Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® was made aware of concerns about the integrity of the institutional review board (IRB) approval process in the article “To What Degree Do Pain-coping Strategies Affect Joint Stiffness and Functional Outcomes in Patients with Hand Fractures?” [1]. Following that notification, CORR’s Editor-in-Chief inquired of the institution and the corresponding author; after receiving no reply initially, he re-sent his inquiry to all co-authors, at which point he did receive a response from the corresponding author who indicated he was replying on behalf of the group.
This inquiry resulted in serious concerns about whether the IRB approval document submitted with this manuscript was improperly modified by the authors, and CORR was not able to determine whether the work as performed and published was conducted with proper institutional ethical approval and oversight.
Accordingly, this article has been retracted by agreement of the authors and the Editor-in-Chief.
Footnotes
Retraction to: Clin Orthop Relat Res DOI: 10.1007/s11999-015-4269-y.
The online version of this article can be found under DOI: 10.1007/s11999-015-4269-y.
Reference
- 1.Roh YH, Noh JH, Oh JH, Gong HS, Baek GH. To what degree do pain-coping strategies affect joint stiffness and functional outcomes in patients with hand fractures? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015;473:3484-3490. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]