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1 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
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4SURVEY ARTICLES (Systematic Reviews) (Fewer than 5000 words)
5 Must organize as a QUESTION-DRIVEN Text: authors should pose 2-4 specific
6 questions or purposes in the Introduction and then have 2-4 corresponding paragraphs
7 in Discussion. Questions or purposes must be posed in terms of study variables to be
8 addressable. Perhaps the best questions are those that can be unequivocally
9 answered, yes or no by the parameters collected from the literature review. These
10 are meant to focus the reader on the messages you think are most important.
11 Purposes or questions such as what are the results are vague, are not posed in
12 terms of the study variables, and do not define which findings you think are most
13 important. Rather ask: does technique x alter outcome y, does factor x improve
14 expression of y, etc. While all data relevant to the questions should appear in tables
15 or figures, not all data need be repeated in the text.
16 Must use TEMPLATE for guide: (see below)
17 Survey articles must have Introduction and Discussion sections, but the intervening
18 sections may vary depending upon the particulars of the topic.
19 Systematic reviews follow the Cochrane guidelines:
20 The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
21 Meta-analyses follow the QUORUM (Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses)
22 guidelines and should include a flow chart as shown in the article. Click for
23 article.
24 Moher D, Cook DJ, Eastwood S, Olkin I, Rennie D, Stroup DF. Improving the quality of
25 reports of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials: the QUOROM statement.
26 QUOROM Group. Br J Surg. 2000;87:1448-1454.
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28Authorship (Navigate below)
29We believe it important to document the adequate participation of all authors in at least
30three major elements of a study and report; the number of authors will generally relate to
31the scope of the project. While we have no strict limits, Survey Articles generally require
32no more than 5 authors. Authors are encouraged to read Thoughts on Authorship Clin
33Orthop Rel Res 2008; 466:1002-5.
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35Conflict of Interest statement (Navigate below)
36Authors of all manuscripts published in CORR must clarify any and all potential conflicts
37of interest. On the Title Page please note any funding or financial support or potential
38sources of conflict of interest:
39 Consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.
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40 If any author has directly received research funding and/or has potential conflicts of
41 interest, State "One or more of the authors () has received funding from" and note the
42 source and the initials of those authors who received funding in the parentheses.
43 If your institution received any sort of support state, "The institution of the authors
44 has received funding from" and note the source.
45 If you received no financial support please note, "Each author certifies that he or she
46 has no commercial associations (eg, consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest,
47 patent/licensing arrangements, etc) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection
48 with the submitted article."
49 If you or any author have received or may receive any personal payment or in-kind
50 benefit or other professional benefits from a commercial entity (eg, serve as a
51 consultant), please note, "Each author certifies that he or she has or may receive
52 payments or benefits from a commercial entity related to this work."
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54Ethical Review Committee Statement (Navigate below)
55Manuscripts involving humans or human data must be accompanied by a copy of the
56letter from your ethical committee approving your study.
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59 PLEASE REMOVE ALL INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO UPLOADING FINAL
60 DRAFT TO EDITORIAL MANAGER
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61TITLE PAGE
62This page must include the following:
63 Title (containing fewer than 80 characters including spaces)
64 Running title (containing fewer than 40 characters including spaces)
65 Author name(s) and final degree(s) (must follow authorship guidelines)
66 The affiliation(s), and address(es), and e-mail addresses of all author(s)
67 Conflict of interest statement
68 A statement of the location where the work was performed (only if authors from
69 multiple institutions)
70 Word Count (Introduction through Discussion): Generally limit manuscripts to
71 fewer than 5000 words.
72 The Corresponding Author name and e-mail address (must be same as
73 Corresponding Author in Editorial Manager).
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75Abstract: Your Abstract must be structured with the following five sections and contain

76fewer than 250 words.

77 Background

78 Questions/purposes

79 Methods

80 Results

81 Conclusions

82Note: Authors of meta-analyses must follow QUORUM guidelines. These guidelines

83have been established to tell authors what information is required to ensure readers can

84properly evaluate a study.

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85 Introduction (maximum of 500 words)

86 All manuscripts must contain an Introduction, typically three to four paragraphs.

87 Generally include one paragraph of background, one or two of rationale, and a final

88 paragraph stating the questions or purposes.

89 Generally formulate no more than two to four questions or purposes; each should be

90 sufficiently important that their answers would appear in an Abstract.

91Search Strategy and Criteria

92 Specify all search engines (eg, MedLine, EMBASE, Google Scholar).

93 Note all search criteria including Boolean operators and Medline Field Tags (if any).

94 Note the number of initial articles you identified, then the numbers reduced by

95 exclusion criteria.

96 Create a flow chart noting the numbers of articles identified initially, then the

97 exclusion steps with the numbers left after each exclusion. As with any experimental

98 study, the descriptions should be sufficiently complete than another investigator would

99 essentially be able to reproduce your findings from your descriptions (realizing later

100 dates of search will yield somewhat differing results).

101 In studies reporting clinical results, describe how you judged study quality. Note the

102 number of individuals who reviewed all studies, whether they reviewed them

103 independently, and the parenthetically note (after the number of individuals) the initials

104 of those persons evaluating the studies. For an example see Whiting et al., The

105 development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic
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106 accuracy included in systematic reviews. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2003 Nov 10;3:25.

107 We suggest you follow the Cochrane study guidelines.

108 Any summary of individual articles should appear in this section (if brief) or in an

109 Appendix (if more than 500 words), with Results limited to that summary information

110 required to address the questions.

111Results (maximum of 500 words)

112 Ensure a one-to-one correspondence of questions raised in the Introduction and

113 answers provided in Results. Provide one paragraph for each explicit question.

114Discussion ( maximum of 1000 words)

115 Begin with a restatement of rationale and the questions.

116 Briefly describe the literature limitations and those specific to your review. Readers

117 should generally understand from this review what sorts of questions might be

118 answered and which could not be.

119 Highlight major controversies and unresolved issues. That is, what studies would be

120 needed to address the major issues.

121 End with a synthesis addressing the key questions.

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122Acknowledgments

123Note any nonfinancial acknowledgments. Begin with, We thank and note the nature

124of the contribution.

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125References

126 Ensure your references are complete and in alphabetical order and proper format

127 (modified AMA style - please see our published instructions on our Website).

128 In-text citations should appear before commas and periods and located in a sentence

129 immediately after the point they are documenting.

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130Legends

131 Provide brief legends to include the major point.

132 Figure legends should be written in complete sentences.

133 Illustrations with multiple figures (eg, 1A, 1B, 1C) must be labeled "A," "B," and "C"

134 in the lower left hand corner. Each illustration requires a separate legend.

135 Figures should be uploaded and separately labeled in Editorial Manager.

136 Color illustrations should be used for anatomical photographs, photomicrographs,

137 complex graphics; black and white should be used for other illustrations including

138 most histograms.