Muscle, Ligaments and Tendons Journal. Basic principles and recommendations in clinical and field science research

Abstract

The design, implementation, evaluation, interpretation and report of research is a key important for the science. The research required minimize the uncertainty, therefore we encourage all authors of respect how much can possible the contents in this official editorial also in order to stimulate interest and debate about constructive change in the use of statistics in our disciplines1,2. Authors are required to confirm that these standards and laws have been adhered to by formally citing this editorial within the methods section of their own manuscript.

Keywords: best practice; case report; design; ethical standard; experimental approach; performance indicators; reliability of the measures; sample size; statistical analysis.