Background: The responsibility for ensuring that studies are adequately reported is primarily
that of those conducting the study; however, journal policies may influence how thoroughly …

The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the growth rate and the trends of
musculoskeletal cellular therapy trials in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials Data …

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Background Tranexamic acid (TXA) is efficacious for reducing blood loss and transfusion
use in patients who undergo bilateral TKA, and it is administered intravenously alone …

Medical and surgical research has always had a long-standing relationship with industry-
based funding from sources, such as drug and device companies. Concerns exist …

Background Clinical research in orthopaedics typically reports the presence of an
association after rejecting a null hypothesis of no association using an alpha threshold of …

Manual of Style Committee published “Updated Guidance on the Reporting of Race and
Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals.” 1 As noted in a prior editorial2, this guidance is a …

Objective: This randomized trial aims to compare the clinical, and radiological outcomes
between plaster cast and volar plating for distal radius fractures (DRF) in the elderly at six …

Introduction Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are regarded as highest level of scientific
evidence. There is belief that while prospective randomized control trials (PRCTs) are the …

In this issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Crnkovic et al. share the findings of an
investigation that assessed the reporting of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in …