Long-term subjective results and radiologic prognosis of a distal radius fracture in working-aged patients - a prognostic cohort study of 201 patients.

Objective: To investigate long-term outcomes associated with distal radius fracture (DRF) in working-aged patients. The authors hypothesized that the majority of patients experience no permanent loss of function when measured with patient-rated wrist evaluation (PRWE).

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with a DRF aged between 18 and 65 years.

'No Effect' Conclusions in Studies Reporting Nonsignificant Results Are Potentially Incorrect.

Purpose: To examine the spectrum of effect sizes in line with "no effect" claims in clinical studies published in high-impact orthopaedic journals.

Methods: Eight orthopaedic journals with the highest impact factors for 2018 were included in this study. The titles and abstracts of all journal articles published in these journals in 2019 were screened for no-effect statements.

Multivariable models in orthopaedic research: a methodological review of covariate selection and causal relationships.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the methods used for including or excluding covariates in a multivariable model and to find out how common is the Table 2 Fallacy in studies recently published in high-quality orthopaedic journals.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted in the MEDLINE database. We included all studies that presented the results of a multivariable model in a table and published in seven orthopaedic journals with the highest ranked impact factors in 2019.

Estimates of the mean difference in orthopaedic randomized trials: obligatory yet obscure.

Background: Randomized controlled trials in orthopaedics are powered to mainly find large effect sizes. A possible discrepancy between the estimated and the real mean difference is a challenge for statistical inference based on p-values. We explored the justifications of the mean difference estimates used in power calculations.

Verbal communication of effect-sizes, possible comparators, and uncertainty of evidence in the Finnish clinical practice guidelines: Omitting effect-sizes and comparators without expressing much uncertainty.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: Our aim was to investigate verbal representations of intervention effect-size, uncertainty of evidence, and possible intervention comparators in statements concerning effects of interventions in Finnish clinical practice guidelines.

Method: We selected 10 clinical practice guidelines on common diseases and risk factors published by The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim. All the statements that considered beneficial effects of interventions and that were graded with a level of evidence (levels A, high, to D, very low) were included in analyses.