Reporting of Harm in Randomized Controlled Trials of Therapeutic Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) recommends reporting adverse events (AEs) and dropouts (DOs) with their definitions. The purpose of this study was to identify how AEs and DOs were reported in randomized controlled trials of therapeutic exercise for knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods

Data sources were the Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, and CINAHL. Databases were searched to identify randomized controlled trials of therapeutic exercise for knee OA published from January 1, 1980, through July 23, 2020. Researchers independently extracted participant and intervention characteristics and determined whether a clear statement of and reasons for AEs and DOs existed. The primary outcome was exercise-related harm. Physiotherapy Evidence Database (P

SUBMITTER: von Heideken J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8557852 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature