Clinical equipoise and personal equipoise: Two necessary ingredients for reducing bias in manual therapy trials
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Cook, C; Sheets, C
Published in: Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
March 14, 2011
Clinical and personal equipoise exists when a clinician has no good basis for a choice between two or more care options or when one is truly uncertain about the overall benefit or harm offered by the treatment to his/her patient. For most manual therapy trials, equipoise does not likely exist. Because of the nature of the intervention a lack of equipoise can lead to bias and may account for a portion of the 'effect' that has traditionally been assigned to the intervention. Although there are methodological mechanisms to reduce the risk of bias associated with a lack of equipoise, most of the manual therapy trials to date are likely guilty of this form of bias. © W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2011.
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Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
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2042-6186
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1066-9817
Publication Date
March 14, 2011
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19
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1
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55 / 57
Related Subject Headings
- Orthopedics
- 4207 Sports science and exercise
- 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Cook, C., & Sheets, C. (2011). Clinical equipoise and personal equipoise: Two necessary ingredients for reducing bias in manual therapy trials. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, 19(1), 55–57. https://doi.org/10.1179/106698111X12899036752014
Cook, C., and C. Sheets. “Clinical equipoise and personal equipoise: Two necessary ingredients for reducing bias in manual therapy trials.” Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy 19, no. 1 (March 14, 2011): 55–57. https://doi.org/10.1179/106698111X12899036752014.
Cook C, Sheets C. Clinical equipoise and personal equipoise: Two necessary ingredients for reducing bias in manual therapy trials. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. 2011 Mar 14;19(1):55–7.
Cook, C., and C. Sheets. “Clinical equipoise and personal equipoise: Two necessary ingredients for reducing bias in manual therapy trials.” Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, vol. 19, no. 1, Mar. 2011, pp. 55–57. Scopus, doi:10.1179/106698111X12899036752014.
Cook C, Sheets C. Clinical equipoise and personal equipoise: Two necessary ingredients for reducing bias in manual therapy trials. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. 2011 Mar 14;19(1):55–57.
Published In
Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
DOI
EISSN
2042-6186
ISSN
1066-9817
Publication Date
March 14, 2011
Volume
19
Issue
1
Start / End Page
55 / 57
Related Subject Headings
- Orthopedics
- 4207 Sports science and exercise
- 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences