Table 1.
Characteristics of the included trails (n=200), Altmetric mentioned and Altmetric reader scores. Categorical data were expressed as numbers (percentage). Continuous normal data were expressed as means (SD). PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database.
| Variables | All articles (n=200) | Altmetric mentioneda score (n=186) | Altmetric reader score (n=186) | ||
| Published in English (%) | 198 (99.0) | 18.4 (41.4) | 35.3 (41.7) | ||
| Published in other languages (%) | 2 (1.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | ||
| Continent where the trial was conducted (%) |
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Asia | 65 (32.5) | 3.9 (5.1) | 18.8 (25.3) | |
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Europe | 70 (35.0) | 13.6 (27.7) | 40.0 (48.4) | |
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America | 46 (23.0) | 35.9 (59.8) | 40.3 (39.8) | |
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Oceania | 11 (5.5) | 32.0 (35.9) | 63.7 (49.3) | |
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Africa | 8 (4.0) | 34.2 (91.2) | 31.1 (42.7) | |
| Category of interventions (%) |
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Stretching, mobilization, manipulation and/or massage | 88 (44.0) | 28.5 (57.4) | 42.8 (51.4) | |
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Strength training | 85 (42.5) | 17.6 (44.8) | 31.6 (36.6) | |
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Behaviour modification | 20 (10.0) | 19.9 (43.0) | 50.4 (64.3) | |
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Neurodevelopmental therapy, neurofacilitation | 1 (0.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | |
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Electrotherapies | 24 (12.0) | 11.3 (37.5) | 10.0 (13.0) | |
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Acupuncture | 13 (6.5) | 11.5 (12.8) | 20.0 (15.9) | |
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Skill training | 41 (20.5) | 26.6 (42.2) | 51.5 (62.6) | |
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Education | 50 (25.0) | 16.1 (31.5) | 35.0 (36.0) | |
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Fitness training | 26 (13.0) | 5.0 (14.1) | 29.5 (35.5) | |
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No appropriate value | 2 (1.0) | 12.5 (7.8) | 17.0 (7.1) | |
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Hidrotherapy, balneotherapy | 8 (4.0) | 3.4 (5.3) | 17.1 (21.4) | |
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Orthoses, taping, splinting | 1 (0.5) | 16.2 (32.3) | 52.8 (55.7) | |
| Type of title (%) |
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Descriptive | 180 (90.0) | 15.2 (36.9) | 32.4 (40.7) | |
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Interrogative/Declarative | 20 (10.0) | 43.6 (62.9) | 56.0 (44.6) | |
| Open access (%) |
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Yes | 115 (57.5) | 17.9 (42.8) | 36.7 (44.0) | |
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No | 85 (42.5) | 18.6 (39.0) | 32.3 (38.0) | |
| Journal endorses CONSORT statement (%) |
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Yes | 111 (55.5) | 24.3 (50.1) | 43.3 (47.5) | |
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No | 89 (44.5) | 9.2 (19.6) | 22.5 (26.7) | |
| PEDro items (%) |
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Eligibility criteria | 166 (83.0) | 19.4 (43.8) | 37.7 (44.2) | |
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Random allocation | 197 (98.5) | 18.4 (41.4) | 35.2 (41.8) | |
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Concealed allocation | 96 (48.0) | 25.3 (52.2) | 42.3 (44.3) | |
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Baseline comparability | 172 (86.0) | 19.0 (43.4) | 36.6 (43.4) | |
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Blinding of subjects | 14 (7.0) | 48.6 (76.3) | 38.3 (39.2) | |
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Blinding of therapists | 3 (1.5) | 10.0 (10.5) | 34.7 (30.8) | |
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Blinding of outcome assessors | 78 (39.0) | 27.3 (58.0) | 42.9 (51.2) | |
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Completeness of follow up | 129 (64.5) | 20.8 (47.4) | 39.0 (46.4) | |
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Intention to treat analysis | 89 (44.5) | 26.2 (46.7) | 45.1 (42.0) | |
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Between-group statistical comparisons | 195 (97.5) | 18.5 (41.6) | 35.5 (41.9) | |
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Presentation of point measures and measures of variability | 187 (93.5) | 17.9 (40.9) | 35.2 (41.5) | |
| Total PEDro score (mean [SD]) | 5.8 (1.6) |
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| Journal impact factor (mean [SD]) | 2.1 (2.6) |
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| Number of years since publication (mean [SD]) | 3.4 (1.7) |
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| Normalized citation countb (mean [SD]) | 2.3 (2.3) |
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| Score Altmetric mentioned (mean [SD]) |
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Tweeters | 13.4 (31.0) |
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Facebook pages | 3.9 (13.3) |
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Google+user | 0.2 (1.0) |
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News outlet | 0.3 (1.6) |
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Others | 0.0 (0.0) |
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Total | 18.2 (41.3) |
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| Score Altmetric reader (mean [SD]) |
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Mendeley | 34.4 (41.4) |
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CiteULike | 0.5 (4.8) |
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Connotea | 0.0 (0.2) |
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Total | 34.9 (41.6) |
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aOthers are Altmetric mentioned by: Wikipedia page, Blog, Weibo users, Highlight platform, Policy documents, Post-publication peer-reviews, Linkedin, Reddit, Faculty1000, Q&A (stack overflow), Youtube, Pinterest.
bNormalized citation count calculated by number of citations divided by years since publication. Years since publication calculated by current year–year of publication.