Placebo Effect in the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy and Its Influencing Factors: Systematic Review With Meta-analysis and Meta Regression of Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effectiveness of nonsurgical treatment of patellar tendinopathy is questioned due to the conflicting results of placebo-controlled randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in which placebo arms often show impressive results.

Purpose

To quantify the magnitude of placebo effect of the different nonsurgical treatments of patellar tendinopathy. We also evaluated the influence of patients and treatments characteristics on the response to the placebo.

Study design

Systematic review; Level of evidence, 1.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and gray literature databases on May 10, 2023, with no time limitation. RCTs on nonoperative treatment of patellar tendinopathy, including a placebo control arm reporting the evol

SUBMITTER: Previtali D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363234 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature