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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the methodologic quality and level of evidence of
publications in major peer-reviewed general rehabilitation journals (Archives of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation [APMR], American Journal of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation [AJPMR], Clinical Rehabilitation [CR], and Physical
Therapy [PT]). DESIGN: Descriptive, comparative. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: All the articles published in AJPMR, APMR, CR, and PT between January 2005 and December
2009 were investigated. Type of study and level of evidence were recorded for all
articles. Selection and assessment of articles were based on the title and
abstract by 2 independent raters. RESULTS: The most frequently published reports
were randomized controlled trials (12.7%), followed by cross-sectional studies
(12.1%), case reports/case series (10.3%), validation studies (9.3%), cohort
studies (8.9%), clinical trials (7.5%), case-control studies (6.8%), and other
study types (32.4%). When the articles were classified according to their level
of evidence, level I studies most frequently appeared in CR (29.1%), followed by
PT (11.0%), APMR (10.5%), and AJPMR (7.1%). Most of the meta-analyses (10) were
in APMR, and there were none in AJPMR. CONCLUSIONS: Randomized controlled trials
and meta-analyses form only a small proportion of articles published in the
current rehabilitation literature. The numbers of randomized controlled trials
and meta-analysis are comparable with those in other fields.
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analyse de la litterature en MPR médecine physique et de réadaptation: evidence based medicine EBM

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