Many High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials in Sports Physical Therapy Are Making False-Positive Claims of Treatment Effect: A Systematic Survey.

CONCLUSION: High-quality RCTs using null-hypothesis significance testing often overestimated treatment effects. The median FPR was 9%: in 1 in 10 trials, the researchers falsely concluded that there was a treatment effect. Future RCTs in sports physical therapy should be informed by prestudy odds and a minimum FPR estimation. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2020;50(2):104-109. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.9264. PMID: 32005090 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Physical Therapy - Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Tags: J Orthop Sports Phys Ther Source Type: research