Rectus femoris transfer in children with cerebral palsy: comparing a propensity score-matched observational study to a randomized controlled trial.
Dev Med Child Neurol
; 63(2): 196-203, 2021 02.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
To test whether an observational study employing propensity score matching could accurately estimate the causal treatment effects of rectus femoris transfer (RFT) as part of single-event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.METHOD:
We used a large clinical database to derive a propensity score for treatment assignment (SEMLS±RFT) and used this score to generate a matched patient cohort. We compared the causal treatment effects estimated from this matched cohort with a previously published randomized controlled trial (RCT).RESULTS:
The treated arms of the observational study and RCT were well matched. There were 129 limbs (81 males) with a mean age of 10 years 7 months (4y 7mo) in the treated arm of the observational study, and 129 limbs (68 males) with a mean age of 10 years 2 months (3y 9mo) in the control arm of the observational study. Differences between the observational study and RCT cohorts were clinically meaningless for knee flexion kinematics (1-4°), timing of knee angle extrema (<3% gait cycle), and speed (<5mm/s). Postoperative changes in the observational study matched those from the RCT. All but one of the observational study confidence intervals were completely contained within the corresponding RCT confidence interval; there were no meaningful differences in magnitude or sign of key outcomes related to stiff knee gait.INTERPRETATION:
Propensity score matching is an accurate method for estimating the causal treatment effects of RFT as part of an SEMLS. It seems reasonable to extend this approach to other common components of SEMLS treatment in this population. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS Propensity score matching is an accurate method for estimating the causal treatment effects of rectus femoris transfer (RFT) in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP). The causal treatment effects for RFT surgery in ambulatory children diagnosed with CP were validated.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto
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Paralisia Cerebral
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Interpretação Estatística de Dados
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Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde
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Transtornos Neurológicos da Marcha
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Estudos Observacionais como Assunto
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Pontuação de Propensão
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Joelho
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dev Med Child Neurol
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article