Journal article
Strength in numbers? The fragility index of studies from the Scandinavian knee ligament registries
Abstract
PURPOSE: The fragility index (FI) is a metric to evaluate the robustness of statistically significant results. It describes the number of patients who would need to change from a non-event to an event to change a result from significant to non-significant. This systematic survey aimed to evaluate the feasibility of applying the FI to findings related to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in the Scandinavian knee ligament …
Authors
Svantesson E; Senorski EH; Danielsson A; Sundemo D; Westin O; Ayeni OR; Samuelsson K
Journal
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 339–352
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
2 2020
DOI
10.1007/s00167-019-05551-x
ISSN
0942-2056