Journal article
The Importance of Pragmatic Study Design to the Scholarly Influence of Surgical Hip Fracture Randomized Controlled Trials
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Surgical randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have potential drawbacks, leading some to question their role in filling the information gap in orthopaedic surgery. Pragmatism in study design was introduced to increase the clinical applicability of study results. The purpose of this study was to examine how pragmatism affects the scholarly influence of surgical RCTs.
METHODS: A search for surgical hip fracture-related RCTs published …
Authors
Marmor M; Guenthner G; Getman T; Ghert M
Journal
JAAOS Global Research and Reviews, Vol. 7, No. 3,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
DOI
10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-21-00161
ISSN
2474-7661