Randomized controlled trials in non-pharmacological rehabilitation research: a scoping review of the reporting of sample size calculation, randomization procedure, and statistical analyses.

INTRODUCTION: The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often considered as the gold standard for clinical trials and researchers argue that the quality of RCT reports should be of the highest standards due to their clinical significance. To review the quality of reporting of the sample size calculation methods, and randomization procedures, and assess whether the statistical analyses correlate as reported in the trials' Evidence acquisition …