Funding Bias in Shoulder Arthroplasty Research

Prior research has shown that industry funding can impact the outcomes reported in medical literature. Limited data exists on the degree of bias that industry funding may have on shoulder arthroplasty literature outside of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. The purpose of this study is to characterize the type and frequency of funding for recently published shoulder arthroplasty studies and the impact of industry funding on reported outcomes. We hypothesized that studies with industry funding are more likely to report positive outcomes than those without.

Source: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery - April 18, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Brett D. Haislup, Suhasini Gupta, Ilan Fleisher, Anand M. Murthi, Melissa A. Wright Tags: Review Article Source Type: research