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10693606

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Patellar tendinopathy is often treated surgically after failure of conservative treatment but clinical experience suggests that results are not uniformly excellent. The aim of this review was to (i) identify the different surgical techniques that have been reported and compare their success rates, and (ii) critically assess the methodology of studies that have reported surgical outcomes. Twenty-three papers and two abstracts were included in the review. Surgical procedures were categorized and outcomes summarized. Using ten criteria, an overall methodology score was derived for each paper. Criteria for which scores were generally low (indicating methodological deficiency) concerned the type of study, subject selection process and outcome measures. We found a negative correlation between papers' reported success rates and overall methodology scores (r= -0.57, P<0.01). There was a positive correlation between year of publication and overall methodology score (r=0.68, P<0.001). We conclude that study methodology may influence reported surgical outcome. We suggest practical guidelines for improving study design in this area of clinical research, as improved study design would provide clinicians with a more rigorous evidence-base for treating patients who have recalcitrant patellar tendinopathy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0905-7188
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Studies of surgical outcome after patellar tendinopathy: clinical significance of methodological deficiencies and guidelines for future studies. Victorian Institute of Sport Tendon Study Group.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine (RMH), The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article