Evidence-based research in orthopaedics, sports medicine and rehabilitation-Why new studies should rely on earlier work

Affiliations

• ¹ University Hospital Brandenburg/Havel, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Center of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.
• ² Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.
• ³ Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Center for Health Services Research, Rüdersdorf, Germany.
• ⁴ Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech Republic: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Czech GRADE Network, Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
• ⁵ Center for Evidence-Based Education and Arts Therapies: A JBI Affiliated Group, Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
• ⁶ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁷ Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• ⁸ Section Evidence-Based Practice, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.