Relationship between the reporting of effect size and the journal impact factor in studies prescribing exercises for subacromial impingement: A Literature Review.
Item
- Title
- Relationship between the reporting of effect size and the journal impact factor in studies prescribing exercises for subacromial impingement: A Literature Review.
- Author(s)
- Read, J
- Abstract
- Background: A third of musculoskeletal disorders presented to the General Practitioner are reported to be shoulder related. A large proportion of these patients have symptoms of subacromial impingement. Exercise is thought to be the most beneficial core conservative treatment. Exercise type and strategy is led by research in the field. The statistic effect size allows readers of research to understand what treatment will have the greatest magnitude of effect. When reading research often journal impact factor is thought to be important when selecting journals, potentially indicating a higher quality study. Objective: To review the current studies on exercise treatment for subacromial impingement and evaluate whether researcher recommendations to include effect size are being followed and if a relationship exists between the literatures journal impact factor and quality of the study. Design: Structured Literature Review Methods: A systematic search was conducted to identify relevant studies. The titles and abstracts and main body were screened to ensure they met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The studies were then evaluated using a Jadad scaling instrument. Journal impact values were collated and along with design information of the studies to enable them to be evaluated. Results: Twelve studies were identified by the search strategy as meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Only 25% of these studies reviewed detailed the effect size. The statistical significance was detailed in each study commonly leading to an incomplete picture as to the magnitude of effect of the intervention. No correlation was found within this study between the methodological quality scaling system used and journal impact factor. Discussion: The recommendation by previous reports to list effect size was in general not adhered to in the studies within this review. Journal impact factor does not necessarily mean the articles it publishes are of high quality although the instrument used to measure the quality may not be suitable for the manual therapy field.Conclusion: It is necessary for readers of research to understand the meaning of statistical significance and the effect size so as not to be misled. It is also necessary to review literature from a broad area around the subject and not to focus on one study. Finally when selecting a study do not necessarily look for high impact journals as it was not found to give higher quality research.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2018
- Date Submitted
- 25.1.2019 17:18:25
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 16407
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Subacromial impingement, shoulder impingement, exercise, effect size, impact factor, Jadad scale.
- Recommended
- 0
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- Thesis
Read, J, “Relationship between the reporting of effect size and the journal impact factor in studies prescribing exercises for subacromial impingement: A Literature Review.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 4, 2025, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/357