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ArticleIndian journal of orthopaedics2008

The Cochrane Collaboration: a leading role in producing reliable evidence to inform healthcare decisions in musculoskeletal trauma and disorders.

Helen H Handoll, William J Gillespie, Lesley D Gillespie, Rajan Madhok

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Article in Indian journal of orthopaedics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 21 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 21 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 21 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Helen H HandollSchool of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK.
William J Gillespie
Lesley D Gillespie
Rajan Madhok

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systematic reviews are a key component of evidence-based practice. A valuable and accessible source of good quality systematic reviews on topics in musculoskeletal trauma and disorders is the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, published in The Cochrane Library. These reviews are produced by members of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international not-for-profit organization that aims to make up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. Contributions from orthopedic specialists in India and neighboring countries are required to make the Cochrane Database an even more useful and comprehensive resource of reliable evidence. Linked with this is the opportunity for orthopedic specialists to take a leading role in generating the evidence to inform their practice.

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Evidence-based medicinemeta-analysisorthopedicsrandomized controlled trials

Identifiers

PMID19753148
PMCPMC2739468

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