The Importance of Pragmatic over Explanatory Randomised Controlled Trial in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Practice Volume 4 - Issue 4

Collins Ogbeivor¹* and Farai Chitambo²

• ¹Consultant Physical Therapist, Rehabilitation Department, John Hopkins Healthcare Aramco, Saudi Arabia
• ²Senior Physical Therapist, Rehabilitation Department, John Hopkins Healthcare Aramco, Saudi Arabia

Received: October 27, 2020;   Published:November 04, 2020

Corresponding author: Dr Collins Ogbeivor, Consultant Physical Therapist, Rehabilitation Department, John Hopkins Healthcare Aramco, Dhahran, P O Box 34465, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

DOI: 10.32474/OSMOAJ.2020.04.000191

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Depending on the choice of research methodology, there are several research designs such as a single observational case study, a cohort or case-controlled design, nonrandomised and randomised controlled trials (RCTs). While RCTs are widely considered as the gold standard for assessing the effectiveness of different physiotherapy interventions, there are two types of RCT mainly explanatory and pragmatic RCT. It is the opinion of the author a pragmatic RCT approach that not only have realistic treatment sessions but also involve less costs and personnel are best suited for musculoskeletal studies undertaken in a normal clinical environment to enhance their generalisation.

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