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Identifying Inconsistencies and Reporting Deficits in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (TMB) Case Reports Authored by TMB Practitioners: a TMB-Adapted CAse REport (CARE) Guidelines Audit Through 2014† by Munk, PhD, LMT, Niki; Shue, MS, Sarah; Freeland, Emilee; Ralston, MSLS, Rick; Boulanger, PhD, CMT, Karen T. is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Identifying Inconsistencies and Reporting Deficits in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (TMB) Case Reports Authored by TMB Practitioners: a TMB-Adapted CAse REport (CARE) Guidelines Audit Through 2014† about?
## Introduction Case reports are a fundamental tool through which therapeutic massage and bodywork (TMB) practitioners can inform research and impact their field by detailing the presentation, treatment, and follow-up of a single individual encountered in practice. Inconsistencies in case reporting limit their impact as fundamental sources of clinical evidence. Using the TMB-adapted CAse REport (CARE) guidelines, the current study sought to provide a rich description regarding the reporting quality of TMB practitioner authored TMB case reports in the literature. ## Methods 1) Systematic identification of published, peer-reviewed TMB case reports authored by TMB practitioners following PRISMA recommendations; 2) audit development based on TMB-adapted CARE guidelines; 3) audit implementation; and 4) descriptive analysis of audit scores. ## Results Our search identified 977 articles and 35 met study inclusion criteria. On average, TMB case reports included approximately 58% of the total items identified as necessary by the TMB-adapted CARE guidelines. Introduction sections of case reports had the best item reporting (80% on average), while Case Presentation (54%) and Results (52%) sec
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- Author
- Munk, PhD, LMT, Niki; Shue, MS, Sarah; Freeland, Emilee; Ralston, MSLS, Rick; Boulanger, PhD, CMT, Karen T.
- Publisher
- Massage Therapy Foundation; Multimed Inc.; [Milton Ontario]: Multimed, [2008]- (ISSN 1916-257X)
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)