPTP/JMMT Literature Review Award - 2003
OPTP/JMMT Literature Review Award - 2005
J Warren Perry Distinguished Author Award - 2005
US Bone and Joint, Young Investigators Initiative Award (AAOS) - 2005
Jan K Richardson Excellence in Teaching Award-Duke University (1st Years)- 2006
Jan K Richardson Excellence in Teaching Award-Duke University (3rd Years)- 2006
Jan K Richardson Excellence in Teaching Award-Duke University (3rd Years)- 2007
Helen May Bradley Career Achievement Award-Maryville University- 2007

Clinical Interests

Orthopaedics, Manual Therapy, Physical Therapy Outcomes

Research Interests

Manual Therapy, Diagnostic Accuracy, Surgery

Textbooks

Cook C. Orthopedic Manual Therapy: An Evidence Based Approach. Upper Saddle River NJ; Prentice Hall: 2007.

Cook C, Hegedus E. Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence-Based Approach. Upper Saddle River NJ; Prentice Hall: 2008.

Selected Publications (52 total)

Cook C, Kaplan S. Enhancing value of outcomes management in outpatient rehabilitation. Journal of Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement 1998; 2(2): 62-65.

Cook C, Estrada A. The value of best treatment practices for fibromyalgia by using treatment outcomes. Journal of Rehabilitative Outcomes Measurement 2000;4(3): 17-22.

Cook C, Sawyer S, Turney L, Miles A et al. Predictive factors in poor interrater reliability among physical therapists. J Man Manipulative Ther 2002;10(4):200-205.

Cook C, Merrifield H. Distance learning outcomes for Texas Tech University’s physical therapy program. J of Physical Therapy Education 2003;17(1):76-79.

Cook C. The Relationship between posture and balance disturbances in women with osteoporosis. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics 2003;20(3):37-50.

Cook C, Shroyer J. Vigorous physical activity and fall occurence. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics 2003;20(5):1-19.

Cook C. The effect of a pre-perceptual educational instrument on inter-rater reliability in physical therapists. Internet Journal of Allied Health and Sciences 2003;1, 2.

Cook C. Lumbar Coupling biomechanics-A literature review. J Man Manipulative Ther 2003;11(3):137-145.

Anson E, Cook C, Comacho C, et al. The use of education in the improvement in finding R1 in the lumbar spine. J Man Manipulative Ther 2003;11(4):204-212.

Sizer P, Brismee JM, Cook C, Dedrick L, Phelps V. Ergonomic pain, part 1: Etiology, epidemiology & prevention. Pain Prac 2004; 4:41-52.

Sizer P, Phelps V, Brismée J, Cook C, Dedrick L. Ergonomic pain part 2: Differential diagnosis and management considerations. Pain Prac 2004; 4:136-162.

Cook C, Cook A, Fleming R. Rehabilitation for clinical lumbar instability in an adolescent diver with spondylolisthesis. J Man Manipulative Ther 2004; 12(2).

Cook C, Showalter C. A survey on the importance of lumbar coupling biomechanics in physiotherapy practice. Manual Therapy 2004; 9:164-172.

Dickinson JI, Shroyer J, Elias J, Curry Z, Cook C. Preventing falls with interior design: J Fam Consumer Sciences. 2004;96:13-20.

Cook C, Brismee JM, Sizer P. Psychosocial Variables Associated with Back Pain in the Elderly: A Retrospective Analysis. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy 2004;27(3):75-81.

Cook C, Stickley L, Akram N, Benavides Y, Renz C, Ramey K. Inter-rater reliability of coupling pattern observations of the pathological lumbar spine: A pilot study. J Man Manipulative Ther 2004;12(4):189-19.

Cook C, Stickley L, Ramey K, Knotts V. Variables associated with occupational and physical therapy stroke rehabilitation utilization and outcomes. J Allied Health 2005;34(1):3-10.

Cook C, Brismee JM, Sizer P. S Subjective and objective descriptors of clinical lumbar spine instability: a Delphi study. Man Therapy 2006;11(1):11-21.

Cook C, Brismee JM, Sizer P. Factors associated with physiotherapists' confidence during assessment of clinical cervical and lumbar spine instability. Physiother Res Int 2005;10(2):59-71.

Cook C, Brismee JM, Fleming R, Sizer P. Identifiers suggestive of clinical cervical spine instability: a Delphi study of physical therapists. Phys Ther 2005;85(9):895-906.

Cook C, Ramey K, Hegedus E. Physical therapy exercise intervention based on classifcation using the patient response method: A systematic review of the literature. J Man Manipulative Ther 2005;13:152-162.

Cook C; Richardson JK; Braga, L, Menezes A; Soler X; Kume P; Zaninelli, M; Socolows F; Pietrobon R. Cross Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Neck Disability Index and Neck Pain and Disability Scale. Spine 2006;31(14):1621-7.

Cook C, Richardson JK, Pietrobon R, Braga L, Silva H, Turner D. Development of the NHANES ADL scale: Factor analysis, item response theory analysis, and criterion validity. Disabi Rehabil. 2006;28:929-35.

Cook C, Richardson JK, Pietrobon R. Dimensionality, internal consistency, and item analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys activities of daily living instrument among patients with report of low back pain. J Manipulative Physiological Ther 2006;29(3):183-9.

Ramey K, Fothergil L, Hadley D, Merryman A, Salazar D, Cook C. Variables associated with abondoning one's manual therapy approach learned in physical therapy school. J Man Manipulative Ther 2004;14:65-73.

Cook C, Pietrobon R. Dimesionality, internal consistency, and item analysis of the NHANES ADL instrument among patients with report of frequent severe headaches. Physiother Res Int 2006;11(2):84-92.

Cook C, Goode A, Erb D, Richardson JK, Pietrobon R. Validation of an Item Bank in a Sample of Community-Dwelling Survivors of Stroke. J Geriatr Phys Ther 2006;29(3):107-14.

Guevara, Cook, Pietrobon, Rodriquez, Nunley, Higgans, Vail. Validation of a Spanish version of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire (SMFA). J Orthop Trauma 2006;20(9):623-629.

Freedman, Guller, Higgins, Pan, Cook, Pietrobon. National trends in health care utilization and racial and socioeconomic disparities in pediatric pyogenic arthritis. J Ped Orthop 2006;26(6):709-715.

Cook C, Hegedus E, Showalter C, Sizer P. Coupling Behavior of the Cervical Spine: A systematic review of the literature. J Manipulative Physiological Ther 2006;29:570-5.

Sizer P, Felstehausen V, Sawyer S, Dornier L, Matthews P, Cook C. Eight critical component indices required for manual therapy skill acquisition and development: A factor analysis. J Allied Health 2007;36;30-40.

Cook C, Cleland J. Creation and critique of studies of diagnostic accuracy: use of the STARD and QUADAS tools. J Man Manipulative Ther 2007 (In Press).

Hegedus E, Cooper L, Cook C. Differential diagnosis of a female weight lifter with Paget’s Schroetter Syndrome. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2006; 36(11):882-886.

Guevara C, Cook C, Herback N, Pietrobon R, Jacobs D, Parker-Vail T. Gender, racial, and ethnic disclosure in NIH K-Award funded diabetes and obesity clinical trials. Accountability in Research, 2006;13:311-324.

Cook C, Goode A. Clinical differential diagnosis of a patient with atypical focal peripheral neuropathy. Physiother Theory Pract. 2006 (In Press).

Cook C, Santos G, Lima R, Pietrobon R, Jacobs D, Richardson W. Geographic variation in lumbar fusion for degenerative disorders: 1990-2000. (In Press) Spine J. 2006.

Cook C, Hannley M, Richardson JK, Michon J, Harker M, Pietrobon R. Real-time Updates of Meta-analyses of HIV Treatments Supported by a Biomedical Ontology. Accountability in Research. 2007;14:1-18.

Kirby K, Showalter C, Cook C. Assessment of the importance of glenohumeral peripheral mechanics by practicing physical therapists. Accepted in Physiother Res Internat. 2007. Published Ahead of Print: 15 Jan 2007 DOI: 10.1002/pri.353

Sizer PS, Brismee JM, Cook C. Medical screening for red flags in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal spine pain. Pain Practice. 2007;7:53-71.

Cook C, Hegedus E, Pietrobon R. Osteoarthritis and the Impact on Quality of Life Health Indicators. Rheumatol Internat. 2007;27(4):315-21.

Cook C, Hegedus E, Pietrobon R. Osteoarthritis and the Impact on Quality of Life Health Indicators. Rheumatol Internat. 2007;27(4):315-21.

Cook C, Massa L, Harm-Ernandes I, Segneri R, Adcock J, Kennedy C, Figuers C. Inter-rater reliability and diagnostic accuracy of pelvic girdle pain classification. (In Press) J Manipulative Physiological Ther. 2007.

Cook C, Cleland J, Pietrobon R, Garrow A, MacFarlane G. Calibration of an item pool for assessing the disability associated with foot pain: an application of item response theory to the foot disability index. (In Press) Physiotherapy 2007;93:89-95.

Higgins L, Taylor M, Park D, Ghodadra N, Marchant M, Pietrobon R, Cook C. Reliability and Validity of the International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Subjective Knee Form. Joint Bone Spine. Accepted 2007.

Higgins LD, Taylor MK, Park D, Ghodadra N, Marchant M Jr., Pietrobon R, Cook C. Reliability and Validation of the International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Subjective Knee Form (Accepted for publication in La Revue du Rhumatisme 2007)

Chuckpaiwong B, Cook C, Pietrobon R, Nunely J. Metatarsal Stress Fracture in Sports: Comparative Risk Factors between Proximal and Non-proximal Locations. Br J Sports Med 2007 Mar 5; [Epub ahead of print]

Sizer P, Brismee JM, Cook C. Coupling behavior of the thoracic spine: a systematic review of the literature. (accepted in) J Manipulative Physiological Ther. 2007.

Chuckpaiwong B, Cook C, Pietrobon R, Nunely J. Stress Fractures of the Second Metatarsal Base Do Occur in Nondancers. (accepted in) Clin Orthop Related Res. 2007 Mar 29; [Epub ahead of print]

Browne J, Cook C, Pietrobon R, Richardson W. Diabetes and Early Postoperative Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion. (Accepted in Spine). 2007.

Hegedus E, Cook C, Goode A, Physical Examination Tests for Assessing a Torn Meniscus in the Knee: A Meta-Analysis. (Accepted in JOSPT). 2007.

Braga-Baiak A, Shah A, Braga L, Pietrobon R, Cook C. Intra- and Inter Observer Reliability of MRI Examination of Intervertebral Disc Abnormalities in Patients with Cervical Myelopathy. (Accepted in European Journal of Radiology). 2007.

Cook C, Hegedus E, Pietrobon R, Goode A. A pragmatic neurological screen for patients with suspected cord compressive myelopathy. (Accepted in Phys Ther). 2007.

Shah A, Pietrobon R, Cook C, Sheth NP, Nguyen L, Guo L, Jacobs DO, Kuo PC. Little science, big science: strategies for research portfolio selection in academic surgery departments. (Accepted in Annals of Surgery). 2007.