A clinician's guide to performing a case series study

Michael Fleischmann; Pat McLaughlin; Brett Vaughan; Alan Hayes

doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.04.001

A clinician's guide to performing a case series study

J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2024 Oct:40:211-216. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.04.001. Epub 2024 Apr 6.

Authors

Michael Fleischmann¹, Pat McLaughlin², Brett Vaughan³, Alan Hayes⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Health and Biomedical Science, Rehabilitation Science. RMIT University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
² College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Medical Education, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 39593572
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.04.001

Abstract

Whilst some guidance exists, the literature is relatively scarce on designing and reporting on case series studies for non-surgical techniques/interventions or interventions that may be considered outside the medical model. This commentary presents a set of thirteen design attributes and an adapted checklist for consideration by clinicians when considering a case series design focused on a non-surgical intervention.

MeSH terms

Checklist
Humans
Research Design*