Dr. Kennedy is a Board-Certified Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy, and for over 20 years has worked with the Duke Sports Medicine team increasingly focusing on shoulder rehabilitation for a variety of nonoperative and postoperative conditions. June has served as President, as well as on the research and education committees of American Shoulder and Elbow Therapists (ASSET). She was awarded the Innovative and Accelerated Protocols for Rehabilitation of Orthopedic Injuries Research Grant by the Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation for a multicenter randomized trial of home vs. PT rehabilitation for reverse total shoulder arthroplasty with Grant Garrigues, MD. June worked with an ASSET shoulder team to develop consensus rehabilitation guidelines for anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. Her primary research focuses in the area of optimizing therapy interventions for shoulder degenerative conditions.
Publications from the 2020-2021 Academic Year
·Kennedy J, Reinke E, Friedman L, Cook C, Forsythe B, Gillespie R, Hatzidakis A, Jawa A, Johnston P, Nagda S, Nicholson G, Sears B, Wiesel B, Garrigues G, and the SHORT Trial Investigators. .Protocol for a multicenter, randomised controlled trial of Surgeon-directed Home therapy vs. Outpatient Rehabilitation by physical Therapists for reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: The SHORT Trial investigators; Archives of Physiotherapy. 2021; 11(1): 1-13.
·Kennedy J, Klifto C, Ledbetter L, Bullock G. .Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty clinical and patient-reported outcomes and complications stratified by pre-operative diagnosis: a systematic review. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2021; 30(4): 929-941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2020.09.028
·Kennedy J, Garrigues G, Pozzi F, Gaunt B, Phillips B, Zens M, Bakshi A, and Tate A. .American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists’ Consensus Guidelines for Rehabilitation After Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2020; 29(10);2149-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2020.05.019