Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Indiana University, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
Phys Ther. 2011 Feb;91(2):234-45. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20100243. Epub 2010 Dec 17.
Professional meetings, such as the American Physical Therapy Association's (APTA's) Combined Sections Meeting (CSM), provide forums for sharing information relevant to physical therapy. An indicator of whether therapists fully disseminate their work is the number of full-text peer-reviewed publications that result. The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the full-text publication rate of work presented in abstract form at CSM and (2) to investigate factors influencing this rate.
A systematic search was undertaken to locate full-text publications of work presented in abstract form within the Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy sections at CSM between 2000 and 2004. Eligible publications were published within 5 years following abstract presentation. The influences of APTA section, year of abstract presentation, institution of origin, study design, sample size, study significance, reporting of a funding source, and presentation type on full-text publication rate were assessed. Characteristics of full-text publications were explored.
Work presented in 1 out of 4 abstracts (25.4%) progressed to full-text publication. Odds of full-text publication increased if the abstract originated from a doctorate-granting or "other" institution, reported findings of an experimental study, reported a statistically significant finding, included a larger sample size, disclosed a funding source, or was presented as a platform presentation. More than one third (37.8%) of full-text publications were published in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy or Physical Therapy, and 4 out of 10 full-text publications (39.2%) contained at least one major change from information presented in abstract form.
The full-text publication rate for information presented in abstract form within the Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy sections at CSM is low relative to comparative disciplines. Caution should be exercised when translating information presented at CSM into practice.
专业会议，如美国物理治疗协会（APTA）的综合分会会议（CSM），为交流与物理治疗相关的信息提供了论坛。治疗师是否充分传播其工作的一个指标是产生的全文同行评审出版物的数量。本研究的目的是：（1）确定 CSM 中以摘要形式呈现的工作的全文发表率，以及（2）调查影响该比率的因素。
系统搜索了 2000 年至 2004 年在骨科和运动物理治疗科 CSM 以摘要形式呈现的工作的全文出版物。符合条件的出版物是在摘要发表后 5 年内出版的。评估了 APTA 科、摘要发表年份、原始机构、研究设计、样本量、研究意义、报告资金来源和演示类型对全文发表率的影响。探讨了全文出版物的特征。
四分之一（25.4%）的摘要工作进展为全文发表。如果摘要来自博士授予或“其他”机构、报告实验研究结果、报告具有统计学意义的发现、包括更大的样本量、披露资金来源或作为平台演示，则全文发表的可能性增加。超过三分之一（37.8%）的全文出版物发表在《骨科与运动物理治疗杂志》或《物理治疗》上，十分之四（39.2%）的全文出版物从摘要形式呈现的信息中至少有一个重大变化。
CSM 骨科和运动物理治疗科以摘要形式呈现的信息的全文发表率相对较低与比较学科。在将 CSM 呈现的信息转化为实践时应谨慎。
