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Transparent reporting of clinical trials is essential to assess the risk of bias and translate research findings into clinical practice. While existing studies have shown that deficiencies are common, detailed empirical and field-specific data are scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to examine current clinical trial reporting and transparent research practices in sports medicine and orthopaedics.

Exploratory meta-research study on reporting quality and transparent research practices in orthopaedics and sports medicine clinical trials.

The sample included clinical trials published in the top 25% of sports medicine and orthopaedics journals over 9 months.

Two independent reviewers assessed pre-registration, open data and criteria related to scientific rigour, like randomisation, blinding, and sample size calculations, as well as the study sample, and data …