European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025
Spin and reporting bias in the use of platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
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Richardson Mary K, Kistler Natalie M, Mayfield Cory K, Liu Kevin C, Lieberman Jay R, Heckmann Nathanael D
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INTRODUCTION: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses evaluating platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are vulnerable to spin (i.e., misrepresentation of study findings). We sought to describe the incidence of spin in the abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses reporting on PRP for knee osteoarthritis.
METHODS: A Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses search was conducted in Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane databases to identify systematic reviews and meta-analyses on PRP injections for knee osteoarthritis. Data collected from abstracts included 21 types of spin as originally reported by Yavchitz et al., year and journal of publication, level of evidence, and Scopus CiteScore™. Associations between the most common and severe spin types and abstract characteristics were assessed using Spearman analyses.
RESULTS: In all 79 abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses assessed, at least one form of spin was identified. The average spin score per abstract was 5.46 ± 2.30 (range 1-12). The most common type of spin was "conclusion claiming the beneficial effect of the experimental treatment despite high risk of bias in primary studies" (67/79, 84.8%). There was a correlation between the spin type "authors hide or do not present any conflict of interest" and an older publication year (rho: - 0.252, P value: 0.025).
DISCUSSION: Spin favoring PRP is highly prevalent in the abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses that assess the use of PRP for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. This inaccurate presentation of information identifies a need for (1) high-quality RCTs and (2) reduction of spin in future literature to accurately distribute information regarding PRP for this indication.
METHODS: A Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses search was conducted in Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane databases to identify systematic reviews and meta-analyses on PRP injections for knee osteoarthritis. Data collected from abstracts included 21 types of spin as originally reported by Yavchitz et al., year and journal of publication, level of evidence, and Scopus CiteScore™. Associations between the most common and severe spin types and abstract characteristics were assessed using Spearman analyses.
RESULTS: In all 79 abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses assessed, at least one form of spin was identified. The average spin score per abstract was 5.46 ± 2.30 (range 1-12). The most common type of spin was "conclusion claiming the beneficial effect of the experimental treatment despite high risk of bias in primary studies" (67/79, 84.8%). There was a correlation between the spin type "authors hide or do not present any conflict of interest" and an older publication year (rho: - 0.252, P value: 0.025).
DISCUSSION: Spin favoring PRP is highly prevalent in the abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses that assess the use of PRP for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. This inaccurate presentation of information identifies a need for (1) high-quality RCTs and (2) reduction of spin in future literature to accurately distribute information regarding PRP for this indication.