Unreported Summary Statistics in Trial Publications and Risk of Bias in Stroke Rehabilitation Systematic Reviews: An International Survey of Review Authors and Examination of Practical Solutions

Objective: Continuous outcome measures are essential in rehabilitation research. Incomplete reporting of their mean and standard deviation, required for meta-analysis, potentially introduces bias and imprecision if it prevents studies being included. We aimed to determine how often systematic reviewers encounter missing mean or standard deviation values and to recommend practical statistical solutions. Design: 1. Cross-sectional survey of...