TY - JOUR
T1 - In search of solutions for evidence generation in rehabilitation
T2 - the second Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting
AU - Negrini, Stefano
AU - Meyer, Thorsten
AU - Arienti, Chiara
AU - Malmivaara, Antti
AU - Frontera, Walter
AU - participants, Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting
PY - 2019/12/19
Y1 - 2019/12/19
N2 - The availability of evidence to support rehabilitation has been a long-standing challenge. We believe that now is the time to start a systematic process of improvement. For this reason, Cochrane rehabilitation is producing an effort to improve the methodology used to generate evidence. Two Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meetings (CRMM) have been performed (Paris, France, July 2018; Kobe, Japan, June 2019) and 2 others programmed (Milan, Italy, February 2020; Orlando, USA, March 2020). All material discussed during CRMMs is published. In this issue we have the papers from the Kobe CRMM about blinding, current reporting standards for population and comparison groups, and the protocol of the RCT Rehabilitation Checklists (RCTRACK) project.The articles published in this issue aim to help the rehabilitation scientific community to move forward, to improve the process of generating evidence in rehabilitation, and to strengthen our field as presented to the general scientific community. To accomplish these goals we need to clearly describe our methods and our approach to future rehabilitation research. Not all fields of study can apply the same methodology in science, but each field must define its research methodology and demonstrate the characteristics that make it a specific field of inquiry.
AB - The availability of evidence to support rehabilitation has been a long-standing challenge. We believe that now is the time to start a systematic process of improvement. For this reason, Cochrane rehabilitation is producing an effort to improve the methodology used to generate evidence. Two Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meetings (CRMM) have been performed (Paris, France, July 2018; Kobe, Japan, June 2019) and 2 others programmed (Milan, Italy, February 2020; Orlando, USA, March 2020). All material discussed during CRMMs is published. In this issue we have the papers from the Kobe CRMM about blinding, current reporting standards for population and comparison groups, and the protocol of the RCT Rehabilitation Checklists (RCTRACK) project.The articles published in this issue aim to help the rehabilitation scientific community to move forward, to improve the process of generating evidence in rehabilitation, and to strengthen our field as presented to the general scientific community. To accomplish these goals we need to clearly describe our methods and our approach to future rehabilitation research. Not all fields of study can apply the same methodology in science, but each field must define its research methodology and demonstrate the characteristics that make it a specific field of inquiry.
U2 - 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001374
DO - 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001374
M3 - Article
JO - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
SN - 0894-9115
ER -