Pain researchers lose three papers after Cochrane group questioned data, Retraction Watch

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A group of pain management researchers have had three of their papers retracted since September, after another group published a critique of their work earlier this year.

The critique, published in the journal Pain in April, found that ten studies led by physiatrist Marco Monticone of the University of Cagliari in Italy may not be reliable. The studies had several inconsistencies, including data that diverged from almost all similar studies, impossible statistical significance values, and duplicated or very similar data from other studies by the group, though the studies were purportedly separate clinical trials.
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https://retractionwatch.com/2022/11...-papers-after-cochrane-group-questioned-data/
 
Two interesting parts in the article above:

“extremely large effect sizes at both short and long-term follow up, (which is something that is really not common in the field of chronic pain and certainly not seen in other trials of CBT),” — Neil O’Connell, coordinating editor for the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care group

“Because both the [European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (EJPRM)] editors and the authors of the study were Italian and in the field of physical and rehabilitation medicine, the editors decided to appoint an International Review Commission (IRC) with a non-Italian majority.”

Alrhough the IRC was an undertaking of the EJPRM, it would be interesting to see Cochrane exclude UK authors from the review on exercise for CFS since most trials of GET/CBT took place in the UK and Cochrane is a UK-based group. They did not include any Norwegian author, though (the 2017/9 review was led by L. Larun).
 
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