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GUIDE-Rehab assessment of postoperative rehabilitation reporting in randomized trials after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Hüsamettin Koçak(SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY, ATAYALVAC VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF THERAPY AND REHABILITATION, PHYSIOTHERAPY PR.)0000-0002-2475-5454
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Prospective use of GUIDE-Rehab may improve the transparency and completeness of rehabilitation intervention descriptions.

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Amaç & Hipotez:Aims: To evaluate the completeness of postoperative rehabilitation intervention reporting in randomized trial reports involving anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and to examine changes in reporting between 2020 and 2026.
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Temel Bulgular & Veri:Two reviewers independently assessed 59 included reports using the 16-item Reporting GUideline for Intervention DEscription in Rehabilitation (GUIDE-Rehab), operationalized as 21 assessment units.
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Sonuç & Katkı:Prospective use of GUIDE-Rehab may improve the transparency and completeness of rehabilitation intervention descriptions.
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📍Kapsam:2020 Verileri
⚙️Değişkenler:Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction · rehabilitation · randomized controlled trials as topic

Abstract

Aims: To evaluate the completeness of postoperative rehabilitation intervention reporting in randomized trial reports involving anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and to examine changes in reporting between 2020 and 2026. Methods: This systematic meta-research study included English-language randomized controlled and crossover trial reports identified through PubMed and Scopus. A second reviewer independently re-screened all records and verified full-text eligibility and randomized status without access to the initial decisions. Disagreements were resolved by consensus. Two reviewers independently assessed 59 included reports using the 16-item Reporting GUideline for Intervention DEscription in Rehabilitation (GUIDE-Rehab), operationalized as 21 assessment units. Inter-rater reliability and temporal changes were examined using prespecified agreement statistics and mixed-effects logistic regression. Results: Mean study-level complete reporting across the 21 operational units was 64.8%, with a standard deviation (SD) of 18.3% and a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 60.1%-69.6%. Mean weighted reporting was 75.2% (SD, 13.3%; 95% CI, 71.7%-78.7%). Across 888 pooled applicable observations from the 16 official items, 64.9% were complete, 30.2% were partial, and 5.0% were not reported. Exact agreement was 88.1%, and linear weighted kappa was 0.813. Study-level intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.860 and 0.881. No clear statistical evidence of temporal improvement was found (odds ratio per year, 1.10; 95% CI, 0.89-1.35; p=0.394); excluding 2026 produced similar findings. Conclusion: Important rehabilitation details remained incompletely reported in contemporary ACLR trial reports. No clear statistical evidence of improvement over time was identified. Prospective use of GUIDE-Rehab may improve the transparency and completeness of rehabilitation intervention descriptions.

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Güler, M. A., Koçak, H. (2026). GUIDE-Rehab assessment of postoperative rehabilitation reporting in randomized trials after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine, Volume: 9 Issue: 6. https://ajindex.com/articles/1668033

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