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Elephant in the room: how much pain is ok? If physiotherapy exercise RCTs do not report it, we will never answer the question

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  • Benjamin E Smith Physiotherapy Outpatients, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK Division of Rehabilitation, Ageing and Well-being, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Henrik Riel Center for General Practice at Aalborg University, Aalborg Universitet, Aalborg, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bill Vicenzino School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Physiotherapy: Sports Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention for Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chris Littlewood Department of Health Professions, Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Benjamin E Smith, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby DE1 2QY, UK; benjamin.smith3{at}nhs.net
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Smith BE, Riel H, Vicenzino B, et al
Elephant in the room: how much pain is ok? If physiotherapy exercise RCTs do not report it, we will never answer the question
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020;54:821-822.

Publication history

  • Accepted November 27, 2019
  • First published December 23, 2019.
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November 23, 2020

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