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Slade SC, Dionne CE, Underwood M, et al. Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT): Explanation and Elaboration Statement. Br J Sports Med. 2016;50(23):1428-1437doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096651.
Slade, S. C., Dionne, C. E., Underwood, M., & Buchbinder, R. (2016). Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT): Explanation and Elaboration Statement. British journal of sports medicine, 50(23), 1428-1437. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096651
Slade, Susan C, et al. "Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT): Explanation and Elaboration Statement." British journal of sports medicine vol. 50,23 (2016): 1428-1437. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096651
Slade SC, Dionne CE, Underwood M, Buchbinder R. Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT): Explanation and Elaboration Statement. Br J Sports Med. 2016 Dec;50(23):1428-1437. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096651. Epub 2016 Oct 05. PMID: 27707738.
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Br J Sports Med. 2016 Dec;50(23):1428-1437. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096651. Epub 2016 Oct 05.

Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT): Explanation and Elaboration Statement.

British journal of sports medicine

Susan C Slade, Clermont E Dionne, Martin Underwood, Rachelle Buchbinder

Affiliations

  1. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  2. Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  3. Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
  4. Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

PMID: 27707738 DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096651

Abstract

Exercise is effective for prevention and management of acute and chronic health conditions. However, trial descriptions of exercise interventions are often suboptimal, leaving readers unclear about the content of effective programmes. To address this, the 16-item internationally endorsed Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT) was developed. The aim is to present the final template and provide an Explanation and Elaboration Statement to operationalise the CERT. Development of the CERT was based on the EQUATOR Network methodological framework for developing reporting guidelines. We used a modified Delphi technique to gain consensus of international exercise experts and conducted 3 sequential rounds of anonymous online questionnaires and a Delphi workshop. The 16-item CERT is the minimum data set considered necessary to report exercise interventions. The contents may be included in online supplementary material, published as a protocol or located on websites and other electronic repositories. The Explanation and Elaboration Statement is intended to enhance the use, understanding and dissemination of the CERT and presents the meaning and rationale for each item, together with examples of good reporting. The CERT is designed specifically for the reporting of exercise programmes across all evaluative study designs for exercise research. The CERT can be used by authors to structure intervention reports, by reviewers and editors to assess completeness of exercise descriptions and by readers to facilitate the use of the published information. The CERT has the potential to increase clinical uptake of effective exercise programmes, enable research replication, reduce research waste and improve patient outcomes.

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Keywords: Evidence based; Exercise; Implementation; Intervention effectiveness; Knowledge translation

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: MU is a director and shareholder of Clinvivo a company providing Smartphone apps for health services research.

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