A systematic survey of the quality of research reporting in general orthopaedic journals.

The poor reporting and use of statistical methods in orthopaedic papers has been widely discussed by both clinicians and statisticians. A detailed review of research published in general orthopaedic journals was undertaken to assess the quality of experimental design, statistical analysis and reporting. Parsons NR, Hiskens R, Price CL, Achten J, Costa ML. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011 Sep;93(9):1154-9. PMID: 21911523 PDF