The quality of the reporting of clinical trials in rehabilitation has been improving
but it should be enhanced further. This editorial introduces a collaborative effort
by the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AJPM&R), the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (APM&R), and the European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (EJPRM) aimed at promoting the development of new reporting guidelines for randomized controlled
trials (RCTs) in rehabilitation using the Randomized Controlled Trials Rehabilitation
Checklist (RCTRACK) initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation.
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These journals are publishing 3 complimentary thematic Special Sections with the
articles produced during the fourth Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting held
in Orlando, Florida, in March 2020. These articles summarize the background literature
of the RCTRACK guidelines, which are now in the last stages of production.List of abbreviations:
AJPM&R (American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), APM&R (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials), EJPRM (European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine), RCT (randomized controlled trial), RCTRACK (Randomized Controlled Trials Rehabilitation Checklist), TIDieR (Template for Intervention Description and Replication)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 11, 2021
Accepted:
April 23,
2021
Received:
April 22,
2021
Footnotes
Disclosures: Dr Frontera received funding from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health (grant no. S21 MD001830-04). Dr Frontera is the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. The other authors have nothing to disclose.
An earlier version of this editorial was published in the European Journal of Physical andRehabilitation Medicine 2020;56:787-9 (doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06635-6). It has been modified slightly to update references and to fit the journal format. Reprinted with permission.
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