Do orthopaedic journals provide high-quality evidence for clinical practice?

Randomized, Controlled Trials, Observational Studies, and the Hierarchy of Research Designs

John Concato, Nirav R. Shah, Ralph I. Horwitz · New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials. The CONSORT statement

Colin B. Begg · JAMA · 1996 · 3.4K citations

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Improving the Quality of Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials

Colin B. Begg · JAMA · 1996 · 3.1K citations

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A method for assessing the quality of a randomized control trial

Thomas C. Chalmers, Harry Smith, Bradley A. Blackburn et al. · Controlled Clinical Trials · 1981 · 1.4K citations

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Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials

Henry S. Sacks, Jayne Berrier, Dinah Reitman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1987 · 1.3K citations

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