Study Results
Research couldn’t happen without people volunteering to participate, but those people haven't always gotten a chance to hear about the results when the study is completed. At Duke we're making sure that changes for our research and participants. Here you can find plain language summaries of the results for studies done at Duke.
You can look for studies by searching for the condition or the researcher's name to find specific information. Or you can just check out the newest results we've shared. It's all about learning how to improve healthcare and make progress in medicine.
*Study results from industry-sponsored studies posted here reflect the findings provided by the study sponsor. These study results do not represent Duke’s promotion or endorsement of the study sponsor's findings or any products or services offered by any study sponsors.
We wanted to find out if telehealth visits are an acceptable method for diagnosing rotator cuff tears for people who have shoulder injuries and do not live near doctors who specialize in treating shoulder injuries.
This study examined whether TENS, a non-drug pain treatment, could reduce pain during endometrial biopsies and found a modest, but not clinically meaningful, benefit.
INSPIRE’s goal was to help people living with chronic pain manage their symptoms, improve their ability to function, and have a better quality of life. The study compared two different programs to see which was better for managing pain.
We did this study to compare how well steroid injections and three different types of stem cell injections worked to provide relief for people who have pain from arthritis in the knee.
This study tested the MIMIC program, a set of tools designed to help emergency room staff in Tanzania better diagnose and treat heart attacks. The program improved heart attack testing and treatment, but larger studies are needed to determine whether it improves survival.
This study found that intensive rehabilitation improved arm movement after stroke, but adding electrical brain stimulation didn’t provide extra benefit.
We wanted to test how common it is for uninjured children to have the same level of strength and balance in both legs, and then determine how this information should guide decisions about when it's appropriate for kids to return to sports after an injury.
This observational study was done to let doctors and other medical providers know why young athletes typically come to visit them. We analyzed every visit student-athletes made to an athletic training room clinic at Duke over the course of 5 years.