Improving the quality of evidence production in rehabilitation. Results of the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting.
Stefano Negrini, Carlotte Kiekens, William M Levack, Thorsten Meyer-Feil, Chiara Arienti, Pierre Côté
PMID 38112680WHAT IT FOUND
This paper reports on a methodological meeting aimed at improving research design in rehabilitation.
It contains no clinical trial data, patient outcomes, or intervention results, so it does not provide evidence to guide direct patient care.
What this paper is
This is a report on a methodological meeting (the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting) and an editorial overview of a series of conceptual papers. It describes the history of these meetings, the rationale for exploring study designs beyond randomized controlled trials, and the structure of the resulting publications. It reports no patient data, no clinical interventions, and no outcomes. There is nothing here to change your clinical practice on Monday.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with any financial organization. The study was funded by the Italian Ministry of Health.