Reporting and transparent research practices in sports medicine and orthopaedic clinical trials: a meta-research study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Transparent reporting of clinical trials is essential to assess the risk of bias and translate research findings into clinical practice. While existing studies have shown that deficiencies are common, detailed empirical and field-specific data are scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to examine current clinical trial reporting and transparent research practices in sports medicine and orthopaedics.

Setting

Exploratory meta-research study on reporting quality and transparent research practices in orthopaedics and sports medicine clinical trials.

Participants

The sample included clinical trials published in the top 25% of sports medicine and orthopaedics journals over 9 months.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Two independent reviewers assessed pre

SUBMITTER: Schulz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9364413 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature