Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30935323›Full record

SynthesisThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2019

Low reproducibility of randomized clinical trials methodology related to sampling: a systematic methodological review.

Sean P Riley, Brian T Swanson, Jean-Michel Brismée, Steven F Sawyer, Elizabeth J Dyer

Open access · greenAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sean P RileyPhysical Therapy Program, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, USA.
Brian T SwansonDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of New England, Portland, ME, USA.
Jean-Michel BrisméeDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences and Center for Rehabilitation Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Steven F SawyerDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences and Center for Rehabilitation Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Elizabeth J DyerDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of New England, Portland, ME, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5924-1103
Texas Tech University · USUniversity of New England · USSacred Heart University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Reproducibility of ResultsHumansLow Back PainPhysical Therapy ModalitiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelection BiasJournal Impact Factorreproducibility of resultsselection bias

Identifiers

PMID30935323
PMCPMC6830291
OpenAlexW2921717235

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.