Assessment of “Spin” in the Abstracts of Systematic Reviews in Leading Arthroplasty Journals Over the Past 10 Years: A Cross-Sectional Methodological Study
Over the past decade, more than 90% of SRs published in high-impact arthroplasty journals exhibited spin in their abstracts. The most common form involved overstating treatment benefits despite high risk of bias in primary studies, while spin related to reporting bias was significantly more frequent in SRs of randomized evidence.
Authors
- Praveen Sritharan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2870-5550)
- Darius Luke Lameire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1051-3144)
- Amir Khoshbin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0891-3424)
- Anoop Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-3419)
- Varun Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1366-9331)
- Aava Param (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7606-0849)
- Nimit Vediya
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthroplasty Today
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2025.101913
- Primary Topic
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00