Asking New Questions with Old Data: The Centralized Open-Access Rehabilitation Database for Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper introduces a tool for streamlining data integration in rehabilitation science, the Centralized Open-Access Rehabilitation database for Stroke (SCOAR), which allows researchers to quickly visualize relationships among variables, efficiently share data, generate hypotheses, and enhance clinical trial design.

Methods

Bibliographic databases were searched according to inclusion criteria leaving 2,892 titles that were further screened to 514 manuscripts to be screened by full text, leaving 215 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the database (489 independent groups representing 12,847 patients). Demographic, methodological, and statistical data were extracted by independent coders and entered into SCOAR.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Lohse KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5028724 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature