Open AccessThe Fragility of Significance in the Hip Arthroscopy Literature
Author(s) -
Robert L. Parisien,
David P. Trofa,
Michaela O’Connor,
Brock Knapp,
Emily J. Curry,
Paul Tornetta,
T. Sean Lynch,
Xinning Li
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jb and js open access
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2472-7245
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.oa.21.00035
Subject(s) - interquartile range , medicine , hip arthroscopy , statistical significance , randomized controlled trial , fragility , medline , meta analysis , arthroscopy , surgery , chemistry , political science , law
The purpose of the present study was to perform the first examination of the utility of p values and the degree of statistical fragility in the hip arthroscopy literature by applying both the Fragility Index (FI) and the Fragility Quotient (FQ) to dichotomous comparative trials. We hypothesized that dichotomous comparative trials evaluating categorical outcomes in the hip arthroscopy literature are statistically fragile.