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Trial reportBrazilian journal of physical therapy2016

Effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle intervention for low back pain and osteoarthritis of the knee: protocol and statistical analysis plan for two randomised controlled trials.

Kate M O'Brien, Amanda Williams, John Wiggers, Luke Wolfenden, Serene Yoong, Elizabeth Campbell, Steven J Kamper, James McAuley, John Attia, Chris Oldmeadow and 1 more

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Trial report in Brazilian journal of physical therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Kate M O'BrienHunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, NSW, Australia.
Amanda WilliamsHunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, NSW, Australia.
John WiggersHunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, NSW, Australia.
Luke WolfendenHunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, NSW, Australia.
Serene YoongHunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, NSW, Australia.
Elizabeth CampbellHunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, NSW, Australia.
Steven J KamperThe George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
James McAuleyNeuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
John AttiaHunter Medical Research Institute, Hunter Region Mc, NSW, Australia.
Chris OldmeadowHunter Medical Research Institute, Hunter Region Mc, NSW, Australia.
Christopher M WilliamsHunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, NSW, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThese trials are the first randomised controlled trials of telephone-based weight management and healthy lifestyle interventions for low back pain and knee osteoarthritis. This article describes the protocol and statistical analysis plan.

methodThese trials are parallel randomised controlled trials that investigate and compare the effect of a telephone-based weight management and healthy lifestyle intervention for improving pain intensity in overweight or obese patients with low back pain or knee osteoarthritis. The analysis plan was finalised prior to initiation of analyses. All data collected as part of the trial were reviewed, without stratification by group, and classified by baseline characteristics, process of care and trial outcomes. Trial outcomes were classified as primary and secondary outcomes. Appropriate descriptive statistics and statistical testing of between-group differences, where relevant, have been planned and described.

conclusionsA protocol for standard analyses was developed for the results of two randomised controlled trials. This protocol describes the data, and the pre-determined statistical tests of relevant outcome measures. The plan demonstrates transparent and verifiable use of the data collected. This a priori protocol will be followed to ensure rigorous standards of data analysis are strictly adhered to.

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Exercise TherapyLow Back PainObesityOsteoarthritis, KneeHealthy LifestyleHumansKnee JointTreatment Outcome

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PMID27683839
PMCPMC5123267

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