April Armstrong
C. McCollister Evarts Professor and Chair for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
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Most Recent Publications
A preoperative risk assessment tool for predicting adverse outcomes among total shoulder arthroplasty patients
Adam Z. Khan, Evan A. O'Donnell, Catherine J. Fedorka, Jacob M. Kirsch, Jason E. Simon, Xiaoran Zhang, Harry H. Liu, Joseph A. Abboud, Eric R. Wagner, Matthew J. Best, April D. Armstrong, Jon J.P. Warner, Mohamad Y. Fares, John G. Costouros, Jarret Woodmass, Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Porter Jones, Derek A. Haas, Michael B. Gottschalk, Uma Srikumaran, 2025, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery on p. 837-846
Defining the Cost of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Multicenter, Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing and Cost Optimization Investigation
Catherine J. Fedorka, Ana Paula Beck Da Silva Etges, Matthew J. Best, Harry H. Liu, Xiaoran Zhang, Brett Sanders, Joseph A. Abboud, Mohamad Y. Fares, Jacob M. Kirsch, Jason E. Simon, Jarret Woodmass, Porter Jones, Derek A. Haas, April D. Armstrong, Uma Srikumaran, Eric R. Wagner, Michael B. Gottschalk, Adam Z. Khan, John G. Costouros, Jon J.P. Warner, Evan A. O'donnell, Adam Z. Khan, Jon J.P. Warner, Evan A. O'Donnell, 2025, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery on p. 9-15
Low success rate of closed reductions when treating dislocations after reverse shoulder arthroplasty: a study by the ASES Complications of RSA Multicenter Research Group
Richard Puzzitiello, Evan A. Glass, Adam R. Bowler, Daniel P. Swanson, Michael Moverman, Ryan Lohre, Kuhan A. Mahendraraj, Miranda McDonald-Stahl, Declan R. Diestel, Kiet Le, Warren R. Dunn, Dylan J. Cannon, Lisa G.M. Friedman, Jaina A. Gaudette, John Green, Lauren Grobaty, Michael Gutman, Jacquelyn Kakalecik, Michael A. Kloby, Elliot N. Konrade, Margaret C. Knack, Amy Loveland, Joshua I. Mathew, Luke Myhre, Jacob Nyfeler, Doug E. Parsell, Marissa Pazik, Teja S. Polisetty, Padmavathi Ponnuru, Karch M. Smith, Katherine A. Sprengel, Ocean Thakar, Lacie Turnbull, Alayna Vaughan, John C. Wheelwright, Joseph Abboud, April Armstrong, Luke Austin, Tyler Brolin, Vahid Entezari, Grant E. Garrigues, Brian Grawe, Lawrence V. Gulotta, Rhett Hobgood, John G. Horneff, Jason E. Hsu, Joseph Iannotti, Michael Khazzam, Joseph J. King, Jacob M. Kirsch, 2025, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Patient and surgical risk factors for dislocation after reverse shoulder arthroplasty: a study by the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons multicenter complications of reverse shoulder arthroplasty research group
Evan A. Glass, Adam R. Bowler, Michael J. Maxwell, Declan R. Diestel, Miranda McDonald-Stahl, Calista S. Stevens, Christopher Canizares, Pamela A. Chan, Daniel P. Swanson, Ryan Lohre, Michael A. Moverman, Richard Puzzitiello, Himmat Sahi, Kuhan A. Mahendraraj, Kiet Le, Warren R. Dunn, Dylan J. Cannon, Lisa GM Friedman, Jaina A. Gaudette, John Green, Lauren Grobaty, Michael Gutman, Jacquelyn Kakalecik, Michael A. Kloby, Elliot N. Konrade, Margaret C. Knack, Amy Loveland, Joshua I. Mathew, Luke Myhre, Jacob Nyfeler, Doug E. Parsell, Marissa Pazik, Teja S. Polisetty, Padmavathi Ponnuru, Karch M. Smith, Katherine A. Sprengel, Ocean Thakar, Lacie Turnbull, Alayna Vaughan, John C. Wheelwright, Joseph Abboud, April Armstrong, Luke Austin, Tyler Brolin, Vahid Entezari, Grant E. Garrigues, Brian Grawe, Lawrence V. Gulotta, Rhett Hobgood, John G. Horneff, 2025, Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES
Racial and gender disparities in utilization of outpatient total shoulder arthroplasties
Catherine J. Fedorka, Xiaoran Zhang, Harry H. Liu, Michael B. Gottschalk, Joseph A. Abboud, Jon J.P. Warner, Peter MacDonald, Adam Z. Khan, John G. Costouros, Matthew J. Best, Mohamad Y. Fares, Jacob M. Kirsch, Jason E. Simon, Brett Sanders, Evan A. O'Donnell, April D. Armstrong, Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Porter Jones, Derek A. Haas, Jarret Woodmass, 2024, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery on p. 2637-2645
Professional Behavior Assessment During Residency Training Can We Identify Outliers?
Ann Van Heest, Steven Frick, John Harrast, David Martin, Mona Saniei, Lisa Taitsman, April Armstrong, 2024, JBJS Open Access
Mechanically compliant locking plates for diaphyseal fracture fixation: A biomechanical study
Connor Huxman, Gregory Lewis, April Armstrong, Gary Updegrove, Zachary Koroneos, Jared Butler, 2024, Journal of Orthopaedic Research on p. 217-227
Utility of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Hospital Readmissions after Orthopaedic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mohamad Y. Fares, Harry H. Liu, Ana Paula Beck Da Silva Etges, Benjamin Zhang, Jon J.P. Warner, Jeffrey J. Olson, Catherine J. Fedorka, Adam Z. Khan, Matthew J. Best, Jacob M. Kirsch, Jason E. Simon, Brett Sanders, John G. Costouros, Xiaoran Zhang, Porter Jones, Derek A. Haas, Joseph A. Abboud, April D. Armstrong, Robert M. Belniak, Michael B. Gottschalk, Eric C. Makhni, Augustus Mazzocca, Peter Macdonald, Evan A. O'Donnell, Uma Srikumaran, Evan Stieler, Gary F. Updegrove, Eric R. Wagner, Jarret Woodmass, 2024, JBJS Reviews
Implant-Positioning and Patient Factors Associated with Acromial and Scapular Spine Fractures After Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
Michael A. Moverman, Richard N. Puzzitiello, Evan A. Glass, Daniel P. Swanson, Kristian Efremov, Ryan Lohre, Adam R. Bowler, Kuhan A. Mahendraraj, Kiet Le, Warren R. Dunn, Dylan J. Cannon, Lisa G.M. Friedman, Jaina A. Gaudette, John Green, Lauren Grobaty, Michael Gutman, Jaquelyn Kakalecik, Michael A. Kloby, Elliot N. Konrade, Margaret C. Knack, Amy Loveland, Joshua I. Mathew, Luke Myhre, Jacob Nyfeler, Doug E. Parsell, Marissa Pazik, Teja S. Polisetty, Padmavathi Ponnuru, Karch M. Smith, Katherine A. Sprengel, Ocean Thakar, Lacie Turnbull, Alayna Vaughan, John C. Wheelwright, Joseph Abboud, April Armstrong, Luke Austin, Tyler Brolin, Vahid Entezari, Grant E. Garrigues, Brian Grawe, Lawrence V. Gulotta, Rhett Hobgood, John G. Horneff, Jason E. Hsu, Joseph Iannotti, Michael Khazzam, Joseph J. King, Jacob M. Kirsch, Jonathan C. Levy, 2024, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery on p. 1384-1394
The most effective corticosteroid dose in the treatment of glenohumeral osteoarthritis: Feasibility pilot and protocol for double blinded randomized controlled trial
Cayce Onks, lynn weaver, Lynn Weaver, M Silvis, Johan Latorre, A Berg, Matthew Silvis, S Phillips, Arthur Berg, Cristy French, Shawn Phillips, A Armstrong, Jayson Loeffert, Cristy French, C Onks, April Armstrong, 2024, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open
Most-Cited Papers
Design strategies and applications of nacre-based biomaterials
Ethan Michael Gerhard, Wei Wang, Caiyan Li, Jinshan Guo, Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Kevin Michael Rahn, April Dawn Armstrong, Jingfen Xia, Guoying Qian, Jian Yang, 2017, Acta Biomaterialia on p. 21-34
Predictors of acromial and scapular stress fracture after reverse shoulder arthroplasty: a study by the ASES Complications of RSA Multicenter Research Group
Kuhan A. Mahendraraj, Joseph Abboud, April Armstrong, Luke Austin, Tyler Brolin, Vahid Entezari, Lisa Friedman, Grant E. Garrigues, Brian Grawe, Lawrence Gulotta, Michael Gutman, Paul Anthony Hart, Rhett Hobgood, John G. Horneff, Joseph Iannotti, Michael Khazzam, Joseph King, Michael A. Kloby, Margaret Knack, Jon Levy, Anand Murthi, Surena Namdari, Laurence Okeke, Randall Otto, Douglas E. Parsell, Teja Polisetty, Padmavathi Ponnuru, Eric Ricchetti, Robert Tashjian, Thomas Throckmorton, Clay Townsend, Melissa Wright, Thomas Wright, Zachary Zimmer, Mariano E. Menendez, Andrew Jawa, 2021, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery on p. 2296-2305
Additive manufacturing of fracture fixation implants: Design, material characterization, biomechanical modeling and experimentation
Maryam Tilton, Michael Hast, Gregory S. Lewis, Hwabok Wee, Hwa Bok Wee, April Armstrong, Michael W. Hast, Gregory Lewis, Guha Prasanna Manogharan, 2020, Additive Manufacturing on p. 101137
Preoperative and intraoperative infection workup in apparently aseptic revision shoulder arthroplasty
Gary F. Updegrove, April Armstrong, H Kim, 2015, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery on p. 491-500
Subscapularis function after total shoulder arthroplasty: electromyography, ultrasound, and clinical correlation
April D. Armstrong, Jodi D. Southam, Andrea H. Horne, Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Donald J. Flemming, Milind J. Kothari, 2016, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery on p. 1674-1680
Risk Factors for Increased Postoperative Pain and Recommended Orderset for Postoperative Analgesic Usage
April D. Armstrong, Susan E. Hassenbein, Sarah Black, Christopher S. Hollenbeak, 2020, Clinical Journal of Pain on p. 845-851
Testing of a novel pin array guide for accurate three-dimensional glenoid component positioning
Gregory S. Lewis, Nicole M. Stevens, April D. Armstrong, 2015, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery on p. 1939-1947
In vitro cytocompatibility evaluation of poly(octamethylene citrate) monomers toward their use in orthopedic regenerative engineering
Chuying Ma, Ethan Gerhard, Qiaoling Lin, Silun Xia, April Dawn Armstrong, Jian Yang, 2018, Bioactive Materials on p. 19-27
Predictors of dislocations after reverse shoulder arthroplasty: a study by the ASES complications of RSA multicenter research group
Ryan Lohre, Daniel P. Swanson, Kuhan A. Mahendraraj, Randa Elmallah, Evan A. Glass, Warren R. Dunn, Dylan J. Cannon, Lisa G.M. Friedman, Jaina A. Gaudette, John Green, Lauren Grobaty, Michael Gutman, Jaquelyn Kakalecik, Michael A. Kloby, Elliot N. Konrade, Margaret C. Knack, Amy Loveland, Joshua I. Mathew, Luke Myhre, Jacob Nyfeler, Doug E. Parsell, Marissa Pazik, Teja S. Polisetty, Padmavathi Ponnuru, Karch M. Smith, Katherine A. Sprengel, Ocean Thakar, Lacie Turnbull, Alayna Vaughan, John C. Wheelwright, Joseph Abboud, April Armstrong, Luke Austin, Tyler Brolin, Vahid Entezari, Grant E. Garrigues, Brian Grawe, Lawrence V. Gulotta, Rhett Hobgood, John G. Horneff, Joseph Iannotti, Michael Khazzam, Joseph J. King, Jacob M. Kirsch, Jonathan C. Levy, Anand Murthi, Surena Namdari, Gregory P. Nicholson, Randall J. Otto, Eric T. Ricchetti, 2024, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery on p. 73-81
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery's Initiatives Toward Competency-Based Education
Ann E. Van Heest, April D. Armstrong, Michael S. Bednar, James E. Carpenter, Kevin L. Garvin, John J. Harrast, David F. Martin, Peter M. Murray, Terrance D. Peabody, Charles L. Saltzman, Mona Saniei, Lisa A. Taitsman, J. Lawrence Marsh, 2022, JBJS Open Access
News Articles Featuring April Armstrong
Mar 03, 2023
Researchers awarded $2.3M grant to enhance understanding of rotator cuff injury
Rotator cuff injuries are the second leading cause of musculoskeletal pain, following lower back pain. Their prevalence increases with age, with individuals over 80 years old at a 64% risk of the injury.
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