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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