Research in hand surgery: types of study design

Abstract

Observational (analytical) study designs Cohort studiesA cohort study involves a longitudinal analysis of one or more cohorts of participants. Cohort studies may

Research in hand surgery: is it for everyone?

“…Each new article is carefully written to be understandable by most, with examples drawn from published hand surgery articles that the reader can refer to. In this issue, we have included the first of these articles, 'Research in hand surgery -types of study design' (Peck et al, 2023). This will be followed soon with a two-part article on statistics for the hand surgeon, a subject many struggle with.…”