| Ref ID | 818 |
| First Author | A.K. Reddy |
| Journal | ARTHROSCOPY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749806321003327 |
| Keywords |
• Spin • Abstract / summary • Physiotherapy • Non-Cochrane reviews |
| Problem(s) |
• Spin or subjective interpretation of findings • Errors in systematic review abstracts or plain language summaries |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United States |
| Aim | To assess the prevalence of spin in the abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on treatments for rotator cuff tears published in Ovid MEDLINE and Ovid Embase. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 121 abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on treatments for rotator cuff tears published in Ovid MEDLINE and Ovid Embase, 36.4% (44/121) of systematic reviews contained spin. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 121 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 932 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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