Differences between experimental and placebo arms in manual therapy trials: a methodological review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To measure the specific effectiveness of a given treatment in a randomised controlled trial, the intervention and control groups have to be similar in all factors not distinctive to the experimental treatment. The similarity of these non-specific factors can be defined as an equality assumption. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the equality assumptions in manual therapy trials.

Methods

Relevant studies were identified through the following databases: EMBASE, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE, Scholar Google, clinicaltrial.gov, the Cochrane Library, chiloras/MANTIS, PubMed Europe, Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED), Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) and Sciencedirect. Studies investigating the effect of any manual intervention compared to at lea

SUBMITTER: D'Alessandro G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9358888 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature